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• Emigration Canyon reopened after flooding

  12-02-2018 23:59
  
  Emigration Canyon was temporarily closed in both directions early Monday morning due to flooding, but the road was repaired and both lanes were reopened around 3:30 p.m.
  
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• Clearfield man charged in I-15 shootout could face new charges

  12-02-2018 23:37
  PROVO — A man accused of engaging in a freeway shootout with police — resulting in one bystander being shot and a second vehicle hit, and leading officers on a slow speed chase that ended with more gunfire — is also being investigated for suspected child pornography, according to a new search warrant.Arturo Gallemore-Jimenez, 37, of Clearfield, has already been charged with three counts of attempted aggravated murder, a first-degree felony. He is also charged with theft, a seco
  
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• Bishop calls for more power for states in address to lawmakers

  12-02-2018 23:17
  SALT LAKE CITY — Rep. Rob Bishop, R-Utah, said Monday there needs to be a better balance of power between states and Washington, D.C."We're still trying to push this idea of federalism. The more we can have decisions being made by you, the better off we will be," Bishop told the Utah Senate during his annual address to lawmakers, pointing to efforts that are already underway.Those include bringing federal agencies closer to the people they serve, as U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zink
  
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• CNA charged with posting video of senior at assisted living center

  12-02-2018 23:15
  SYRACUSE — A nursing assistant at an assisted living center was charged Monday with making an inappropriate video of a resident and sharing it on social media.Cooper Paul Kelly, 19, of Farmington, is charged in 2nd District Court with voyeurism by electronic equipment, a third-degree felony.On July 11, Kelly, while working as a certified nurse assistant at BeeHive Homes in Syracuse, "used his cellphone to video record a vulnerable adult" while that adult was going to the bathroom, the char
  
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• New Harmony man killed in wild I-215 crash

  12-02-2018 23:08
  
  The investigation into a fatal crash that happened when a Toyota Tundra flew off an overpass and landed on a vehicle below, continued Monday.
  
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• Make Your Week: Teacher shaves head to support student, kids buy roses for classmates

  12-02-2018 23:01
  
  Valentine’s Day is coming up this week, and that may be leaving some of you feeling sad or lonely.
  
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• Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes meets with Trump administration on road issues

  12-02-2018 22:33
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes was in Washington, D.C., on Monday for a meeting on the Trump administration's infrastructure initiative.Hughes, R-Draper, was among state and local officials from several states on hand as President Donald Trump unveiled his plan to fix the nation's crumbling roads, bridges and waterways.Trump wants to pump $1.5 trillion into the initiative while streamlining the often-cumbersome permitting process as part of a $4 trillion-plus budget propos
  
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• Man injured in shooting, Ogden police looking for 2 suspects

  12-02-2018 22:33
  
  Ogden police are looking for two suspects in a shooting that left one man injured.
  
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• Bill to create legislative oversight entity revived in House committee

  12-02-2018 22:29
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill that would create a new legislative entity to oversee state and local governments was revived Monday after several GOP lawmakers changed their votes.HB175 faltered in a House committee earlier this month as a result of "healthy tension" between the branches of government, the bill's sponsor Rep. Keven Stratton, R-Orem, said at the time. Later that day, supporters of the bill held a news conference to pitch the proposed Joint Committee on Governmental Oversight as on
  
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• These 11 cities, like Cape Town, are in danger of running out of water. But what about Utah, Arizona and Nevada?

  12-02-2018 22:18
  Cape Town, South Africa, is not the only city in the world suffering the effects of extreme drought, BBC reported. The news broadcaster recently profiled 11 other cities facing a water crisis in the near future.Cape Town's crisis is most eminent, with more than 4 million residents expected to be without water by April 12, according to CNN."We have reached a point of no return," Cape Town Mayor Patricia de Lille said in an addressin January.Cape Town's increasing population and poor government or
  
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• Wasatch High student charged with drug distribution

  12-02-2018 22:06
  HEBER CITY — An 18-year-old high school student has been charged with drug distribution in Wasatch County.Calvin Herman Giese, of Midway, was charged Monday in 4th District Court with drug distribution, a second-degree felony; drug distribution, a third-degree felony; DUI metabolite and possession of drug paraphernalia, class B misdemeanors; and speeding, a class C misdemeanor.On Sunday, Giese was pulled over for speeding. A Heber City police officer smelled a "strong odor" of marijuana an
  
