Utah crime, police and courts

The Salt Lake Police Department responded to a shooting Tuesday afternoon at 750 North 900 West...

Emma Keddington

20-year-old man taken to hospital after gunshot wound

A 20-year-old man was taken to the hospital Tuesday, after receiving a gunshot wound to the leg.

12 days ago

The state announced that Santaquin Police Officer Sgr. Bill Hooser's funeral will be held on May 13...

Pat Reavy

Funeral for fallen Santaquin officer scheduled for next Monday

The funeral for Santaquin Police Officer Sgt. Bill Hooser will be held on Monday, May 13. He was hit and killed by a semi truck driver.

12 days ago

High School student influenced by Sgt. Hooser...

GARNA MEJIA

Student reflects on fallen Santaquin officer’s life

Spencer Petersen is one of the many high school students influenced by Sgt. Bill Hooser and mourning his loss.

13 days ago

the letter season 2 rasmussen family before grief and trauma...

Amy Donaldson

Life Sentences: The Letter explores grief, trauma and lingering effects

Season 2 of "The Letter" focuses on the impact of trauma and grief on two families damaged by murder in the early 1980s in Utah.

13 days ago

Melani Pawlowski, Lori Daybell's niece, testifies during the trial for Chad Daybell in Boise on Mon...

Emily Ashcraft, KSL.com

Lori Daybell’s niece testifies about zombies, castings at Chad Daybell’s murder trial

Melani Pawlowski, Lori Daybell's niece, gave the jury several examples of how, she said, Chad Daybell exerted influence over a fringe religious group.

13 days ago

Image of Sgt. Billy Dean Hooser, an officer with the Santaquin Police Department that was killed in...

Eliza Pact, KSLTV.com

Santaquin Police Department identifies officer hit and killed by semitruck driver

The victim, Sgt. Billy Dean Hooser, was a Utah native with eight years of law enforcement experience.

13 days ago

Santaquin residence are honoring the officer who died on Sunday. A memorial has been set up for peo...

Adam Small

Santaquin residents honor fallen officer

Santaquin residents are honoring the police officer who died on Sunday. A memorial has been set up for people to visit at the city hall.

13 days ago

Officer Jeffrey Cox of the South Jordan Police Department salutes as a procession with the body of ...

Dan Bammes

LISTEN: Police give update on Santaquin police officer death

50-year-old St. Billy Dean Hooser, of Santaquin died after he was deliberately hit by a semi-truck that had, earlier, been pulled over.

13 days ago

Former President Donald Trump speaks with the media at Manhattan Supreme Court during the proceedin...

Jeremy Herb, Kara Scannell, Lauren del Valle and Eric Levenson, CNN

Judge finds Trump in contempt for 10th time over gag order and threatens jail

Judge Juan Merchan has found former President Donald Trump in contempt for violating the gag order in his hush money trial for the 10th time.

14 days ago

Dozens of men and women in uniforms from law enforcement agencies across Utah and Salt Lake countie...

SHELBY LOFTON KSLTV.com

LIVE: Watch procession as fallen Santaquin officer returns home

The Santaquin community is mourning a fallen officer who was killed after being intentionally hit by a semitruck.

14 days ago

Authorities responded to a structure fire in Eagle Mountain involving two houses early Sunday morni...

Devin Oldroyd

Two houses catch fire in Eagle Mountain early Sunday

Authorities responded to a structure fire in Eagle Mountain involving two houses early Sunday morning. Authorities are investigating.

14 days ago

NYPD officers in riot gear break into a building at Columbia University, where pro-Palestinian stud...

Emma Tucker, CNN

Police tactics at campus protests show disparities in approaches to public order and lessons learned post-George Floyd

As universities and colleges turn to police to clear their campuses of protests over Israel’s assault on Gaza that continue to ripple across the nation, the response by law enforcement is under heightened scrutiny

14 days ago

Mike Jayne hit and killed a Santaquin officer...

Waverly Golden

Santaquin officer killed in crash; suspect in custody

A Santaquin police officer was hit and killed by semi-truck Sunday morning. The suspect, Mike Jayne, is now in custody.