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• More charges for man accused of killing Salt Lake convenience store clerk

  12-07-2019 23:48
  Tukka GonneSalt Lake County Sheriff's OfficeSALT LAKE CITY — A man accused of stabbing and killing a convenience store clerk now faces additional charges for an alleged robbery a month earlier.On Thursday, Tukka Gonne, 21, was charged in 3rd District Court with murder, a first-degree felony, and aggravated assault, a second-degree felony.Friday, he was charged with robbery, a first-degree felony, and assault, a class A misdemeanor.Gonne is accused of assaulting another man with a group of
  
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• Utah man with 'sexual interest' in children arrested in sting, police say

  12-07-2019 23:31
  Tyler Roy LeggettSalt Lake County JailSALT LAKE CITY — A man who told police he had a sexual interest in children now faces criminal charges for allegedly trying to solicit a 12-year-old girl and possessing child porn.Tyler Roy Leggett, 25, of Salt Lake City, was charged Friday in 3rd District Court with criminal solicitation, a first-degree felony; arranging to distribute a controlled substance, a second-degree felony; 20 counts of sexual exploitation of a minor, a second-degree felony; a
  
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• Rock climber suffers severe ankle injury in fall in Little Cottonwood Canyon

  12-07-2019 22:48
  FILE - A rock climber suffered a severe ankle injury Friday when he fell about 40 feet, according to rescue crews.Stock imageSANDY — A rock climber suffered a severe ankle injury Friday when he fell about 40 feet, according to rescue crews.The man was climbing Granite Mountain, about a mile up Little Cottonwood Canyon, when a piece of his climbing gear apparently malfunctioned and he fell approximately 40 feet, according to Unified Fire Authority spokesman Keith Garner.The fall was broken
  
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• Association honors Salt Lake County Health Department

  12-07-2019 22:15
  FILE - The National Association of County and City Health Officials named the Salt Lake County Health Department the Local Health Department of the Year during its annual conference in Orlando, Florida.Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The National Association of County and City Health Officials named the Salt Lake County Health Department the Local Health Department of the Year during its annual conference in Orlando, Florida.The department was honored for its response to the co
  
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• Major water main break sends rushing water down Park City street

  12-07-2019 21:46
  Park City employees look into a sinkhole at the intersection of Trappers Way and Park Avenue on Friday, July 12, 2019. A water main broke Thursday night sending water and debris down Main Street.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsPark City employees fix a water main at the intersection of Trappers Way and Park Avenue on Friday, July 12, 2019. The pipe broke Thursday night sending water and debris down Main Street.Scott G Winterton, Deseret NewsPark City employees fix a water main at the intersection
  
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• Permits for several deer, elk hunts available beginning Tuesday and Thursday

  12-07-2019 20:44
  General-season bull elk permits — including multiseason general bull elk permits — will be available beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16, 2019.Utah Division of Wildlife ResourcesSALT LAKE CITY — General-season bull elk permits — including multiseason general bull elk permits — will be available beginning at 8 a.m. on Tuesday.The general-season bull elk permits allow hunters to harvest a bull elk using a muzzleloader or any legal weapon. The permits are available
  
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• Incentives approved for 5 filming projects in Utah

  12-07-2019 20:40
  FILE - The state film commission announced incentives that are projected to produce $9.3 million in economic impact resulting in over 300 local jobs.Adobe StockSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Film Commission this week announced funding for several new movie projects through the Governor's Office of Economic Development under the Motion Picture Incentive Program.Five state film incentives were approved that are projected to generate an estimated $9.3 million in economic impact resulting in more t
  
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• Las Vegas man headed to prison for stealing from elderly, disabled in mail fraud scam

  12-07-2019 20:17
  Daron Howell Fordham, 50, was sentenced to six years behind bars after earlier pleading guilty to six counts of mail fraud. U.S. District Judge Dee Benson also ordered him to repay the money he stole.Stock imageSALT LAKE CITY — A Las Vegas man who bilked hundreds of investors, including many older and disabled people, out of $1.8 million through a direct mail fraud scam he ran out of mailbox in a Park City store is headed to prison.Daron Howell Fordham, 50, was sentenced to six years behin
  
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• Former Mia Love top aide named executive director of Utah GOP

  12-07-2019 20:04
  Laurel PriceLaurel PriceSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah GOP has hired a new executive director, Laurel Price, who served as a top aide to former 4th District Congresswoman Mia Love, who lost the seat to Democratic Rep. Ben McAdams in last year's election.State Republican Party Chairman Derek Brown said Price will be key to taking back the seat. Love, who served two terms, has already said she's ready to run again if no candidates emerge that she believes can defeat McAdams."Because of Laurel's u
  
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• Utah Sen. Mitt Romney defends former GOP running mate Paul Ryan in wake of Trump tirade

  12-07-2019 19:47
  FILE - In this Aug. 25, 2012 file photo, Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney and his vice presidential running mate Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wis., arrive for a campaign rally in Powell, Ohio. They're the political world's newest odd couple: Mitt Romney and Paul Ryan are bound by substance, but dramatically different in style. The running mates share a love of policy, and a fascination with the world's economy and America's place in it. But where Romney is buttoned-u
  
