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Starr: The Legislature Should Increase the Consequences for Firearm Serial Number Violations

By Kennedie Starr, Opinion Writer July 18, 2019

  Last month, Utah state legislators and stakeholders held this year’s first meeting of the Criminal Code Evaluation Task Force. The purpose of this group is to study and make recommended changes...

Investigators release images of Mackenzie Lueck, the 23 year old missing University of Utah student. Courtesy Salt Lake City Police Department.

DA Files Charges Against Man Accused of U Student MacKenzie Lueck’s Murder

By Elise Vandersteen Bailey, Investigative Coordinator July 10, 2019

  Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill formally filed charges against the man accused of kidnapping and killing University of Utah student MacKenzie Lueck. Ayoola Ajayi, 31, faces felony...

Chavez: Be Mindful of the Cost of True Crime Entertainment

Chavez: Be Mindful of the Cost of True Crime Entertainment

By Paij Chavez, Opinion Writer July 2, 2019

  Stories about crime are more popular today than ever before. Hours of bingeable content like podcasts and Netflix documentary series are gaining thousands of listeners and viewers everyday. One...

Investigators release images of Mackenzie Lueck, the 23 year old missing University of Utah student. Courtesy Salt Lake City Police Department.

SLC Police Confirm Death of U Student MacKenzie Lueck, Charge Suspect with Murder

  Content Warning: This article discusses kidnapping, violence, crime, death and other subjects some readers may view as disturbing. Reader discretion is advised. In a press conference Friday...

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Alvarado: The Real Danger is White Supremacy, Not Refugees

By Andrea Alvarado January 29, 2019

  Although Fox News and President Trump have marketed the immigrant caravan as the greatest threat to the safety of America, the truth is that we should be worried about not what is outside of...

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Scott: West Side Stigmas Feed Racism

By Elise Scott, Opinion Writer November 8, 2018

  The house I grew up in is located one block west of State Street in Murray City, but I feel that my life has always functionally been that of someone living in my community’s east side. The...

Jared David Grimes mug shot/Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office

Man Convicted of Sexually Abusing U Student is Arrested on New Abuse Charges

By Christina Giardinelli October 20, 2018

  27-year-old Jared David Grimes, who was convicted of sexually abusing a female student at the U in August of 2016, was arrested Thursday on new sexual assault charges. Police were alerted...

Moran Eye Center Theft Causes Patient Information Disclosure

Moran Eye Center Theft Causes Patient Information Disclosure

By Shaelyn Barber June 20, 2018

A theft at the John A. Moran Eye Center at the University of Utah may have caused a disclosure of the information of 607 patients — 602 infants and five adults. On April 3, the Moran Eye Center discovered...

Richards: Violence Is Tragic Whenever It Occurs

Richards: Violence Is Tragic Whenever It Occurs

By Connor Richards November 5, 2017

On Oct. 30, University of Utah student ChenWei Guo was killed in what police describe as a random act of violence. Around 8:30 p.m., university police received a domestic violence call from a woman...

Erik Wayne Hughes, 51, who was arrested in June on allegations of abusing young boys while serving as an bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

When Privilege Protects Atrocity

By Connor Richards June 29, 2017

Erik Hughes, a former bishop for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, was recently arrested by Mapleton police on June 21 on allegations of sexually abusing two young boys while serving as...