Utah County News

Liz Melde, from Salt Lake City, had no idea what was about to happen when she arrived at Martins Collision Repair in Orem on Thursday.

People should be wary of callers who claim they owe money to pay off a warrant, according to the Utah County Sheriff's Office.

The lonely highway where Utah County Sheriff Sgt. Cory Wride was murdered on Jan. 30 will soon be named the "Cory B. Wride Memorial Highway."

Police have released the names of two cyclists who were hit and killed by a truck Wednesday morning in Utah County.

Each Tuesday we take a look back at the past week in news from across Utah, showcasing photos submitted by KSL.com users.

Passengers wait to board a northbound FrontRunner train in Salt Lake City, March 10, 2014.

Troopers are not disclosing what may have been ailing the driver. The driver, a man in his early 60s, was driving south on Interstate 15 Monday afternoon when he struck another vehicle with his gold BMW sport utility vehicle, said Utah Highway Patrol Lt.

In a 8-2 vote, members of the House Judiciary Committee opted to move SB112 forward for debate in the Utah House.

The Utah State Office of Education will appoint two task forces to deal with problems disclosed in an audit of distance learning and online programs in Utah schools.

Utah County Sheriff's Sgt. Cory Wride was shot and killed Thursday when he stopped to help what appeared to be a stranded motorist on state Route 73 in Eagle Mountain.

The vice chairman of the Utah County Republican Party has withdrawn his formal complaint against a party activist after a judge ruled he had slandered her and her attorney threatened to sue the whole party if the allegations against his client continued.

Tanner James, 19, of Provo, is the second Utah County musician to join Team Usher on season 6 of NBC's "The Voice."

In a 8-2 vote, members of the House Judiciary Committee opted to move SB112 forward for debate in the Utah House.

It's the end of the road for a bookmobile librarian in Millard County. He's delivered books all across the central Utah county for as long as anyone can remember.

The Senate voted Wednesday to rename the lonely stretch of highway where Utah County Sheriff's Sgt.

Under the cover of darkness on Aug. 13, Marine special operations forces will assault the Unified Fire Authority's training facility at about 4000 S. 8000 West, will secure or eliminate a threat identified in their scenario, and then will be whisked away in a couple of helicopters.

An inversion dirties the view of the city from 11th Avenue Park in Salt Lake City on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2013.

Washington a President Barack Obama is proposing $5 million toward a construction project to bring water from the Wasatch Back to the populated areas in Salt Lake and Utah counties - a fourth of what the government spent two years ago.

Three times a week, a dozen or more yellow drums show up at Stericycle's North Salt Lake incinerator, where the contents are converted to smoke and ash for permanent disposal in the atmosphere and ground.

A police chase from Lehi to Sandy ended in a spectacular crash Monday when the fleeing vehicle hit a concrete divider and launched onto the bed of a pickup truck.