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'You should never be released': Man convicted in Cedar City laundromat attack receives maximum sentence
Jeff Richards, St. George News | Posted April 29 - 7:30 a.m. | Save Story
A man convicted of attempted murder and aggravated burglary after choking a woman with a rubber hose at a Cedar City laundromat has been sentenced to a minimum of eight years in prison.
Head-on collision critically injures driver, causes major delays on US 6
Roy Burton, KSL.com | Updated April 28 - 9:32 p.m. | Save Story
A head-on collision on U.S. 6 east of Thistle has sent one person to the hospital with critical injuries and closed the road in both directions Sunday evening, causing delays.
Police officer hiring in US increases in 2023 after years of decline, survey shows
Claudia Lauer, Associated Press | Posted April 28 - 8:20 p.m. | Save Story
U.S. police departments have reported a year-over-year increase in sworn officers for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic and the police killing of George Floyd.
1 dead in car crash in Benjamin
Sicily Stanton, KSL.com | Posted April 28 - 6:58 p.m. | Save Story
A 25-year-old driver died Sunday after veering off an overpass in Utah County and being ejected from the vehicle.
Vernal police officer shot, flown to hospital
Ashley Fredde, KSL.com | Updated April 28 - 1:14 p.m. | Save Story
A Vernal police officer was shot multiple times late Saturday but was able to drive himself to a hospital before being airlifted to a Wasatch Front hospital.
After Grantsville cemetery headstones vandalized, sculptor offers restoration
Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL-TV | Posted April 27 - 10:31 p.m. | Save Story
A sculptor is helping restore what was damaged by vandals in the Grantsville Cemetery when more than a dozen historic headstones destroyed.
Salt Lake police investigate shooting that left 1 seriously injured
Roy Burton, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 9:51 p.m. | Save Story
Salt Lake police are investigating a shooting that left one person seriously injured Saturday night.
District asks parents for help after Roy High School has 3 incidents with guns in 2 weeks
Eliza Pace, KSL-TV | Posted April 27 - 9:41 p.m. | Save Story
Weber School District is urging parents to talk to their kids about guns after Roy High School had three incidents in the past two weeks of students bringing guns on school property.
Family, friends gather for celebration of life of Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow
Mark Jones, KSL-TV | Posted April 27 - 8:24 p.m. | Save Story
A celebration of life was held in Idaho on Saturday afternoon for Tylee Ryan and JJ Vallow — the two children killed in the Lori Vallow Daybell and Chad Daybell murder cases.
Man arrested after violent West Valley hatchet killing, police say
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 6:26 p.m. | Save Story
Jeremy Ross Pulver, 46, was arrested after police say he admitted to the killing of his father with a hatchet on Friday morning.
Syracuse title insurance agent charged with stealing millions in 'wide-ranging scheme'
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 27 - 6:25 p.m. | Save Story
Ryan Kelly Goodrich is facing numerous criminal cases along the Wasatch Front, after investigators say he stole from homebuyers, lenders, retail businesses and others, for alleged financial damages in the milliions.
Police arrest Nevada man charged with sexually abusing young teen in southern Utah
Pat Reavy, KSL.com | Updated April 27 - 5:37 p.m. | Save Story
A Reno man is facing several felony charges accusing him of offering to pay a young teen girl in southern Utah to model for him, but then sexually abusing her.
Harvey Weinstein hospitalized after his return to New York from upstate prison
Larry Neumeister, Associated Press | Posted April 27 - 4:49 p.m. | Save Story
Harvey Weinstein's lawyer says the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020 rape conviction.
Remembering one of Utah's most heinous murder cases, 50 years later
Lauren Steinbrecher, KSL-TV | Posted April 27 - 4:06 p.m. | Save Story
Monday marked 50 years since the Ogden Hi-Fi murders, and one of the people who first responded to the scene is looking back on what became a career-defining case.
Student anti-war protesters dig in as faculty condemn universities' leadership over calling police
James Pollard, Noreen Nasir and Nick Perry, Associated Press | Updated April 27 - 10:41 a.m. | Save Story
Student anti-war protesters at U.S. universities are digging in and vowing to keep their demonstrations going, while several school faculties have condemned university presidents for calling law enforcement.
St. George police add automated license plate readers to crime-fighting tool kit
Mori Kessler, St. George News | Posted April 26 - 10:01 p.m. | Save Story
The St. George Police Department has been experimenting with a crime-fighting tool that is now being implemented.
'I want to be productive': Utah prison inmates find purpose by helping each other
Daniel Woodruff, KSL-TV | Posted April 26 - 7:01 p.m. | Save Story
A program at the Utah State Correctional Facility in Salt Lake City is helping inmates learn how to solve problems, deal with anger, and address the root issues that led them to prison.
Ogden house raided; baby hospitalized after ingesting meth, fentanyl, police say
Collin Leonard, KSL.com | Posted April 26 - 5:19 p.m. | Save Story
Four people were charged with felony child endangerment and other offenses after medical personnel reported finding meth and fentanyl in the system of an 11-month-old baby Wednesday.
