PARK CITY — Starting Monday, another school district in northern Utah will ban cell phones during class to reduce classroom distractions. The Park City School District is the latest to implement a cellphone ban in schools, but implementing that rule is a very different process, says Caleb Fine, the principal of Treasure Mountain Junior High. […]
LAYTON — A 59-year-old Layton man is dead after being shot by police officers outside his home Wednesday night, according to Layton police. Lt. Travis Lyman of the Layton City Police Department said the man’s wife called 911 shortly before 10 p.m. She told dispatchers her husband was in their home, suicidal and armed with […]
LONDON (AP) — Two weeks after promoters canceled Taylor Swift’s concerts in Vienna following a foiled terrorist attack, the singer made her first statement on the cancellations. “The cancellation of our Vienna shows was devastating,” she wrote in a statement on Instagram on Wednesday. “The reason for the cancellations filled me with a new sense […]
LAYTON — A Utah couple was unable to leave their home this evening after a huge tree crashed through the walls and roof. Bruce and Micky Wickersham say Tuesday night’s storm showed itself in a way they had never seen before. Bruce observed the lightning above them, but they decided to take shelter as thunder […]
ADLERBERG — Eliza Barton and her wife rent the basement of a house in Eagle Mountain. “I was finishing priming the wall we had just replaced,” Barton said. “Maybe five minutes later, our friends who own the house called us and asked to check the window wells.” The basement had flooded just a few weeks […]
(CNN) — A new set of rules governing the business activities of most real estate professionals in the U.S. officially goes into effect Saturday — and the changes could upend the way Americans buy and sell homes. The National Association of Realtors, the powerful industry association with 1.5 million members, has agreed to these rules […]
FREE FIELD — Carrying two giant orange cones, a safety vest and a bright red stop sign, Darren Bradsby unloads his white truck to check out his gear for the new school year as a school crossing guard in Clearfield. “The larger the cones, the more often they are seen,” he said. Bradsby was a […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Police gave the all-clear after the hazardous materials team determined on Friday afternoon that suspicious luggage posed no danger to residents of the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. Salt Lake City Police spokesman Brent Weisberg said hotel staff reported a suspicious incident involving luggage on the ground floor around 3 p.m. When […]
SALT LAKE CITY — Police gave the all-clear after the hazardous materials team determined on Friday afternoon that suspicious luggage posed no danger to residents of the Salt Lake Plaza Hotel. Salt Lake City Police spokesman Brent Weisberg said hotel staff reported a suspicious incident involving luggage on the ground floor around 3 p.m. When […]
AMERICAN FORK — As heavy hail filled the streets of Utah County on Tuesday, there was a loud clinking sound of ice falling not only on people’s homes but also on their cars. “You can’t run from it, you can’t hide from it,” said Travis Olsen, owner of AF Collision, an auto body shop in […]
