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(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Bluffdale Mayor Natalie Hall, right, in Salt Lake City in February 2022. Hall's husband, Jason Hall, is accused of harassing one of his wife's political opponents in 2021.

Husband of Bluffdale mayor charged for allegedly harassing wife’s political opponent

By Jacob Scholl | July 1, 2022, 12:03 a.m.

(Utah State Bureau of Investigation) Pictured is Lina Reyes-Geddes, killed in southern Utah in 1998. More than 20 years after her then-unidentified body was discovered, investigators finally believe they know who shot and killed her, then cut off her fingertips.

DNA evidence helps solve Utah cold-case murder of ‘Maidenwater victim’

By Kolbie Peterson | June 29, 2022, 10:23 p.m.

(Chris Samuels | The Salt Lake Tribune) A suspect is taken into custody after police responded to a confrontation at a yoga studio on 700 East in Salt Lake City, Wednesday, June 29, 2022.

Man arrested in Salt Lake City after allegedly threatening Hindu yoga studio employees, owner

By Paighten Harkins | Daedan Olander | June 29, 2022, 11:53 p.m.

Suspect in Salt Lake City, Sandy bank robberies arrested in Las Vegas

By Daedan Olander | June 23, 2022, 5:00 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police look through car windows as they investigate a shooting at the Pebble Creek Apartments on 1700 South, where on person was killed and three were injured, on Monday, June 6, 2022.

3rd person arrested in connection with fatal shooting at SLC apartment complex

By Andy Larsen | June 12, 2022, 3:57 p.m.

Utah father charged with aggravated murder after death of infant son

By Daedan Olander | June 10, 2022, 12:28 a.m.

(Gerry Broome | The Associated Press) In this 2016, a bald eagle soars over the Haw River below Jordan Lake in Moncure, N.C. A Utah man was sentenced on Wednesday, June 8, 2022, to almost four years in federal prison after killing at least 10 bald and golden eagles.

Utah man will spend 4 years in federal prison for killing eagles without authorization

By Kolbie Peterson | June 9, 2022, 11:04 p.m.

(Rick Egan | The Salt Lake Tribune) Salt Lake City Police look through car windows as they investigate a shooting at the Pebble Creek Apartments on 1700 South, where one person was killed and two were injured, on Monday, June 6, 2022.

1 dead, 2 injured in Salt Lake City shooting

By Paighten Harkins | June 7, 2022, 4:27 a.m.

(Salt Lake City Police Department) One man is dead after a fatal shooting at an apartment complex at 1700 South and West Temple.

One dead after shooting at Salt Lake City apartment complex; shooter at large, police say

By Kevin Reynolds | May 30, 2022, 10:45 p.m.

(Tony Blakeslee | Pool) Lori Vallow Daybell, center, listens during a court hearing in St. Anthony, Idaho, Tuesday, April 19, 2022. Daybell, charged in Idaho with killing her two youngest children and her new husband's previous wife, will be tried with her husband and their trial has been delayed until early next year.

Trial for Chad and Lori Daybell delayed to January

By The Associated Press | May 27, 2022, 10:35 p.m.

(Leah Hogsten | The Salt Lake Tribune) Utah Republican Party Central Committee members Helen Watts from Davis County, left, discusses policy with Brandon Beckham from Utah County during their meeting, Sept. 18, 2021 at Layton High School. A Utah County judge granted a protective order against Beckham, a GOP state Senate candidate, on Wednesday after the woman he’s charged with sexually abusing reported that he recently interacted with years-old social media posts.

Protective order granted against Republican candidate for Utah Senate in sexual abuse case

By Paighten Harkins | May 18, 2022, 7:09 p.m.

(Derek Gee |The Buffalo News via AP) Police secure an area around a supermarket where several people were killed in a shooting, Saturday, May 14, 2022 in Buffalo, N.Y. Officials said the gunman entered the supermarket with a rifle and opened fire. Investigators believe the man may have been livestreaming the shooting and were looking into whether he had posted a manifesto online

Supermarket shooting in Buffalo, N.Y.: What do we know so far?

By The Associated Press | May 15, 2022, 10:08 p.m.

(Salt Lake City Police Department) Salt Lake City police are investigating a deadly stabbing near 1700 South and State Street. on Saturday, May 14, 2022.

Salt Lake City police arrest man in deadly State Street stabbing case

By Aaron Falk | May 15, 2022, 7:52 p.m.

(National Park Service) Sometime between August 2017 and August 2018, trace reptile track fossils dating from the Triassic period were stolen from Capitol Reef National Park. Rangers are asking the public to help find who's responsible.

Capitol Reef park rangers seek thief who stole ‘irreplaceable’ fossils dating back to before dinosaurs

By Kolbie Peterson | May 12, 2022, 6:12 p.m.

Utah man charged in death of vulnerable adult in Alaska

By The Associated Press | May 10, 2022, 9:30 p.m.

(Francisco Kjolseth | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Ballpark neighborhood in Salt Lake City photographed on Wednesday, April 27, 2022. Mere minutes from attractions like the world’s biggest Costco, the city’s minor league baseball stadium and an iconic bar and grill serving up burgers some call the best in town, business owners say they often see concerning criminal behavior. “I don’t know why [officials are] just ignoring it,” one said.

Ballpark residents inundated by crime feel unsafe, unheard by Salt Lake City leaders

By Paighten Harkins | May 10, 2022, 3:45 p.m.

(Utah National Guard) A 65-year-old motorcyclist who went missing in Maple Canyon on Sunday was found dead Monday, May 9, 2022, according to Utah County Sheriff’s Office. Approximately 55 public safety personnel assisted in the search to help find him.

Motorcyclist, 65, found dead after disappearing in Maple Canyon snowstorm

By Alastair Lee Bitsóí | May 9, 2022, 11:55 p.m.

(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) Roost Services in American Fork on Friday, April 29, 2022.

Staffer who left Utah boy to die in hot car blamed ‘work overload’ at care center, lawsuit says

By Paighten Harkins | April 30, 2022, 1:00 p.m.

(Courtesy photo) The Staheli siblings — from left, Carly, Wesley, Logan and Maddie — take a photo together at their family's summer home in Eden, Utah.

‘A horror story’: Staheli siblings speak out nearly 20 years after parents were killed in Brazil

By Kolbie Peterson | April 28, 2022, 9:49 p.m.

(Rachel Rydalch | The Salt Lake Tribune) A man uses the moving walkway at the Salt Lake International Airport on Thursday, Jan. 27, 2022. A Utah woman is facing federal charges after allegedly selling Salt Lake City International Airport travelers falsified COVID-19 tests.

Utah woman sold travelers fake COVID-19 test results at Salt Lake City airport, charges say

By Paighten Harkins | April 23, 2022, 10:28 p.m.