Mark Jackson

About a thousand Rocky Mountain Power customers were without power for a time Thursday night after powerful storms blew through the area. 

Around 6:45 p.m. they got a call to 296 East Murray Park Ave. about a 4-to-5-year-old boy who had slipped out of his mother's sight for only a second and fell into the water and got swept down, possibly an eighth to one-quarter of a mile. 

It’s called Utah’s largest retailer of new, used, rare and out-of-print books for sale on it’s website and now Eborn Books will be leaving its long-time digs on Main Street in downtown Salt Lake City. 

The grandfather of the suspect believed responsible for the death of little Lizzy Shelly is speaking out this week.  Bill Whipple says his grandson, 21-year-old Alex Whipple, is a troubled man who wanted to hurt the family, and that, he believes, is the motive for her killing.

Three suspects are under arrest after Cottonwood Heights police answered a fraud-in-progress call around 5 p.m. Thursday at a University Credit Union at 7200 South Highland Drive. 

The owner of a business in Price may be in trouble with the law after agents seized 14 slot machines, hours after a new law went into effect essentially closing a potential loophole in the enforcement of the state's no gambling law. 

Ryan Kidrick, originally jailed for the March 9 crash in South Salt Lake, was released after Richard Bice admitted to police that he was the driver.

Rep. John Curtis says the legislation provides tools to streamline forest management projects that would help firefighters stop the spread of wildfires.

"So it's about time we had our own spike as we celebrate the 150th anniversary of the driving of the golden spike," Gov. Gary Herbert said.

Friday is a special day for 47-year-old Sherie' Araujo.  The mother of four will be front and center, literally, at commencement ceremonies for Utah Valley University's College of Science, as class valedictorian.