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• Ex-officer on run for 10 years may ask to withdraw sex abuse plea

  12-02-2018 21:44
  WEST JORDAN — A former Utah Department of Corrections officer who was scheduled to be sentenced Monday after spending 10 years on the run may now seek to change his plea instead.William Lawrence, 41 pleaded guilty to forcible sex abuse, a third-degree felony, on Dec. 6, 2007. In exchange for his guilty plea, a charge of forcible sodomy was dismissed.Lawrence, while still employed with the corrections department, handcuffed a woman in his apartment near 9300 S. Redwood Road and demanded sex
  
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• Bill would make deafblindness a qualifying disability for scholarship

  12-02-2018 21:22
  SALT LAKE CITY — Deafblindness would become a qualifying disability for the Carson Smith Scholarship under SB153, which was endorsed Monday by the Senate Education Committee.Deafblindnness is a combination of sight and hearing impairment that impacts communication, the ability to access information and mobility.The Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarship Program provides tuition assistance for eligible special needs students enrolled in eligible private schools.The scholarship, signed into
  
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• Utah House rejects bill making it a crime for failing to call 911 during assault, injury accident

  12-02-2018 21:18
  SALT LAKE CITY — The Utah House overwhelmingly rejected a bill Monday that would have made it a crime for a witness to an assault or situation in which someone is hurt to fail to call 911.HB125 obligated people to call the emergency line or face being charged with a class B misdemeanor. House Minority Leader Brian King, D-Salt Lake City, called it tool for prosecutors to deal with "callous indifference.""The effect of the bill is to save lives," said King, who sponsored the measure.Rep. Me
  
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• High court overturns man's murder conviction in wife's death

  12-02-2018 21:13
  
  The Utah Supreme Court has overturned the murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing his wife in a moving pickup truck.
  
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• Utah lawmakers give thumbs-down to 'hands-free cellphone bill'

  12-02-2018 21:07
  SALT LAKE CITY — Lawmakers hit the brakes on a bill that would have given police the authority to pull over motorists for using their hands to answer phone calls while driving.Rep. Carol Spackman Moss, D-Holladay, sponsored HB64 — calling it the "hands-free cellphone bill" — and presented it Friday to the House Transportation Committee.It's already illegal for motorists to hold a phone to their ear to take a phone call while driving, Moss said, discussing how Utah's laws for ce
  
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• Ruling upholds $2.3M damages in suit against I-15 interchange

  12-02-2018 20:42
  
  The Utah Court of Appeals has upheld a jury award of over $2.3 million to Target Corp. and a shopping mall's owners for damages from construction of a new I-15 interchange in Utah County.
  
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• Bill to remove mentally unfit elected officials advances to Utah House floor

  12-02-2018 19:46
  SALT LAKE CITY — A bill stemming from the yearslong controversy surrounding former Salt Lake County Recorder Gary Ott moved one step closer to becoming Utah law Monday, but not without some opposition.SB38, which would allow the removal of mentally incapacitated elected officials in certain counties, passed out of the House Government Operation Committee with a 7-2 vote. It now goes to the House floor for consideration.SB38 rose out of the trouble Salt Lake County officials faced when Ott
  
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• Sevier County man pleads guilty to lesser charges in fatal brawl

  12-02-2018 19:05
  SALT LAKE CITY — A Sevier County man originally charged with murder after police say he shot and killed another man following a fight has pleaded guilty to lesser charges.William Gene Muir, 42, of Venice, pleaded guilty in 6th District Court Thursday to manslaughter and felony discharge of a firearm, second-degree felonies, in the death of David Rioja, 36.A jury trial for Muir had been scheduled to begin Monday on a charge of murder, a first-degree felony.Muir and Rioja got into a heated a
  
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• Police searching for missing South Jordan teen in need of medication

  12-02-2018 18:04
  
  McKinley Richards, 14, was last seen around 10:30 p.m. Sunday when she left her home. She requires medication and may be in danger if she is not found soon.
  
