West Valley City News

West Valley City police are trying to determine how a 73-year-old woman died. She was found in a fish pond in her backyard Sunday night.

They say one of the blazes destroyed an Arabian Way mobile home, while the other caused minor damage to an Apaloosa Drive mobile home about a block away.

Two tow truck drivers looking for vehicles to haul say a group attacked them. One man swung a baseball bat during the melee and was charged Thursday with felony assault, according to court papers.

A West Valley City man was charged Thursday with trying to burn down his house in order to kill his wife and their four children.

Suspect attempts to ram police car. A West Valley City police detective fired two shots at a motorist last night who allegedly tried to ram the officer's patrol car.

A fast-moving storm made its way across northern Utah Friday evening, drenching large areas with rain and accompanied by thunder and lightning strikes.

Authorities say a West Valley City 6-year-old suffered injuries over 30 percent of his body when he was burned while playing with gasoline and a lighter in his yard.

More than 200 law enforcers from several agencies will conduct a large one-day search for the 8-year-old boy who fell into a Jordan River surplus canal two weeks ago and is presumed drowned.

An elderly woman who was unable to escape from her smoke-filled home Sunday is in serious condition after firefighters broke down a locked door to get her to safety.

A 65-year-old woman suffered serious injuries after her kitchen caught on fire in West Valley City on Sunday.

When a thunderstorm hit the downtown Salt Lake City, a banner on the Salt Palace's tower broke loose and began swinging and breaking the building's windows about 7:45 p.m. Friday.

Three people are in jail accused of kidnapping and robbing a man last weekend. They were tracked down and arrested Thursday, and police say they planned out the crime on an innocent victim.

Christopher T. Alvey, 20, of West Valley City, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison by 4th District Judge Derek Pullan at a sentencing hearing Wednesday, June 17.

In their son Logan's room, filled with trophies and posters of motocross racing, his parents Rocky and BeLinda Emerson embrace as they talk about the loss of their son in a racing accident .

A woman will go to prison for at least 12 years for her role in the kidnapping and murder of a West Valley City man.

Logan Emerson, age 8, died in a motocross accident. Courtesy Emerson family. An 8-year-old motocross rider died at Rocky Mountain Raceways early Saturday morning, his family and a track official said.

Newly unsealed search warrants detail a gruesome crime scene in the slaying of Kimberly Hain.

The UTOPIA fiber-optic network has suffered another major financial setback and could call on 10 of its 11 municipal partners to pay on sales-tax pledges within a year.

Dozens of disadvantaged senior citizens met with the West Valley City mayor and the Salt Lake County Housing Authority on Wednesday morning for a summer breakfast celebration.

White Hills Landfill in Sanpete County could be a permanent tomb for a tiny body.