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• Utah-raised WWII veteran to be interred at Arlington Cemetery on 100th birthday

  15-12-2018 23:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — A World War II veteran, Purple Heart recipient and Utah native will be laid to rest in Arlington Cemetery on his upcoming 100th birthday Monday.Lloyd Shipley was born Dec. 17, 1918, to a farming family in the small town of Paradise, Cache County.On that date this year, his children and grandchildren will hold a graveside service at Arlington as his and his wife's caskets are moved from Florida to the military cemetery in Virginia.In 1942, Shipley was drafted into the U.S.
  
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• Audits: $53M of missile motors at Hill Air Force Base wrongly listed as not working

  15-12-2018 23:56
  OGDEN — A Department of Defense audit found that $53 million of ballistic missile motors stored at Hill Air Force Base in northern Utah were inaccurately designated as not working.The Standard-Examiner reports that spokeswoman Leah Bryant said "training issues" at some Air Force units resulted in items being listed inaccurately as "unserviceable but repairable" instead of being listed correctly as "serviceable."Bryant is chief spokeswoman for the Air Force Nuclear Weapons Center at Kirtlan
  
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• Disney actor Stoney Westmoreland fired after arrest in Utah

  15-12-2018 23:42
  SALT LAKE CITY — Disney Channel actor Stoney Westmoreland has been fired after he was arrested in Salt Lake City for allegedly attempting to have a sexual relationship with an online acquaintance he believed was 13 years old.In a statement Saturday, Disney announced that the 48-year-old Westmoreland had been dropped from the sitcom "Andi Mack," on which he plays the grandfather of the teen-age title character. The show films at Wasatch Junior High in Salt Lake City.Salt Lake police detecti
  
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• Police issue warning about leaving garage doors open

  15-12-2018 23:30
  LEHI — Police are offering residents a friendly reminder to keep their garage doors closed and locked after a rash of burglaries in the area.The open doors make tools, bicycles and other valuables easier for criminals to steel.That's why Lehi police officer Gavin Johnson was keeping an eye out for open garages, easy pickings for a thief."Sometimes they will hang around a little bit, just to make sure and see if someone is going in or out, or if someone is in the garage and then make their
  
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• Photos: Service members in Utah honored as part of national event

  15-12-2018 22:14
  Six hundred wreaths were laid on the headstones of fallen service members buried at Fort Douglas Cemetery on Saturday. Local volunteers coordinated the event, joining more than 1,200 other locations, including Arlington National Cemetery, across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. The annual event aims to encourage remembrance, honor and education about the people who serve the country.See the world through the eyes of award-winning photojournalists. Click through the gallery ab
  
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• Utah bike shop helps give kids their own set of wheels

  15-12-2018 22:11
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — Sharen Hauri designs bike lanes and trails for the city, but she found not a whole lot of kids were using them because they don't have access to a bike."We've got kids who are walking two miles to and from school or their bikes get stolen," Hauri, urban design director for South Salt Lake, said. "They can't get around and do the things they want and need to do."
  Qiling Wang, Deseret News
  Kingston Taban, 10, is given a helmet by Free Bikes 4 Kidz at Nate Wade Subaru in Sal
  
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• State School Board OKs near-$600,000 budget for public relations services

  15-12-2018 21:04
  
  The Utah State Board of Education has agreed to budget nearly $600,000 in unexpended federal mineral lease funds for strategic communications services, an effort Superintendent of Public Instruction Sydnee Dickson calls "important" and "timely."
  
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• Social work expert disagrees with federal law enforcers about sex offender treatment

  15-12-2018 18:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — A University of Utah social work professor and therapist disagrees with the state's top federal law enforcement officials' assessment that treatment for child sex offenders doesn't work.Rob Butters, who has also worked as a probation officer, said it's unfortunate they made the statement in a public forum because "it's simply not true.""We know that treatment works a lot better than incarceration," he said. "Prison doesn't make people better. It just keeps them incapacitat
  
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• Salt Lake City seeking new council member as Kitchen departs for Utah Senate

  15-12-2018 18:34
  
  With the departure of Salt Lake City Councilman Derek Kitchen, Utah's capital city's governing body has a vacancy to fill.
  
