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Family smoked out of their 'smoke-free' apartment
Tania Mashburn and Mike Headrick | Posted Jun 12th - 10:45pm
A young family thought they found the perfect "smoke-free" apartment complex. But after a new neighbor moved in, their baby's health started to suffer. When the family said their complaints were ignored by the apartment complex’s management, they called the KSL Investigators.
Families say Ogden monument company is leaving them stuck in the grieving process
Sloan Schrage | Posted Jun 7th - 11:26pm
KSL Investigates years of heartbreak for Utah families who lost loved ones and say their grief was made much worse by a company taking months, sometimes years to deliver the stone for the grave.
Police ask for public's help solving 46-year-old cold case
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted May 31st - 10:32pm
In August 1971, 18-year-old Olympus High School graduate stopped by a popular teen hangout at 2100 South and State Street on a Friday night. It was the last place she was seen alive. The detective in charge of the cold case is turning to the public.
Inspection shows hundreds of SL County law enforcement officers have expired bullet proof vests
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted May 18th - 10:30pm
An inspection of 677 bulletproof vests used by officer and deputies who work for the Unified Police Department and the Salt Lake County Sheriff's Office shows 314, or 46%, of them, are expired.
How do you prevent a burglary? Convicted thieves tell all
Mike Headrick and Tania Mashburn | Posted May 8th - 10:30pm
How do you stop a burglar from breaking into your home? If you want the real answer, you've gotta go straight to the source. Convicted burglars share their secrets by answering 10 questions for the KSL Investigators.
Utah lawmaker wants to regulate ticket scalping, cap resale prices
Debbie Dujanovic and Sloan Schrage | Posted May 1st - 11:17pm
Paying 40, 50 or 60 percent more than the face value of a ticket to a big sporting event or performance is becoming more common in Utah thanks to online scalping. Now, a lawmaker says the practice is pricing Utah families out of attending events.
KSL Investigates RV rental rip-off
Mike Headrick and Tania Mashburn | Posted Apr 27th - 10:18pm
You see an RV for rent in the classifieds. Seems like a good deal, so you decide to go on a road trip. Sometimes it works out. Sometimes the whole thing goes in the toilet. This is one of those times.
Protecting kids from violent images on family-friendly video app
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted Apr 24th - 11:40pm
YouTube kids is very popular with children. It uses an algorithm to filter videos, sorts selections by age, and has a timer to help parents manage their child's viewing habits. But there is one setting parents should use to protect kids.
Traveler calls on KSL to investigate bed bug problem at Murray hotel
Tania Mashburn and Mike Headrick | Posted Apr 10th - 10:45pm
A man who claimed he was bitten by bedbugs at a Murray hotel contacted the KSL Investigators after he says his concerns were ignored.
How you can avoid getting locked into a new carrier when you make the switch
Sloan Schrage | Posted Apr 6th - 11:11pm
In the market for a new cell phone plan? One that might save money? A Utah family contacted the KSL Investigators because they couldn't believe what happened after they got home with their new cell phones.
Major spike in illegal drug sales in Salt Lake City, police say
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted Mar 30th - 10:23pm
The Salt Lake City Police Department is facing a huge challenge: how to deal with an explosion of illegal narcotics for sale without being allowed to book buyers into jail. From 2015 to 2016 a crime analysis reveals officers seized 82% more drugs.
KSL Investigates: How safe is your Uber, Lyft or taxi ride?
Tania Mashburn and Mike Headrick | Posted Feb 27th - 10:42pm
When you hop into a taxi or an Uber, you probably don't think twice about safety issues. But maybe you should. KSL Investigators checked 100 Ubers, Lyfts and taxis to see how many had serious safety recalls.
Police say jail restrictions wreaking havoc in Salt Lake County
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted Feb 23rd - 10:51pm
Officers in a number of departments have been telling KSL a jail policy has made things so bad that the public needs to know what's going on.
New bill would do away with 'one size fits all' mandatory '25 to life' for child rapists
Mike Headrick and Tania Mashburn | Posted Feb 15th - 11:17pm
A new bill currently in discussion on Utah's Capitol Hill would do away with the minimum mandatory sentence of '25 years to life in prison' for the most severe child sex abuse convictions.
KSL Investigates: Prison terms too light for sex offenders?
Mike Headrick and Tania Mashburn | Posted Feb 9th - 8:00am
A Utah woman was shocked to learn her abuser was getting out of prison. Her story led KSL Investigators to look at how much time convicted child sex abusers really spend behind bars.
Drivers in Utah run school bus stop signs nearly 1,500 times in one day, survey shows
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted Feb 2nd - 11:24pm
In one day, bus drivers across Utah documented that 1,468 drivers failed to stop for school buses that had flashing red lights on and stop signs activated. The survey, and KSL-TV's reporting, has prompted a new legislative proposal on Capitol Hill.
Thousands of hang-up calls to 911 prompt policy changes
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted Jan 12th - 11:30pm
Hang-up calls to 911 are one of the biggest wastes of a police officer's time. A KSL Investigation found 6,545 such calls in 2016 to Salt Lake City's dispatch center, and the discovery is prompting changes in how police respond to these calls.
New system aims to help track parole violators
Mike Headrick | Posted Dec 6th - 9:20am
When convicted criminals are put on parole, they get an early release from prison under the condition of good behavior. But what happens when their behavior is not so good?
SLC police beef up patrol division to cut response times
Debbie Dujanovic | Posted Dec 1st - 10:34pm
You call 911 for help, you expect an officer to show up right away, not hours later. In April, the KSL Investigators exposed extremely long wait times in Salt Lake City. The chief promised changes and has increased the number of patrol officers.
