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  • Police say man hit 6-year-old with baseball bat

    SALT LAKE CITY - A man who police say chased and hit his 6-year-old son with a baseball bat was arrested Saturday. Police were called to 1665 S. Riverside Drive (1140 West) just after 6 p.m. when neighbors reported seeing the man chasing his son with a bat. He was seen "hitting the boy with the bat in the back and punching him in the face," according to a Salt Lake County Jail ...

  • Utah to dry out this week

    A wave of storms left Utah soggy over the weekend, but the state should continue to dry out as the week progresses. Temperatures will actually shift to the 80s, with the National Weather Service predicting a good chance for a sunny ...

  • Police expected to release detailed updates on Susan Powell case

    WEST VALLEY CITY - New information is expected to be released today in the Susan Cox Powell investigation. West Valley police have called a 3 p.m. news conference they say will involve "detailed updates" pertaining to the 3 ½-year-old case. The press conference comes on the heels of a two-day search in a heavily wooded area outside of Salem, Ore., last week. Nothing was found. ...

  • Have You Seen This Pinging the pong 2

    Have You Seen This? Pinging the pong . It was a group of friends from Lone Peak High School who pulled of some amazing trick shots with ping-pong balls. Here we have ...

  • Prosecutors weigh death penalty for man accused of shooting 5-month-old son

    AMERICAN FORK — The American Fork father accused of shooting and killing his infant son returned to court Monday morning. The details of what happened last month still have the city and police department in a state of shock. Prosecutors have charged Josh Petersen with aggravated murder and are now facing a decision on whether they will seek the death penalty. "Certainly this is ...


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Movie Review

Derailed

Derailed

Part Hitchcockian exercise in ruthless wrong man at the wrong time tension and part pseudo-film noir, Derailed tells the story of a beleaguered suburban father/husband who makes one fatally bad decision and then spends the rest of the movie suffering for it. Because his bad decis ... ...

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  • 2 arrested at SLC airport after leaving loaded guns in luggage

    SALT LAKE CITY - Two more guns were discovered at the Salt Lake City International Airport during the past week, including one over the weekend. In each case, passengers apparently forgot they had a loaded firearm in their luggage and were arrested after it was discovered by Transportation Security Administration screeners. The guns mark the 17th and 18th found at the Salt Lake airport this ...

  • Thurl Bailey named ambassador to refugees in Utah

    SALT LAKE CITY - Singer/songwriter, TV studio host, public speaker, ksl.com contributor and former Utah Jazz palyer Thurl Bailey has a new gig: ambassador. In his new role, Bailey will act as a liaison between the state's refugee community and the governor's office. "Thurl has demonstrated exceptional character and passion, both on and off the court," Gov Gary Herbert said ...

  • Two more guns seized at Salt Lake City Airport

    Two more loaded guns were discovered in passenger luggage by TSA screeners at the Salt Lake City International ...

  • 100 Deadliest Days and how you can help keep your teen safe

    SALT LAKE CITY - This month, Utah's new teen cell phone ban law went into effect, banning teen drivers from using their cell phones while driving. Coupled with the existing anti-texting law, this cell phone ban will provide a safer and more distraction-free environment for teen drivers. And it could not have come at a better time. June, July and August are dangerous driving months for ...

  • Ask a cop A bunch of questions answered some seriously

    SALT LAKE CITY - One of the readers of my article had several questions, and since I'm low on ideas - I blame golf - I've decided to answer them. How do they know if people in the HOV lane with tinted windows have a passenger or not? I heard they have special thermal cameras that can identify how many live persons you have in the car. That's why I get a sleeping bag and ...

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