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June 25, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Hundreds of people gathered in Salt Lake's City Creek Park on Wednesday night to celebrate the decision by the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals that state laws banning same-sex marriage are unconstitutional.
The celebrants, waving rainbow flags and... Full Story
June 26, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
An unattended candle ignited a fire in a Clearfield duplex Thursday morning that left four adults and a toddler temporarily displaced from their homes.
The candle was left burning by the occupant of one of the units in a duplex at 164 N. 300 East, sa... Full Story
June 27, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
As befits an event that's been held annually for more than four decades, the Rainbow Family Gathering is steeped in tradition: the chanting of "Om" before a meal, the prayer for world peace on the morning of the Fourth of July and, of course, th... Full Story
June 27, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Salt Lake City Police Chief Chris Burbank police confirmed Friday that the officer who shot and killed a dog last week while searching for a missing child was Brett Olsen.
Olsen was one of the "heroes" who helped take down a lone gunman who killed ... Full Story
June 30, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Citizens of Heber City are outraged over revelations that a former local utility executive who allegedly stole thousands of dollars from the company was under investigation for a similar crime in Canada when he was hired by Utah officials eight years... Full Story
July 1, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
In opening statements Monday in the jury trial for a Salt Lake County man accused of stabbing another man to death, the defense argued that the fatal blows were delivered not by the defendant, but by his friend.
Talon Levi Hamann, 20, is charged in ... Full Story
July 1, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A backyard barbecue in Tooele County sparked a house fire Sunday night that has left a family of four homeless.
Dispatch was alerted to the structure fire at 6270 Burmester Road in a rural area at about 6:30 p.m. Firefighters arrived on the scene to ... Full Story
July 4, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
West Fork of the Duchesne River • Robert Calvin Gordon III, seated comfortably in his wheelchair and clutching an old wooden mandolin, is describing the plot of his first, only and still-to-be-published novel. The title is Gone with the Whales.
"It&... Full Story
July 14, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A joyous festival was cut tragically short Saturday night when a man burned to death after leaping into a huge ceremonial bonfire.
As a three-story wooden effigy, inspired by the creatures from Where the Wild Things Are, burned to mark the culminati... Full Story
July 14, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Calling his crimes "depraved" and "appalling," a Salt Lake County judge sentenced James Raphael Sanchez to two consecutive terms of 15 years to life in prison for kidnapping and murdering his girlfriend three years ago.
After a three-day trial in Ma... Full Story
July 15, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A hiker in Bell Canyon died Tuesday of a cardiac arrest, despite attempts to resuscitate him.
The man, who was in his 60s but whose name has not been released to the public because police are still trying to contact his family, was hiking with a frie... Full Story
July 15, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
When Jordan Larson first heard Monday that his friend Jared Tolman had killed two people and then himself that morning in Logan, he didn't believe it.
"I am very sorry to everyone involved, and I don't want to defend his actions, but he ab... Full Story
July 17, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A gallery show featuring the art of John Christopher Wallace, the Salt Lake City man who killed himself by leaping into a ceremonial bonfire last weekend, will be held Friday to help pay for his funeral.
The show will be held from 6 to 9 p.m. at the... Full Story
July 18, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Two children were flown to hospital by medical helicopter Friday morning after a vehicle in which they were traveling in rolled over on Interstate 15 in Millard County.
A Chevy Trailblazer carrying two adults and six children rolled over when the dri... Full Story
July 18, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Vilisoni Angilau pleaded guilty Friday to charges stemming from the gang-related murder of a teenager last year. Angilau is the younger brother of Siale Angilau, who was shot dead by a U.S. marshal as he lunged at a witness in federal court.
The yo... Full Story
July 21, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
The 10 horses found dead in a field in Magna likely died of thirst or hunger, according to a preliminary examination by the Utah State Veterinarian's Office.
The horses were found in a private, fenced off field near Pleasant Green Cemetery, aro... Full Story
July 22, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
The number of U.S. law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty so far this year has jumped from the same period last year.
Sixty-seven law enforcement officers, including one from Utah, were killed in the line of duty in the first half of 20... Full Story
July 22, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
A woman died Monday in Sandy when her car was smashed between an SUV and a pickup truck in a four-car collision that landed three other people in the hospital with minor injuries.
Roudabeh Azmayandeh, 45, was pulling out of a driveway at 9351 S. 700... Full Story
July 23, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
Investigators believe a boy playing with a lighter started a fire Tuesday afternoon that burned down his Cottonwood Heights home.
Unified Fire crews responded to an emergency call about 1:20 p.m. that a house at 7425 S. Butler Hills Drive (2215 East)... Full Story
July 22, 2014 • By Harry Stevens The Salt Lake Tribune
He's been on a church trip for past three weeks, but Dick Jensen still checks the news every day.
Jensen, co-owner of Farmington-based Dick Jensen & Alan McKay Tours, wants to know when it will be safe again to take tourists to Israel.
Aft... Full Story
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