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• 3 taken into custody in connection with Riverton shooting

  23-01-2018 23:53
  
  Police took three into custody in connection with Saturday's Riverton shooting after lockouts at Riverton and Herriman schools.
  
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• Robotics competition set for Feb. 10 at Weber State

  23-01-2018 23:39
  OGDEN — Elementary and high school students from across Utah will put their engineering skills to the test Saturday, Feb. 10, during a robotics competition at Weber State University. The event is open to the public.
  The FIRST (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) Day competition and state championship will be held 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Swenson Gym and Shepherd Union Building. It will include young students experiencing their first introduction to technology, as w
  
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• Used book sale is Feb. 10 at S.L. Main Library

  23-01-2018 23:30
  SALT LAKE CITY — Friends of the City Library is holding a used book sale from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 10, at the Salt Lake Main Library, 210 E. 400 South.
  The sale will include mysteries, cookbooks, DVDs and more. For more information, call 801-524-8238.
  
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• Parents of 'severely malnourished' child charged with abuse

  23-01-2018 23:09
  MAGNA — A Magna couple was charged Tuesday with child abuse after police say their 10-month-old child was found weighing just 9 pounds.
  Loren D. Campbell, 23, and Julia Campbell, 24, are each charged in 3rd District Court with child abuse, a second-degree felony.
  In October, a Unified police officer was called to Exodus Health Care Clinic, 3665 S. 8400 West, regarding a baby that had just been transferred to Primary Children's Hospital for malnutrition, according to charging documents.
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• Ogden couple sentenced to prison for trafficking prostitutes in their home

  23-01-2018 22:57
  OGDEN — An Ogden couple has been sentenced to prison for trafficking women into prostitution by beating them, intimidating them or exploiting their drug addiction.
  Lynnsie Reddish, 21, and Terrance Chavez Jones, 31, were sentenced Monday to two concurrent sentences of at least one and up to 15 years in prison. They pleaded guilty last month to two counts apiece of human trafficking, a second-degree felony.
  In a memorandum filed prior to the sentencing, prosecutors asked for prison time for
  
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• Utah faith leaders refer to Joseph Smith in urging lawmakers to pass victim targeting bill

  23-01-2018 22:50
  SALT LAKE CITY — A group of non-Mormon religious leaders cite the murder of LDS Church founder Joseph Smith and his brother among their reasons for backing a victim targeting bill in the Utah Legislature.
  In a letter urging lawmakers to pass SB86, the Most Rev. Oscar Solis, bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Salt Lake City, lists several recent and past incidents where racial minorities or churches were attacked.
  "The not-so-subtle message to all others of those same race, ethnicities and r
  
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• 'There is a demographic shift:' A look at the possible future of Point of the Mountain

  23-01-2018 22:31
  
  Point of the Mountain Development Commission released its vision for the future of southern Salt Lake and northern Utah counties on Monday.
  
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• Lawmakers take action on education statute reform, penalty for killing police K-9

  23-01-2018 22:03
  
  Utah lawmakers kicked off their 2018 Legislative session by taking action to tidy up the state's public education statutes and increase the penalty for killing a police K-9. They also backed a juvenile court judge, and heard from the Utah Supreme Court Chief Justice.
  
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• San Juan commission blasts A.G. for 'political games' prosecuting sheriff

  23-01-2018 21:44
  SALT LAKE CITY — San Juan County commissioners issued a blistering attack Tuesday accusing the Utah Attorney General's Office of playing "political games" in the now dismissed case against popular Sheriff Rick Eldredge.
  Eldredge faced charges of retaliating against a witness, obstructing justice and official misconduct after he was accused of pointing an unloaded gun at a deputy's back and pulling the trigger, then firing the deputy for reporting the incident. Two others in the sheriff's o
  
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• Utah lawmaker saunters in style with help from his wife

  23-01-2018 21:13
  
  Legislators spend hundreds of hours each year preparing for the next legislative session, which doesn’t leave a lot of time to dress for success.
  
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• Smithfield native brings home gold at national collegiate skydiving championship

  23-01-2018 21:09
  
  Zachary Daines of Utah recently competed against 80 other college students at the National Collegiate Parachuting Championship in Florida.
  
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• Woman critically injured in motorcycle collision with truck

  23-01-2018 19:06
  
  A woman was taken to Dixie Regional Medical Center after crashing into the side of a pickup truck while driving her motorcycle in a residential area of Washington City Monday.
  