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• Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes meeting with Trump on transportation, road issues

  12-02-2018 17:57
  SALT LAKE CITY — Utah House Speaker Greg Hughes is in Washington, D. C., today for meetings on the Trump administration's infrastructure initiative.Hughes, R-Draper, was among state and local officials from several states meeting with President Donald Trump at the White House. Transportation issues are also on the agenda.An early Trump supporter, Hughes' name came up as possible appointee in the transportation department."We're going to get the roads in great shape," Trump told those at th
  
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• Low-level offenders could undergo job training instead of serving jail sentences under bill

  12-02-2018 17:40
  SALT LAKE CITY — Qualifying low-level offenders could undergo job training instead of serving jail time under a pilot program that would be expanded under HB106, which sailed through the Senate Education Committee on Monday.Last summer, Terryl Warner, director of victim services for the Cache County Attorney's Office, created a small pilot program called Cache Achieve to give low-level offenders an opportunity to undergo certificate or job training at Bridgerland Technical College as an al
  
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• Lehi welcomes 1st full-time female firefighters

  12-02-2018 17:32
  
  For the first time ever, a woman has joined the ranks of the full-time firefighters of Lehi. While most take a more traditional route to putting on the helmet, Aubrey Freiberg's path was a little different.
  
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• 1 lane reopened in Emigration Canyon after flooding

  12-02-2018 17:31
  
  Emigration Canyon was temporarily closed in both directions early Monday morning due to flooding, but one lane was reopened around 8:30 a.m.
  
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• Police find missing St. George man with developmental disabilities

  12-02-2018 17:26
  
  Police found a 48-year-old man with developmental disabilities who went missing Sunday in St. George.
  
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• Police searching for missing St. George man with developmental disabilities

  12-02-2018 16:15
  
  Police are searching for a 48-year-old man with developmental disabilities who went missing in St. George Sunday.
  
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• Emigration Canyon closed due to flooding

  12-02-2018 15:47
  
  Emigration Canyon was closed in both directions early Monday morning due to flooding.
  
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• Officer fires shot at scene of burglary, police say

  12-02-2018 15:39
  
  Police are investigating an incident in which an officer fired a shot at the scene of a reported burglary in Salt Lake City late Sunday. No one was injured.
  
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• How a one-time Utah con man was born again in all the right ways

  12-02-2018 07:49
  SALT LAKE CITY — The email pinged into my inbox with no warning:"Years ago you spoke with me on the streets of downtown Salt Lake City. I was conning people out of money. Saying I was stranded and needed to get home. When you confronted me I told you that most of the people asking for money on the street were heroin addicts. I believe that you wrote an article for the paper on this a few days later. For me this was a lifetime ago. I was a reckless, sad, lost child. Many things have transpi
  
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• 'Personal park'? South Salt Lake leaders question neighborhood's exclusive access to city land

  12-02-2018 07:23
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — Neighbors call it a "secret gem."Nestled in the heart of a South Salt Lake neighborhood is Mill Creek Pond — a treasure trove of wildlife teeming with migratory birds and delicate wetlands. It's an area that surrounding homeowners take pride in caring for as they have for the past five years.But recently the pond has raised the eyebrows of some members of the South Salt Lake City Council, who are questioning whether a lease agreement between the city and the neighbo
  
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• Vodka + bad choices = jail

  12-02-2018 06:22
  
  Orem police say a man who had consumed too much vodka used one of the bottles to break into the police department. Needless to say, if he was looking for a place for the night, he found one.
  
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• 1 dead, 2 seriously injured after car rolls off I-215 overpass

  12-02-2018 05:49
  
  One person is dead and two others were seriously injured after a vehicle rolled off of the I-215 overpass and onto 3500 South, hitting another vehicle below, officials confirmed.
  
