Cedar City
CRIME & SAFETY
Police: Pickup driver runs red light, collides with minivan on SR-56 in Cedar City
CEDAR CITY — A pickup truck driver ran a red light and crashed into the side of a minivan in Cedar City on Thursday afternoon, police said. The incident reportedly occurred shortly after 3 p.m. at the intersection of state Route 56 and Cross Hollow Road. It involved a white Chevrolet pickup truck and a silver Toyota Sienna.
Ohio man arrested at Cedar City truck stop, accused of kidnapping California teen
CEDAR CITY — An Ohio man was arrested in Cedar City on Wednesday and accused of kidnapping a 15-year-old from California. Just after 6 p.m. Wednesday, Cedar City dispatchers received a call from a parent in San Diego who said their daughter was kidnapped and taken from their home about 2 a.m., a police booking affidavit said. The caller told police their daughter had met a man online, but she didn't really know him.
Utah officials deny clemency for man set to be executed for 1998 killing of his girlfriend's mother
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah officials denied clemency Friday to a man who is set to be executed for the stabbing death of his girlfriend's mother in 1998. The decision regarding the fate of
Iron County Sheriff IDs victim of fatal shooting
KANARRAVILLE, Utah, July 24, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Authorities have released the name of the man fatally shot July 17, while the suspect remains in jail on other charges. “The deceased has been identified as Jonathan L. Brooks, a resident of Cedar City, Utah,” The Iron County Sheriff‘s Office said in a Tuesday news release. “At this time, no further information will be provided.”
Death row inmate Taberon Honie loses last appeal to avoid execution
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, July 26, 2024 (Gephardt Daily) — Taberon Honie, convicted of the 1998 Iron County sexual assault and murder of Claudia Benn, his ex-girlfriend’s mother, has lost his final bid to avoid death by lethal injection next month. The execution of Honie, 48, is scheduled...
$20,000 Reward For Information On The Illegal Shooting Of Two Endangered California Condors In Utah
A $20,000 reward is being offered for information leading to a conviction for the illegal shooting of two endangered California condors near Cedar City, Utah. The Center for Biological Diversity offered the reward after the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources (DWR) announced the shootings on Friday. According to the agency, the first condor was found in the fall of 2022 in a remote area southeast of Cedar City, north of Zion National Park. A second condor was discovered in the same area in June 2024. Both birds had reportedly been shot with firearms. It is currently unclear if the two incidents are connected or what type of firearms were used.
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