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• Sen. Mike Lee explains voting against bills shutting down, reopening government

  23-01-2018 18:35
  SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee voted against the failed bill that resulted in a federal government shutdown last Friday and also voted against the bill Monday that reopened federal agencies.
  Utah's Republican junior senator has a longstanding problem with funding government through continuing resolutions, which he calls "ticking time bombs" that inevitably lead to more shutdowns.
  As long as Congress "reflexively" votes for stopgap measures to keep government going, the threat will continue
  
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• Day 2: Happening on the Hill

  23-01-2018 17:54
  • Sen. Kevin Van Tassell, R-Vernal, plans to introduce SCR4, a resolution recognizing the devastating effects of the sudden death of Utah residents from opioid-induced postoperative respiratory depression. Van Tassell will present his bill to the Senate Health and Human Services Committee at 2 p.m. in Room 250 at the Capitol.
  • The Senate Education Committee will discuss SB87, sponsored by Sen. Todd Weiler, R-Woods Cross, to set standards for school security locks for use in lockdown s
  
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• 3 injured in Payson neighborhood shootout

  23-01-2018 17:23
  PAYSON — Two pistol-wielding men and a woman were injured in a shootout on a Payson street late Monday, police say.
  The men fired an estimated 10 to 15 rounds as they faced off on a residential street near 650 West and 500 South about 10:30 p.m., Payson Police Chief Brad Bishop said.
  The three people were each shot at least once, he said. Their injuries were not considered to be life-threatening.
  "They were horrible shots, apparently," the chief said.
  The woman is the wife of one of the me
  
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• US government wants monument lawsuits moved to Utah

  23-01-2018 16:20
  
  The federal government says lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump's decision to drastically shrink two Utah national monuments should be tried in Utah rather than Washington, D.C.
  
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• Jay Evensen: A message bill about the value of a child with Down syndrome

  23-01-2018 16:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — Arguments over abortion laws tend to teeter on the edge of the legal moment when a fetus becomes a human being capable of independent survival, worthy of sympathy and eligible for rights.
  It's a rather arbitrary legal measurement, at best. But the sympathy part becomes especially tricky when you're face-to-face with the parent of a child who has Down syndrome.
  Utah lawmakers are hoping to turn that natural sympathy into law. Their efforts may be more a message than anythin
  
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• Jay Evensen: A message bill about the value of a Down syndrome child

  23-01-2018 15:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — Arguments over abortion laws tend to teeter on the edge of the legal moment when a fetus becomes a human being capable of independent survival, worthy of sympathy and eligible for rights.
  It's a rather arbitrary legal measurement, at best. But the sympathy part becomes especially tricky when you're face-to-face with the parent of a child who has Down syndrome.
  Utah lawmakers are hoping to turn that natural sympathy into law. Their efforts may be more a message than anythin
  
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• 3 injured in shootout on Payson street

  23-01-2018 14:49
  
  A dispute between two men lead to a shootout in the streets of Payson Monday night, police said.
  
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• After 18 years, Springville consignment store owner closes business to start new journey

  23-01-2018 14:00
  SPRINGVILLE — To Patty Hulce, her business is a home of renewal.
  "When people consign their things here, nothing is wasted," she said, standing behind a table that serves as the front counter of the Wandering Wardrobe, 511 S. Main. "I'm selling things that somebody would throw away."
  A dealer in the discarded, Hulce helps breathe new life into racks of forsaken attire.
  "A little bit less wear and tear on the world," she said.
  After visiting consignment shops in Salt Lake City, Hucle shelve
  
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• Vote on whether to recommend another Olympic bid postponed

  23-01-2018 07:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — A vote on whether to recommend Salt Lake seek another Winter Games was postponed Monday to give the Olympic Exploratory Committee time to review new details, including how it could cost less to host than in 2002.
  "I think it's very positive. But people need to take time to digest it. There's a lot of meat in here and a lot of numbers," Fraser Bullock, a co-chairman of the committee, told reporters after what was supposed to be the last meeting of the group.
  Bullock said a
  
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• Influenza related hospitalizations on the rise in Utah

  23-01-2018 06:27
  
  Influenza hospitalizations have more than doubled in less than three weeks. It's widespread and affecting every community right now in Utah.
  