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• Moab 1st Utah city to report West Nile bug in mosquitoes this year

  12-07-2019 19:25
  FILE - In this Wednesday, June 3, 2009 file photo, adult mosquitoes are seen through a fluorescence microscope at the University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute's Insect Transformation Facility in Rockville, Md.. U.S. President Donald Trump's move a year ago to dramatically expand cuts in U.S. funding to foreign organizations providing abortion services has left impoverished women around the world without access to treatment for HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria, health groups say.Jacquelyn Mar
  
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• Prominent bodybuilder accused of raping woman in Utah hotel room

  12-07-2019 18:24
  Shawn Rhoden, 44, was charged Thursday with rape and object rape, both first degree felonies, and forcible sexual abuse, a second degree felony.Stock imageSALT LAKE CITY — Bodybuilder Shawn Rhoden is accused of raping a woman in a Sandy hotel room.Rhoden, 44, was charged Thursday with rape and object rape, both first degree felonies, and forcible sexual abuse, a second degree felony.The woman, a female competitive bodybuilder who described Rhoden as a mentor, went to visit Rhoden at his ho
  
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• Asleep at the wheel: How a secret study on Utah's roads could be putting drivers at risk

  12-07-2019 06:00
  Jess Esplin poses for a portrait on the side of Interstate 80 where she worked on a study of semi-autonomous cars for the University of Utah in 2018 in Salt Lake City on Sunday, May 19, 2019. Esplin and a colleague worked as researchers and expressed concern about a study on autonomous cars.Silas Walker, Deseret NewsElise Tanner, 25, photographed in Manchester, Conn., Friday, May 24, 2019, recently left her job at the University of Utah where she worked as a research associate for the Center for
  
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• Boulder causes water leak, outage in Centerville

  12-07-2019 04:15
  A broken water pipe left dozens of people without water in Centerville on Tuesday evening.Adobe StockCENTERVILLE — A broken water pipe left dozens of people without water in Centerville on Thursday evening.After a small water leak was reported on Main Street, crews found that a pipe underneath was lodged on top of a boulder and had a small hole in it, according to Centerville Public Works Director Randy Randall.When crews tried to move the boulder, it ruptured the entire length of the 20-f
  
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• Granite board studying possible school closures in West Valley City, Taylorsville

  12-07-2019 03:23
  Granite school board is studying the possibility of elementary school closures in West Valley City and Taylorsville and has planned open houses in September with the affected school communities.Adobe StockSALT LAKE CITY — The Granite School District Board of Education is studying the possibility of closing elementary schools in West Valley City and Taylorsville before the start of the 2020-2021 school year.Open houses are planned in mid-September with the communities of the three schools i
  
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• Utah Seismic Safety Commission celebrates 25-year anniversary in wake of California quake

  12-07-2019 02:35
  FILE - Damaged pavement from an earthquake surrounds the Searle Valley Domestic Water company in Trona, Calif., on Wednesday, July 10, 2019.James Quigg, Associated PressFILE - Ivan Wong, lead author on a new report concerning probabilities of earthquakes along the Wasatch Front, speaks during the quarterly meeting of the Utah Seismic Safety Commission in Salt Lake City on Monday, April 18, 2016.Ravell Call, Deseret NewsSALT LAKE CITY — The Utah Legislature was in session on Jan. 17, 1994,
  
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• Doctor, assistant blame jail nurse for Duchesne inmate's 2016 death

  12-07-2019 02:23
  Madison Jensen, 21FacebookSALT LAKE CITY — A physician's assistant arrived at the jail cell of a 21-year-old woman in rural Duchesne County in 2016, only to find that she had died less than an hour earlier.Now, attorneys for the medical worker and a doctor employed by the jail are fighting allegations that they had ignored Madison Jensen's urgent need for medical care and did not properly train staff there before her death.The family of Jensen, who died of dehydration as she withdrew from
  
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• Drowsy driving just as dangerous as drunken driving, doctor says

  12-07-2019 00:29
  Chris Draper talks about surviving an auto crash after falling asleep at the wheel during a press conference about drowsy driving at St. Mark’s Hospital in Millcreek on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The press conference was hosted by the Utah Department of Transportation and the Utah Department of Public Safety.Kristin Murphy, Deseret NewsKris Mitchell, St. Mark's Hospital trauma medical director, discusses drowsy driving during a press conference at the hospital in Millcreek on Thursday, July
  
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• HUD Secretary Ben Carson tours Utah developments

  12-07-2019 00:08
  U.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, center, listens to builders while touring the Hub of Opportunity in South Salt Lake on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The 200,00-square-foot mixed-use, HUD-supported development is currently under construction near 3900 S. West Temple.Steve Griffin, Deseret NewsU.S. Housing and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson, center, talks with builders while touring the Hub of Opportunity in South Salt Lake on Thursday, July 11, 2019. The 200,00-square-
  
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