Sandy News

West Valley City Mayor Mike Winder announced Wednesday that he will not run for a second term, citing the need for a full-time job so he can support his family - not recent scandals - as driving his decision.

U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah.

Software engineer Mike Caldwell shows the front and back of a physical Bitcoin he minted in his shop on April 26, 2013 in Sandy, Utah.

Some parents in a Salt Lake County neighborhood are happy about a new school opening near them but concerned about students getting there safely.

As children they played together, growing up in the same Sandy neighborhood. Now three women, all in their early 30s, are fighting the same deadly brain tumor.

Elizabeth Smart was kidnapped from her bedroom at 14, declared a child bride by her captor and sexually assaulted for nine months.

Fred Smith is returning to his Utah retail roots with the opening late this month of Fabulous Freddy's Car Wash in Sandy.

Chris Rohman, lead guitarist for Sanctus Real rehearses at the Farmington Civic Center on Thursday.

The Sandy Amphitheater will host the Mountain West Ballet company's production of Alice in Wonderland.

Dickey's multi-unit owner John Thomson is eager to celebrate National Barbecue month with a grand opening celebration in Sandy on Friday, May 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dickey's multi-unit owner John Thomson is eager to celebrate National Barbecue month with a grand opening celebration in Sandy on Friday, May 10 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Guests will ... (more)

Police say a registered sex offender from Arizona befriended a boy he met in a southwest Salt Lake County LDS church and later molested the youth repeatedly over a two-year period.

Castle Dale Elementary School fourth grade students will assist in creating an exhibit about ocean water pressure at The Living Planet Aquarium, located at 725 E. 10600 S. in Sandy, Utah.

Associated Press Handguns were on display in Sandy, Utah. Some of the numbers being hurled around in the gun control debate passed their freshness date eons ago.

A federal jury took just over an hour Thursday to convict a Sandy man who said he robbed a bank in Wyoming so he could give money to the homeless.

A man was working on the engine of a Ford Expedition in his friend's garage, 8475 S. 964 East, when something caught fire about 2:30 p.m. "He said he had started the engine, checked the battery to see if it was working.

Elizabeth Smart was 14 years old when a strange man carried her away from her Salt Lake City home at knife point and held her captive for nine months, raping the young girl and threatening to kill her and her family if she tried to escape.

A fighter pilot, he rose through the ranks in the Utah Air National Guard, becoming air commander in 1979.

A year and a half after the tortuous redrawing of Utah's political districts, a judge has deemed that the Utah Democratic Party - and, by extension, anyone - has the right to see legislative documents without having to pay a mint for them.

In this April 3, 2013 photo, Mike Caldwell, a 35-year-old software engineer, looks over bitcoin tokens at his shop in Sandy, Utah.

Tony Liu, a senior at the Waterford School in Sandy, Utah, was among 48 students from around the world to win the prestigious Morehead-Cain Scholarship valued at $150,000. Tony Liu, a senior at the Waterford School in Sandy, Utah, was recently selected as a recipient of the Morehead-Cain Scholarship, the nation's oldest and most prestigious merit ... (more)