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• Prosecutors won't appeal San Juan County sheriff's weapons case

  23-01-2018 06:23
  MONTICELLO — Prosecutors will not appeal the dismissal of a case alleging that San Juan County's sheriff pulled the trigger of an unloaded rifle aimed at his deputy, then fired the officer in retaliation for reporting the incident.
  As part of a deal with the Utah Attorney General's Office, Sheriff Rick Eldredge admitted that he inadvertently aimed his gun at his deputy, Todd Bristol, near a gun range, Spencer Austin, the attorney general's chief criminal deputy, said in a statement.
  Eldred
  
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• Senate amends protective order law in response to Sandy killings

  23-01-2018 06:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate passed SB27 quickly Monday afternoon, amending the laws on domestic violence, dating violence and stalking that may have saved a Sandy woman and her son.
  Memorez Rackley and her son, Jase, were gunned down by a man she had once dated, Jeremy Patterson, on June 6 on a Sandy street. Patterson then took his own life.
  SB27 amends the law to expand the ability to obtain a proctective order to those who have or had a relationship with a suspect but never cohabited.
  Th
  
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• How 2 Lehi police officers assisted in bringing Amber Alert search to an end

  23-01-2018 05:38
  
  An 8-year-old girl made it home safety Saturday, thanks to two Lehi police officers who heard an Amber Alert and got to work.
  
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• Grantsville mayor accused of fostering hostile work environment

  23-01-2018 05:13
  GRANTSVILLE — Shauna Kertamus, former Grantsville planning and zoning administrator, had worked for the city for two decades before she said she couldn't take it anymore.
  For former Grantsville City Recorder Rachel Wright, it was six years.
  They left for mainly the same reason: Mayor Brent Marshall, who they said has fostered a demeaning and intimidating work environment, alleging both physical and verbal outbursts.
  While both women said they endured years of uncomfortable interactions wit
  
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• Bill would prohibit abortion when motivation for it is Down syndrome

  23-01-2018 04:19
  SALT LAKE CITY — When Amber Merkley and her husband received a diagnosis of Down syndrome for their unborn son, she concedes "we were devastated."
  Immediately, Merkley thought of how the news could affect her other children.
  "Would they be proud of him? Would he be a burden to them, us, or (everyone) else?" she remembers thinking. "Would he be accepted?"
  As the West Valley City woman learned more from her medical providers about what raising a child with Down syndrome would be like, she sa
  
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• Senate judicial panel backs Brody Keisel for 6th District Juvenile Court

  23-01-2018 04:13
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Senate Judicial Confirmation Committee on Monday unanimously recommended the full Senate approve the nomination of Brody Keisel as 6th District Juvenile Court judge.
  Keisel is set to replace retiring Judge Paul Lyman.
  Keisel previously served as Sanpete County attorney, municipal prosecutor in Manti, and as deputy Sanpete County attorney. He has been responsible for 6th District Court prosecutions since 2003, and is an adjunct professor in criminal law at Snow College.
  
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• $30K in jewelry stolen from Salt Lake antique shop, owner says

  23-01-2018 03:35
  
  A Salt Lake City antique shop owner says a man walked into her store on Friday and stole about $30,000 worth of jewelry.
  
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• Utah governor to ask lawmakers for $22.5 million in tourism funding

  23-01-2018 03:29
  SALT LAKE CITY — After a historic ski season and near-record tourism revenue last year, leaders in Utah are hoping to continue the momentum in the new year through an aggressive marketing campaign aimed at increasing the state's visitor and recreation profile.
  As the 2018 Utah Legislature officially gets underway, Gov. Gary Herbert and others are pledging to grow one of the state's top economic drivers — tourism.
  Tourism marketing generates significant economic benefits for the state
  
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• Artificial intelligence compromises better than humans, BYU researchers say

  23-01-2018 03:02
  
  Researchers have known for years that computers can compete with humans, but two BYU faculty members and staff from other universities say artificial intelligence may be able to compromise more effectively than humans, too.
  
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• Utility van driver killed in collision with semitrailer

  23-01-2018 03:00
  SALT LAKE CITY — A utility van driver has died after plowing into the back of a semitrailer that was stopped at a traffic light Monday, authorities said.
  Randall Searcy, 46, was killed in the rear-end collision about 1 p.m. at 2100 South and 900 West, said Salt Lake City police Sgt. Brandon Schearer. Crews took Searcy to a nearby hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.
  Photos from the scene showed the van had crashed into the semitrailer's rear right corner, smashing through the van
  
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• Van driver dies after rear-ending semitruck

  23-01-2018 02:55
  
  A Lennox van driver has died after rear-ending a semitruck in Salt Lake City Monday afternoon.
  
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• Arizona man loses hunting privilege for 10 years for illegally killing bighorn sheep

  23-01-2018 02:12
  
  An Arizona hunting guide’s hunting license in Utah and 46 other states was revoked in addition to a $30,000 fine imposed on him after a poaching case involving a desert bighorn sheep, according to wildlife officials.
  
