West Valley News

A video missing Utah mom Susan Powell made a year before she disappeared indicates her marriage to Josh Powell was troubled and she wanted documented proof of their assets.

Winder, who has been West Valley's mayor since 2009, said in a prepared statement that his decision, "was a financial one, based on his need to provide for his family with full-time employment." "Public service is always a sacrifice for a family, and in our city's council-manager form of government it is especially difficult to serve as mayor," ... (more)

A day after local police said they are ending their 3A1 2-year search for a missing Utah woman, her father and his attorney told reporters that federal agents and private investigators are now on the case.

WEST VALLEY CITY Representatives of Utah's Latino community met with West Valley City Acting Police Chief Anita Schwemmer for 3 1/2 hours Wednesday to air concerns about the recent dismissal of 124 state and federal drug cases.

District Attorney Sim Gill and a defense attorney will join us to explain how they are going to handle all of the West Valley Police Department's dismissed cases.

Cadaver dogs and cops searched an Oregon farm for a third day today on a tip that they might find the remains of missing Utah mom Susan Powell.

At the same time newly minted West Valley City narcotics detective Shaun Cowley was being trained as an evidence custodian for his unit, the detective assigned to teach him was being reprimanded for mishandling money.

Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill listens to Jon Williams, local attorney for Melissa Kennedy, mother of Danielle Willard, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, as they talk to the Salt Lake County Council about a GRAMA appeal for information on the shooting death of Willard.

West Valley City Police say James Ramsey Kammeyer, 39, walked into the front lobby of the police station and asked the officer working at the front desk to come out from behind his enclosed, secure area to talk to him Monday morning, April 29, 2013.

As West Valley City officials continue their nationwide search for a new chief to steer their troubled police department, Salt Lake County Sheriff Jim Winder has a different idea: The regional police agency serves Copperton, Herriman, Holladay, Kearns, Magna, Midvale, Millcreek, Riverton, southeast communities and Taylorsville.

In what may have been an attempted "suicide by cop," one man was shot during a confrontation with officers inside the lobby of the West Valley Police Department's headquarters Monday morning.

One man was shot in a confrontation with police that began inside the lobby of the West Valley City Police Department headquarters building and ended just outside its front doors Monday morning.