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• Angel Flight brings Santa, 8,000 pounds of supplies to Title I school

  15-12-2018 17:17
  
  Hundreds of students from the school lined up inside a hangar at Cedar City Regional Airport to greet Santa on Friday.
  
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• Lynn Arave: When the first ‘horseless carriage’ was spotted in Salt Lake in 1899 and more history

  15-12-2018 17:03
  The very first automobile was spotted in Salt Lake City on April 12, 1899."First horseless carriage seen on Salt Lake streets" was an April 13, 1899, headline in the Salt Lake Herald newspaper.That first machine of its kind in Salt Lake was a Winton Motor Carriage and sold for $1,500. (That equals more than $37,000 in 2017 values.)The newspaper report said the auto attracted "much attention" as it traveled along Main Street, State Street and West Temple Street. It seemed to especially delight yo
  
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• TSA expects a record number of travelers this holiday season

  15-12-2018 16:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — With a historic volume of travelers anticipated this holiday season, airport security is warning passengers to be prepared and patient as they head to Grandma's house this Christmas.And please, leave your guns, knives and Tasers at home, and not in your carry-on bags, they noted Friday amid a display of confiscated gear shown at a news conference at the airport.The Transportation Security Administration nationally and locally expects to screen a record number of travelers
  
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• 'Home is where you want to be': Huntsman program aims to give cancer patients more flexibility

  15-12-2018 04:51
  SALT LAKE CITY — Tom Kurrus is not afraid to die."I have no qualms about the fact that I have a fatal diagnosis," he says. "But I'm not into suffering."While his approaching death from cancer doesn't fill him with dread, "I just don't want to be there when it happens," he quipped.Kurrus, a retired internal medicine and infectious disease physician who worked in the field for 43 years, learned in September he had a brain tumor called a glioblastoma. His doctors from the Huntsman Cancer Inst
  
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• Another Olympics in Utah? Salt Lake City selected as possible 2030 U.S. bid pick

  15-12-2018 04:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah is closer to getting another Olympics Friday after the U.S. Olympic Committee selected Salt Lake City to bid on behalf of the United States for a future Winter Games, potentially in 2030.Salt Lake City, the host of the 2002 Winter Games, beat out Denver. Reno-Tahoe dropped out of the running recently in the competition. The decision was made by the USOC at a closed-door meeting in San Francisco.It will be the International Olympic Committee that chooses the 2030 host
  
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• 2 adults, 1 juvenile arrested after high-speed pursuit ends north of Stockton

  15-12-2018 04:05
  
  Three people were arrested after a short high-speed chase on state Route 36 Friday afternoon, police said.
  
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• Weber State University to open new Lindquist Hall on Jan. 7

  15-12-2018 03:58
  OGDEN — Weber State University will host a grand opening ceremony for the renovated Lindquist Hall — formerly known as the Social Science building — on Monday, Jan. 7, the institution's 130th Founders Day.An open house with self-guided tours of the building will be held from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., with the formal ribbon-cutting ceremony at 2:30 p.m. WSU alumnus Paul Draper, an anthropology graduate and illusionist, is scheduled to perform at 3 p.m. and 4 p.m.The massive renovation b
  
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• Utah man faces federal murder charge in fatal Navajo Nation shooting

  15-12-2018 03:33
  
  A man who allegedly shot another man in the back of the head during an argument in the Navajo Nation was charged with murder Friday in federal court.
  
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• Great Salt Lake State Park hosting First Day Hike

  15-12-2018 03:30
  MAGNA — Great Salt Lake State Park will ring in the new year with a First Day Hike.The 2-mile round-trip hike along Sunset Beach will begin at 1 p.m. sharp. Participants should meet at the marina office parking lot at 12:45 p.m.While the event is free, there is a $3 per vehicle entry fee to the park, which is located at 13312 W. 1075 South
  
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• 2 men arrested, boy taken to detention center after police chase

  15-12-2018 03:22
  STOCKTON — Two men were arrested and a boy was taken to a detention center Friday after leading officers on a high-speed chase, police said.According to Stockton Police Chief Travis Romney, the chase began when an officer tried to pull over a vehicle that was speeding. The car fled at 80 miles an hour in a 40 mph zone, Romney said, running two other vehicles off the road.Police pursued for between five and eight minutes while Utah Highway Patrol troopers set up spike strips north of Stockt
  
