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Weber State students press to resurrect centers geared to Latino, Black and other students

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Updated Oct. 31 - 6:29 p.m.  |  Save Story

Three Weber State students are pressing to resurrect the cultural centers geared to Latino, Black, LGBTQ and other students after their elimination in the wake of HB261.

Box Elder County sheriff on leave after crash in Weber County that critically injured a woman

VideoTim Vandenack and Mike Anderson, KSL  |  Updated Oct. 30 - 2:20 p.m.  |  Save Story

Box Elder County Sheriff Kevin Potter is on administrative leave after an accident on Tuesday in Weber County that critically injured a woman.

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Ogden toll collector dresses as 'toll-troll' for parkway drivers

Staff  |  Updated Oct. 30 - 2:05 p.m.  |  Save Story

It takes toll collector Casey Seal about two hours to transform into the troll now taking tolls on Adams Avenue Parkway in Ogden.

Ogden man facing charges for allegedly sexually assaulting 2 minors

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 30 - 1:49 p.m.  |  Save Story

An Ogden man faces multiple felony counts for allegedly sexually assaulting two minors over a year-long period.

Haunted theater? Workers say Peery's Egyptian in Ogden is home to unseen cast of 'characters'

VideoAndrew Adams, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 29 - 8:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

When the skies turn ominous and the dying breaths of summer give way to the crypt-like chill of fall, the unsettling stories that surround Peery's Egyptian Theater start to weigh on the workers...

South Ogden man pleads guilty to murder in Jan. 8 incident that spurred mass police response

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 29 - 6:39 a.m.  |  Save Story

A South Ogden man has pleaded guilty to murder and five counts of attempted murder in a Jan. 8 incident in his neighborhood that spurred a mass police response.

Controlling use of license-plate readers may be more feasible than eliminating them, official says

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 28 - 6:17 a.m.  |  Save Story

Controlling the use of license-plate readers may be more feasible than eliminating them, said a representative from a group that monitors the controversial devices.

Woman loses $160 loaded onto Walmart Green Dot prepaid debit card

VideoMatt Gephardt and Sloan Schrage, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 27 - 9:07 p.m.  |  Save Story

An Ogden woman says nearly all of the $160 she loaded onto a Walmart prepaid debit card disappeared within minutes. The KSL Investigators examine what happened.

1 woman critically injured in Ogden motorcycle collision

Payton Davis, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 27 - 6:56 p.m.  |  Save Story

A 22-year-old woman on a motorcycle was critically injured and hospitalized in a collision Tuesday in Ogden.

'First Amendment right': Man plans to fight charge for placing sign identifying license-plate reader

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Updated Oct. 27 - 5:09 p.m.  |  Save Story

A West Haven man plans to fight the misdemeanor count he faces for placing a sign identifying a license-plate reader, arguing he's protected by the First Amendment.

Some Weber County voters received duplicate ballots, but clerk says count will remain accurate

Bridger Beal-Cvetko, KSL  |  Updated Oct. 27 - 4:47 p.m.  |  Save Story

A small number of voters in Weber County were mailed duplicate ballots this month due to an equipment error with the printer, according to the county clerk.

Cattle hauler overturns on I-84 in Weber County, causes delays

VideoDevin Oldroyd, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 27 - 3:48 p.m.  |  Save Story

A trailer hauling cattle overturned on I-84, causing delays near Riverdale Tuesday afternoon.

Immigrant detained in Weber County, prompting backlash from some, has been released

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 27 - 10:10 a.m.  |  Save Story

One of two immigrants detained last week by Weber County authorities, the latest local flashpoint in the immigration debate, has been released.

Weber County man arrested after allegedly placing signage identifying license plate readers

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Updated Oct. 26 - 1:07 p.m.  |  Save Story

A Weber County man was arrested Sunday for allegedly placing signage identifying license plate readers and his backers decried the detention.

French artist installs imaginative, spiraling wooden sculpture in Ogden plaza

Cassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 24 - 10:05 a.m.  |  Save Story

A massive, spiraling wooden contraption is starting to take form in an Ogden plaza, marking a French artist's first U.S.-based installation.

Charges dismissed against ex-Ogden officer in July 4 incident that allegedly injured 8 people

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Updated Oct. 23 - 11:07 a.m.  |  Save Story

Charges have been dismissed against an ex-Ogden police officer in a July 4 incident that injured eight people, but prosecutors are still reviewing the case.

July fire north of Roy likely caused by passing freight train, probe shows

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 22 - 7:33 p.m.  |  Save Story

A train likely sparked a July fire north of Roy, according to the incident report, which doesn't look at a fire at the same time in Roy that torched three homes.

Third gunman sentenced in deadly shooting at Weber County street racing competition

Tim Vandenack, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 22 - 1:52 p.m.  |  Save Story

The third gunman charged in the deadly shooting at a clandestine street racing competition last year in western Weber County has been sentenced.

Ogden man accused of threatening synagogue in 2025 charged with federal hate crime

VideoCassidy Wixom, KSL  |  Posted Oct. 22 - 12:03 p.m.  |  Save Story

An Ogden man who was initially arrested in 2025 and accused of threatening to blow up a synagogue while he was in possession of homemade explosives is now charged in federal court with a hate crime.