Shots fired, 1 killed in arrest of Oregon militants
The FBI and Oregon State Police arrested the leaders of an armed group that has occupied a national wildlife refuge for the past three weeks during a traffic stop that prompted gunfire — and one death — along a highway through the frozen high country.
SB61: Lawmaker seeks to shut down S.L. airport smoking lounges
SALT LAKE CITY—Salt Lake City International Airport is one of the last seven international airports in the United States that still allows smoking. A...
SB57: Bill would allow state to tap federal postal workers during emergencies
SALT LAKE CITY—One can learn a lot about a person by delivering their mail. A Salt Lake Valley senator, working with U.S. Rep. Jason...
Police Beat Jan. 15 – Jan. 22
The top crime stories within the past week.
Provo crime down 14 percent as officers police ‘smarter, not harder’
New data from the FBI Uniform Crime Reports suggests that crime in America is on the decline. Most recently, index crimes such as homicide, rape, and robbery have decreased nationally by 4.6 percent in 2014. Index crimes, also known as part 1 crimes, dropped 15 percent throughout the Provo area from 2013 to 2015.
Obama bans solitary confinement for juveniles in fed prisons
President Barack Obama said Monday he will ban the use of solitary confinement for juvenile and low-level offenders in federal prisons, citing the potential for "devastating, lasting psychological consequences" from the use of the isolation as punishment.