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• 2 sentenced to probation in theft of Joseph Smith, Brigham Young statue

  23-01-2018 02:10
  SALT LAKE CITY — Two men were ordered Monday to complete three years of probation after admitting to stealing an 800-pound bronze statue of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young.
  Potential prison terms were suspended Monday for William Ford, 47, and Jacob Ferguson, 41, who were each sentenced instead to probation. The two men pleaded guilty to theft, a second-degree felony.
  A $5,000 warrant was issued for Larry Forness, 52, who also pleaded guilty in the scheme but failed to appear for the senten
  
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• Utah lawmakers begin massive overhaul of public education statutes

  23-01-2018 02:09
  SALT LAKE CITY — Four bills that tidy up the state's public education statutes sailed through the House and Senate on Monday, opening day of the 2018 Utah Legislature.
  Two House and two Senate bills seek to clean up the massive education code, eliminate obsolete language and reorganize the statutes that address the state system of public education, funding and local operation of the state's public school system.
  HB10, HB11, SB11 and SB12 passed both legislative houses unanimously and advan
  
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• Layton man sentenced to prison for shooting roommate after fight

  23-01-2018 01:27
  FARMINGTON — A Layton man who admitted to shooting and killing his roommate after a fight has been sentenced to prison.
  Christopher Scott Fritz, 21, was sentenced to at least 15 years and up to life in prison for the death of his roommate, 24-year-old Taylor Vancamp. Fritz pleaded guilty in November to murder, a first-degree felony, in exchange for a dismissal of a weapons enhancement on the charge.
  According to a search warrant affidavit, Fritz and Vancamp had been drinking when they got
  
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• Commission to vote on critical planning scenario for Point of the Mountain development

  23-01-2018 01:16
  SALT LAKE CITY — After more than a year of meetings, consultant analyses and gathering input from thousands of stakeholders and residents, the Legislature-created Point of the Mountain Development Commission is poised to vote Monday evening on a "preferred scenario" proposal that will act as a guiding document to manage the state's ongoing, explosive growth.
  And it appears one of the most proactive, and expensive, approach paths has garnered the most support from all who've participated in
  
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• Commission approves critical planning scenario for Point of the Mountain development

  23-01-2018 01:16
  SALT LAKE CITY — Free transit for all, roadways teaming with electric vehicles, a lot more multi-family housing, transit expansions, cleaner air and more walkable communities are all part of a planning vision approved unanimously by the Legislature-created Point of the Mountain Development Commission Monday evening.
  After more than a year of meetings, consultant analyses and gathering input from thousands of stakeholders and residents, the commission approved a "preferred scenario" that wi
  
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• Herriman High students cry censorship after story is pulled from website

  23-01-2018 01:07
  HERRIMAN — Student journalists at Herriman High School are crying censorship after their school newspaper's website was temporarily disabled when they published two stories alleging inappropriate messaging between a former teacher and a student.
  Less than 12 hours after students at the Telegraph student newspaper published their investigation about the teacher's departure from the school, the two articles disappeared from the publication's website, which featured a message saying the page
  
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• 2 Utahns among 95 semifinalists for 2018 Military Child of the Year Award

  23-01-2018 00:57
  SAN ANTONIO — Two Utah youths are among 95 semifinalists for the 2018 Military Child of the Year Award.
  The semifinalists are Hanna Bahner, 13, Layton, Air Force; and Jessica Walker, 17, Blanding, National Guard.
  The award, presented by Operation Homefront, a national nonprofit serving America's military families, reflects the positive impact that these young people have made on their military families, their schools and their communities.
  Thirty-five finalists will be selected in February
  
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• Official: Mississippi pilot killed in Nevada plane crash

  23-01-2018 00:38
  
  Authorities have identified a 26-year-old pilot from Mississippi who died this month when the small plane he was piloting from California to Utah crashed in a rugged northeast Nevada mountain range during stormy weather.
  
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• Applications being accepted for S.L.’s Local Food Microgrant Program

  23-01-2018 00:37
  SALT LAKE CITY — Applications are now open for local commercial farmers to seek assistance in expanding their operation and production of more organically grown fruits and vegetables.
  The applications, which can be found at slcfarmersmarket.org, are due Friday, Feb. 16.
  The city launched the Local Food Microgrant Program last year in partnership with Urban Food Connections of Utah, the nonprofit organization that runs the Downtown Farmers Market, Rio Grande Winter Market and Tuesday Harves
  
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