Utah County News

Utah County Republican Party Chairman Taylor Oldroyd retained his job after a two-hour closed session of the party's executive committee Thursday night.

Former Cedar Hills City Councilman Joel D. Wright has announced his candidacy for the Utah County Commission.

The number of patients going to their doctors with flu-like illness is down for the third straight week in Utah, indicating the spread of H1N1 is slowing.

Colton Louder reacts after being sentenced to a jail sentence term of five years to life for the killing of his uncle in front of Judge Fred Howard at the 4th District Judicial Court, Tuesday, Nov.17, 2009.

Sheriff's deputies have launched a murder investigation that they say resulted from an armed robbery, home invasion near the mouth of Payson Canyon.

At least a dozen jobs were on the line Monday night as the Utah County Sheriff's Office trimmed its budget by $3.5 million for 2010.

A man was stabbed to death during a home invasion burglary in Payson Canyon Monday night, according to an all-points bulletin the Utah County Sheriff's department sent out.

A former seminary principal accused of having a sexual relationship with a 16-year-old student pleaded not guilty Tuesday to 15 felonies.

A former Lone Peak LDS Seminary principal accused of having sex with a 16-year-old girl plead not guilty in a district courtroom Tuesday morning.

A single-vehicle rollover crash killed a woman in Spanish Fork Canyon Saturday morning, police said.

The mountains above Cedar Hills in Utah County are a place where many people go to hike, get away, and just relax.

The system for dispatching some 911 calls in Salt Lake County is "inherently inefficient," according to the findings of a legislative audit released Wednesday.

A driver was killed in a head-on crash on state Route 68 Wednesday morning on the west side of Utah Lake.

Fugitive controller nabbed at casino after skipping out on Utah court hearing. Authorities say a former Mapleton City official has been arrested in Las Vegas after failing to appear last week on a felony charge of theft.

Some Utah County dentists are hoping police can catch the burglars that seem to be targeting dentist offices.

A Utah County woman is taking action to make a road she has to travels safer. She survived a head on collision that happened because of blowing snow.

Jeannie Bell is leaving Las Vegas. Mapleton City's fugitive ex-finance chief has been found there alive and well after missing a 4th District Court date last week, according to Utah County prosecutor Craig Johnson.

PROVO, Utah - Doctors agree, the best way to stop H1N1 is to wash your hands, but how do you get your kids to do it? A kid from Utah County decided to find out, and you might be suprised at the results of his experiment.

Kyle Erickson, charged in a Main Street attack during the Sundance Film Festival, did not attend a scheduled court appearance on Wednesday.

A man accused of ordering the murder of a Utah County woman last December has been bound over for trial.