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• Photos: 700 Nativities go on display at Utah church

  15-12-2018 03:14
  More than 700 Nativity scenes collected over the years by Joleen Wright are on display at the Granger East Stake south building in West Valley City on Friday. The Nativities come from many countries, as well as local and well-known artists. The Nativities will be on display again Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. The stake center is located 3935 S. 1500 West.See the world through the eyes of award-winning photojournalists. Click through the gallery above to view the unique images our visual storyt
  
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• St. George mother finds a way to get back to her favorite sport

  15-12-2018 03:00
  
  Staying active and even competitive in your favorite sport seems to get harder as you age, but one St. George mom is using every resource available to keep up with her kids.
  
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• Disney Channel actor arrested for allegedly enticing minor in Utah

  15-12-2018 02:32
  
  A 48-year-old Disney Channel actor for a show that films in Utah was arrested Friday after allegedly arranging online to have sex with someone he believed was 13 years old.
  
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• Salt Lake City seeking new council member as Derek Kitchen departs for Utah Senate

  15-12-2018 01:58
  SALT LAKE CITY — With the departure of Salt Lake City Councilman Derek Kitchen, Utah's capital city has a vacancy to fill on its governing body.Kitchen, who won election for outgoing Sen. Jim Dabakis' Democratic seat in the Utah Legislature, attended his last council meeting Nov. 27 as he prepares to join the Senate at the start of the new year.The Salt Lake City Recorder's Office announced it will accept applications through Jan. 15 from people interested in serving the remainder of Kitch
  
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• UTA will have limited service on Christmas, New Year’s

  15-12-2018 01:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Transit Authority will only offer ski service on Christmas Day and New Year's Day.On those days, ski service and the PC-SLC Connect will follow the Sunday schedule.On Christmas Eve, UTA will offer regular weekday service on all modes. On New Year's Eve, there will be regular service with extended TRAX, S-Line and FrontRunner service for partygoers.To see UTA's schedule for the holidays, log on to rideuta.com.
  
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• 2 from O.J. Simpson defense team helping ex-USU linebacker charged with rapes

  15-12-2018 01:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — With former Utah State University linebacker Torrey Green's rape trial set to begin in early January, two new high-profile players have joined his defense team.Pat McKenna, the lead private investigator in both O.J. Simpson's and Casey Anthony's defense cases, and F. Lee Bailey, a now-disbarred attorney who was on O.J. Simpson's defense team, became Green's lead investigators and consultants a couple of months ago, Green's publicist, Zack Teperman, said Friday."The two are
  
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• Here's why CenturyLink customers received a pop-up that briefly blocked the internet

  15-12-2018 01:06
  
  If you’re a CenturyLink customer, you may have had trouble getting online this week. Here’s why the internet service provider says the reason is due to Utah law — and why state legislators say it should never have happened.
  
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• UTA to hold open house Jan. 9 on bus rapid transit in Weber County

  15-12-2018 00:30
  OGDEN — The Utah Transit Authority is exploring bus rapid transit service in Weber County and is asking the public to weigh in on the environmental impacts associated with its construction and operation.The service would run from the FrontRunner station at the Ogden Intermodal Transit Center to Weber State University and McKay-Dee Hospital, replacing route 603 with 5.3 miles of bus rapid transit service at 10- to 15-minute frequencies and include 13 enhanced bus stations. The buses would o
  
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• Salt Lake City is U.S. pick to try for 2030 Olympics

  15-12-2018 00:25
  SALT LAKE CITY — Another Olympics could be coming to Utah now that the U.S. Olympic Committee has selected the city to bid on behalf of the United States for a future Winter Games.Salt Lake City, the host of the 2002 Winter Games, beat out Denver. Reno-Tahoe dropped out of the running recently in the competition to be chosen to bid for what is expected to be the 2030 Winter Games.The decision was made by the USOC at a closed-door meeting in San Francisco.It will be up to the International
  
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• Salt Lake is US pick to try for Winter Olympics

  15-12-2018 00:22
  
  Utah is closer to getting another Olympics Friday after the U.S. Olympic Committee selected Salt Lake City to bid on behalf of the United States, potentially for the 2030 Winter Games.
  
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