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• Photos: Family, friends hold candlelight vigil for missing West Jordan couple

  12-02-2018 05:43
  Jerry McFalls Jr., of Woods Cross, speaks at a vigil for his parents, Jerry and Susan McFalls, while standing next to his wife, Meridee, at Heartland Elementary School in West Jordan on Sunday. Jerry and Susan McFalls, who live in West Jordan, disappeared from their second home in Littlefield, Arizona, a month ago. They were last heard from on Jan. 11, and their disappearance is still being investigated. "We're hanging tough," Meridee McFalls said, adding her husband, who is named after his fath
  
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• 1 dead, 2 seriously injured in I-215 rollover

  12-02-2018 03:52
  WEST VALLEY CITY — One man is dead and a couple seriously injured in a spectacular crash Sunday afternoon on I-215.A truck traveling north to I-215 rolled off the 3500 South overpass, hitting a sports utility vehicle with a man and woman inside on 3500 South below.The Utah Department of Public Safety said the 4:40 accident left lone male occupant of the truck dead and seriously injured the couple in the other vehicle. Investigators believe the two will survive their injuries.Identities hav
  
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• Police arrest man on suspicion of sexually abusing 2 girls

  12-02-2018 03:27
  
  Police arrested a man Friday accused of sexually abusing two girls as young as 7 and 10 years old, police documents state.
  
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• Photos: Crowds catch up on latest gear at annual boat show

  12-02-2018 01:58
  People try to catch free prizes during the last day of the Utah Boat Show & Watersports Expo at the Mountain American Expo Center in Sandy on Sunday. In addition to boats and watersports gear, the expo including demonstrations from professional wakeboard riders in an indoor wave pool, cooking and Dutch oven demonstrations, BMX bike riders, a fly tying theater, bass fishing classes, and dog hunting, agility and obedience demonstrations.
  
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• 1 dead, 2 seriously injured after car rolls off I-215 overpass, into oncoming traffic

  12-02-2018 01:21
  
  One person is dead and two others were seriously injured after a vehicle rolled off of the I-215 overpass and onto 3500 South below Sunday afternoon, officials confirmed.
  
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• Geography of hate: U. study examines hate groups based on region

  12-02-2018 01:15
  SALT LAKE CITY — In its most recent statistics, the FBI says there were 6,121 hate-motivated crimes committed in the country in 2016.Some of these crimes were committed by organized hate groups, which target others based on factors such as sexual orientation or gender identity, race, religion or ethnicity. Today, they exist on both sides of the political spectrum.But can someone's geographical location play a part in whether they will join a hate group?According to a group of University of
  
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• About Utah: A stranded traveler no longer

  12-02-2018 01:09
  SALT LAKE CITY — The email pinged into my inbox with no warning: "Years ago you spoke with me on the streets of downtown Salt Lake City. I was conning people out of money. Saying I was stranded and needed to get home. When you confronted me I told you that most of the people asking for money on the street were heroin addicts. I believe that you wrote an article for the paper on this a few days later. For me this was a lifetime ago. I was a reckless, sad, lost child. Many things have transp
  
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• Utah Lake, wild horses, grazing, river dispute angle for lawmakers' attention

  12-02-2018 00:45
  SALT LAKE CITY — A committee of lawmakers Monday will vote on recommended spending priorities designed to help Utah's environment, with requests that include dollars for air quality research, grazing improvement programs, removal of invasive plants at Utah Lake and wild horse management.There are about 100 funding considerations before the Natural Resources, Agriculture and Environmental Quality Appropriations Subcommittee. About 40 of them involve shuffling money around in restricted acco
  
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• 'Personal park'? South S.L. leaders question neighborhood's exclusive access to city land

  12-02-2018 00:39
  SOUTH SALT LAKE — Neighbors call it a "secret gem."Nestled in the heart of a South Salt Lake neighborhood is Mill Creek Pond — a treasure trove of wildlife teeming with migratory birds and delicate wetlands. It's an area that surrounding homeowners take pride in caring for as they have for the past five years.But recently the pond has raised the eyebrows of some members of the South Salt Lake City Council, who are questioning whether a lease agreement between the city and the neighbo
  
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• UTA prepares for almost anything

  12-02-2018 00:08
  SALT LAKE CITY — If you ride mass transit regularly, you typically won't notice any problems unless you're affected directly — that is, your bus or train is running more than a few minutes off schedule.But it takes a great deal of planning for issues big and small by the Utah Transit Authority to keep the trains (and buses) running on time.Last month, morning commuters on UTS's TRAX light rail system experienced major delays due to an equipment issue that affected travel on all three
  
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