Utah

  • CPS revises FLDS numbers — again

    Child Protective Services has revised the number of children it took into state protective custody following the raid on the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch.
    Online update4:28 p.m. |3 comments
  • Utah Supreme Court turns down murderer's appeal

    The Utah Supreme Court on Friday unanimously rejected an appeal by death row inmate Troy Michael Kell, who was sentenced to death for stabbing a man 67 times in a gruesome slaying captured on prison cameras.
    Online update3:55 p.m. |0 comments
  • Downtown food court to close in October

    An accelerated excavation schedule for City Creek Center calls for the ZCMI Center Food Court to close its doors Oct. 6 — seven to eight months before its replacement is expected to open.
    Online update4:16 p.m. |0 comments
  • Public enemy named

    The Salt Lake County Metro Gang Unit identified Kepa Okusitino Maumau as their current Public Enemy No. 1 on Friday.
    Online update4:18 p.m. |2 comments

Sept. 5, 2008

Wayne Burrell of Box Elder County takes a break on a bench at the horse arena before riding on the opening day of the Utah State Fair on Thursday. (Courtney Sargent, Deseret News)
Courtney Sargent, Deseret News
State Fair kicks off new season
Wayne Burrell of Box Elder County takes a break on a bench at the horse arena before riding on the opening day of the Utah State Fair on Thursday.