Mariah Maynes

3 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Brian Carlson |Britt Johnson |Mariah Maynes

WEST VALLEY CITY — “Driving safer around big semitrucks,” that message is one Utah drivers need to hear. The Utah Department of Transportation said deadly crashes with cars and big rigs in Utah are too high, and its on a campaign to fix that. The problem is bigger in Utah than almost anywhere else in the country. Utah has more big rigs on the road than nearly every other state.

3 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Shara Park |Mariah Maynes |Bryanna Willis

SALT LAKE CITY — Salt Lake City police are asking for help in identifying the driver involved in a fatal hit-and-run that took the life of a 67-year-old motorcyclist in the Liberty Wells neighborhood. The incident occurred late Sunday night at approximately 10:45 p.m. at 2100 South and 400 East intersection, near Kearns-Saint Ann School. Authorities said the driver of a light-colored sedan ran a stop sign on 400 East before colliding with the motorcyclist traveling on 2100 South.

3 days ago | kslnewsradio.com | Pat Reavy |Mariah Maynes |Bryanna Willis |Josuee Sanchez

TAYLORSVILLE — A Taylorsville woman is facing more than 100 felony charges accusing her of stealing nearly $100,000 from the rental management company she worked for, mainly by taking rent checks from tenants and depositing them into her own account or cashing them for herself. Malisha Alei Fasavalu, 34, was charged Monday in 3rd District Court with theft by deception and communications fraud, second-degree felonies; and 102 counts of possession of a forgery device, a third-degree felony.

1 week ago | kslnewsradio.com | Pat Reavy |Bryanna Willis |Mariah Maynes

MURRAY — Murray police have reopened the case of a pregnant woman who went missing 47 years ago after telling her husband she was going on a road trip. Linda Hanoian Peterson, 29, was last seen on Sept. 16, 1978. She told her husband she was going to Kentucky with two of her girlfriends. But by Sept. 30, 1978, Peterson’s husband reported her as missing. She remains listed today as a missing person.

1 week ago | kslnewsradio.com | Mariah Maynes

MILLCREEK — A man accused of holding a Millcreek family hostage is facing 20 charges. Charging documents revealed the man is facing counts related to aggravated sexual assault, kidnapping, sexual extortion of an adult, voyeurism, child abuse, assault and animal cruelty. Some of them are misdemeanors while others are felonies. The documents said 23-year-old Dominic Garcia was being held in jail on a no-bail warrant.