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Davis County sheriff explains personal ties to Nancy Baird cold case
VideoAudioDave Cawley, KSL | Posted Oct. 14 - 8:13 p.m. | Save Story
Davis County Sheriff Kelly Sparks has two significant connections to the 1975 cold case disappearance of Nancy Perry Baird from East Layton.

Cornell president admits he never followed up on gang rape allegation
Leah Willingham, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 14 - 8:02 p.m. | Save Story
Cornell University President Michael Kotlikoff acknowledged he never followed up on a student's report of being gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024.

1 dead after police shooting near Erda
VideoDevin Oldroyd, KSL | Updated Oct. 14 - 7:19 p.m. | Save Story
Police in Tooele are investigating after officers were involved in a fatal shooting near Erda in Tooele County Wednesday afternoon.

Intoxicated man accused of having 12-year-old drive him home
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Oct. 14 - 12:42 p.m. | Save Story
A Tooele County man is accused of having a 12-year-old boy drive him home while he was intoxicated and has been charged with child abuse.

Pilot and passenger found dead after plane goes missing on way to Idaho
Kaitlyn Hart, East Idaho News | Posted Oct. 14 - 12:02 p.m. | Save Story
A pilot and passenger were found dead on Sunday after their plane went missing en route to Grangeville, Idaho.

Individuals featured in 'Reckless Ben' Lego videos file lawsuit against American Fork officers
Emily Ashcraft, KSL | Updated Oct. 14 - 10:16 a.m. | Save Story
Four individuals claim their rights were violated by American Fork Police while they were aiding "Reckless Ben" in his investigation into Bricks and Minifigs in a federal lawsuit filed on Wednesday.

Prosecution labels Russell Brand a ruthless sexual predator at opening of his sex assault trial
Jill Lawless, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 14 - 9:32 a.m. | Save Story
Russell Brand behaved as a "ruthless" sexual predator when he assaulted six women over the course of a decade, a prosecutor said Wednesday as she opened his trial.

Witnesses: Before Big Cottonwood flooding Sunday, there was a rescue in the same area
VideoAndrew Adams, KSL | Updated Oct. 13 - 10:29 p.m. | Save Story
Just hours prior to a debris blockage that caused a culvert to back up and overflow onto the road in Big Cottonwood Canyon, rescuers had to free a man from a boulder in the same area.

Chicago police say DNA ties a former detective to decades-old unsolved killing of 8-year-old girl
Cybele Mayes-osterman, Report for America, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 13 - 10:05 p.m. | Save Story
Chicago police say DNA evidence ties one of their former homicide detectives to the decades-old murder of an 8-year-old girl who was abducted as she was walking to church more than 65 years ago.

Utah woman says supplement advertised for $22 cost her nearly $200. Now she can't get a refund
VideoMatt Gephardt, KSL | Updated Oct. 13 - 9:07 p.m. | Save Story
A Murray woman says she was charged nearly $200 for a knee pain supplement advertised for just $22. Now, she says repeated promises of a refund have gone nowhere.

Police identify 5 dead in apparent Richmond carbon monoxide poisoning
Devin Oldroyd, KSL | Posted Oct. 13 - 8:56 p.m. | Save Story
The Cache County Sheriff's Office released the names of the five people who died from suspected carbon monoxide poisoning in Richmond on Saturday.

Man shot by Murray police dies
VideoPat Reavy, KSL | Updated Oct. 13 - 8:16 p.m. | Save Story
An armed man possibly experiencing a mental health crisis has died after being shot by Murray police on Tuesday.

Provo father accused of abusing teen daughter for not completing her squats
Pat Reavy, KSL | Posted Oct. 13 - 8:04 p.m. | Save Story
A Utah County man was charged with aggravated child abuse for allegedly hitting his daughter with a jump rope when she refused to finish her exercises.

Police confiscate robot that groped 16-year-old girl, probe whether young men were at the controls
Daniel Niemann, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 13 - 6:33 p.m. | Save Story
German authorities opened an investigation into possible sexual harassment after a robot controlled by two young men touched the buttocks of a 16-year-old girl and made thrusting movements toward her, police said.

Dolly Parton's nephew denies threatening to harm her estate, pushes back against restraining order
Andrew Dalton, Associated Press | Posted Oct. 13 - 6:18 p.m. | Save Story
Dolly Parton's nephew and longtime head of security said in a Tennessee court filing that he was a close friend and ally of Parton's longtime manager Danny Nozell before Nozell took out a restraining order accusing him of threatening to do violence and destroy Parton's legacy and business empire.

Utah man accused of operating multiple investment fraud schemes facing federal charges
Logan Stefanich, KSL | Posted Oct. 13 - 6:02 p.m. | Save Story
Parker James Wilde, 29, of Draper, was charged in federal court with securities fraud, wire fraud and money laundering.

Six Flags closes 9 North American roller coasters after families watch man fall to his death
Kate Brumback, Russ Bynum, Kathy Mccormack And John Seewer, Associated Press | Updated Oct. 13 - 5:47 p.m. | Save Story
Police say an Atlanta man killed on a roller coaster at Six Flags over Georgia was thrown from his seat and struck other patrons before landing below.


