Brian Carlson

1 week ago | ksltv.com | Brian Carlson

ENVIRONMENT May 29, 2025, 11:57 AM SALT LAKE CITY — Grab your bug spray, it’s that time of year again. Utah’s hotter temperatures are breeding more and more mosquitoes, and it’s just getting started. Just in the last week, workers with the Salt Lake City Mosquito Abatement District said mosquito traps have gone from catching 200 to 300 mosquitoes a night to roughly 3,000 to 4,000. That has crews on the lookout for mosquitoes and their eggs.

1 week ago | ksltv.com | Brian Carlson

WEST VALLEY CITY – Triumph over extreme tragedy – a West Valley City teenager who survived the murder of his immediate family, left nearly blind and severely injured in the killings, graduated Wednesday morning from Granger High School. Many consider Sha Reh’s achievement nothing short of inspiring. Reh’s survival is a miracle on its own, now for him to graduate with his class, he’s redefining perseverance in the face of adversity.

1 week ago | ksltv.com | Brian Carlson |Mary E. Culbertson

SALT LAKE CITY — Officers fatally shot one man after a domestic violence incident was reported overnight in Salt Lake City, police say. KSL TV has now learned the name of the man killed and how this wasn’t the first time that he put his own wife and children in danger. Family and family friends tell KSL the man police shot and killed is a 60-year-old Christian Allen. They said he was trying to light his wife and kids on fire, just like he went to jail for 15 years ago.

1 week ago | ksltv.com | Brian Carlson

SANDY – Utah’s Lt. Governor paid her respects Monday morning to the Utah service men and women who paid the ultimate sacrifice. It’s part of an annual Memorial Day ceremony at the Larkin Cemetery in Sandy. Utah Lt. Gov. Deidre Henderson wanted everyone out on Monday to know we all have a part to play on this holiday. She said it’s a day we remember the freedoms we enjoy and those who paved the way, making it possible for us to enjoy our freedoms.

2 weeks ago | ksltv.com | Brian Carlson

SALT LAKE CITY — Improving safety for young students walking or biking to class — Bike Utah and Salt Lake City are doing just that for students at Rose Park Elementary. On Thursday, they took dinosaur-sized steps to make it happen. Dinosaur footprints are being painted on the sidewalk that students can follow and see the safest way to walk or bike to Rose Park Elementary. They’re going in on Thursday, so kids can know where to go to avoid busy roads.