Salt Lake City, UT

TOOELE, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — A Tooele man has been booked into jail on felony drug charges after the June 10 overdose death of a 21-year-old Stockton woman. William Camacho Johnson, 45, has been booked on two counts of possession with intent to distribute schedule C substance,...

SALT LAKE CITY (KUTV) — Lynn King has lived in the same house for 22 years. “We love this house,” she said Thursday afternoon in the front yard of her Kearns home. “I’ve got roots here.”. And, she added, “I don’t want to leave.”. But that’s the reality for her...

Robert Redford and his beloved horses have spent 25 years at his Horse Whisper Ranch in Charleston, Utah, but the legendary actor-director, 84, is ready to let go of the 30-acre property, asking $4.9 million. "Horse Whisper Ranch offers a unique stewardship that has been nurtured by one of the...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah — The driver of a motorcycle is in extremely critical condition after a car struck him from behind. The collision has closed Redwood Road from 4200 South to 4700 South and is expected to remain closed for several hours. Unified Police Department said the man was badly injured...

TAYLORSVILLE, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — A motorcycle rider has been transported to a local hospital in extremely critical condition after he was rear-ended by a passenger car Thursday evening in Taylorsville. The accident happened at about 4660 S. Redwood. Unified Police officials first tweeted about it at...

WASATCH COUNTY, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — A Salt Lake City teen has drowned at Deer Creek Reservoir, Wasatch County Sheriff officials announced Thursday night. “At about 4:50 p.m., our 911 Center received a call that a 17-year-old boy was swimming at Deer Creek Reservoir when he went underwater and did not surface,” says a Facebook post from the WCSO.

SALT LAKE CITY, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — More details have been released after a man was arrested in connection with a 3-alarm fire early Sunday morning in the area of Ashton Avenue and South Highland Drive in Salt Lake City. A probable cause statement from the 3rd...

CLEARFIELD, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — Crews from several area fire agencies responded to a blaze Thursday at a commercial structure in the Freeport Center. North Davis Fire District Chief Mark Becraft told Gephardt Daily that crews were dispatched at 12:52 p.m. to North Davis Cabinet and Design, 1651 S. 300 West, where an exterior hopper for sawdust collection was burning.

WEST JORDAN, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — Vandals caused some $50,000 in damages to a West Jordan church Tuesday. The incident occurred at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints meetinghouse at the intersection of Westland Drive and Judd Lane at approximately 4:30 p.m., West Jordan Police Department Lt. Richard Bell told Gephardt Daily.

SALT LAKE CITY — Search-and-rescue teams from Salt Lake County have recovered the body of a Big Cottonwood Canyon hiker who fell to his death Wednesday. The hiker was identified as Jed Homer, 68, of Sandy. Homer and a friend were hiking down from the summit of Mount Raymond in...

Police arrested Easton Jorge Esparsa, 18, of Salt Lake City on Thursday in connection with the death of Fred Valdamar Ortiz, 41, of Magna, on Monday. (Unified Police Department ) — MAGNA — The third of three people wanted in connection with the beating death of man in Magna over the weekend was arrested Thursday.

CLEARFIELD, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — The Clearfield Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a “vehicle of interest” believed to have been involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident on June 9. The vehicle investigators believe was involved in the auto-pedestrian incident is a light-colored,...

MILLCREEK, Utah (KUTV) — Firefighters spent the night continuing to put out hot spots from a massive fire at a construction site in Millcreek Wednesday afternoon. Unified Fire is asking that anyone who has video of the Millcreek fire, particularly of when it started, share it with them by emailing it to PIO@unifiedfire.org.

WEBER COUNTY, Utah, June 17, 2021 (Gephardt Daily) — Officials are searching for the individual or individuals who set multiple fires on Weber County trailways. A news release was issued by Ogden City Police Department, Ogden City Fire Department, Riverdale Police Department, Riverdale Fire Department, Weber County Sheriff’s Office and Weber Fire District.

MAGNA, Utah — The Unified Police Department (UPD) reported they have arrested a man they were seeking in connection with the beating death of a Magna man earlier this week. UPD tweeted that they had arrested Easton Jorge Esparsa, 18, in connection with the death of Fred Valdamar Ortiz, 41, of Magna.