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1 week ago | 
ksltv.com | Mary E. Culbertson |Bryanna Willis
SALT LAKE CITY — In some of the newest data to surface in 2025, a recent analysis has rated Utah’s shortage of nurses the worst in the U.S.The number of registered nurses in each state is updated daily by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing. The analysis, conducted by a Florida law firm on Wednesday found that only one nurse is available for about every 75 people in Utah’s population.
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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.
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2 weeks ago | 
ksltv.com | Brittany Tait |Mary E. Culbertson
SALT LAKE CITY — A woman was arrested Tuesday after police said she was connected to a house fire in Magna. She now faces aggravated arson charges. Crews arrived Tuesday morning to a rental home off Main Street in Magna, according to Benjamin Porter with the Unified Fire Authority. “There was heavy smoke and lots of flames when we arrived,” he said.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksl.com | Mary E. Culbertson |Michael Houck |Andrew Adams
TAYLORSVILLE — After a backyard burglary left a family feeling scared and vulnerable in Taylorsville, police said an arrest was made in the case after KSL-TV circulated footage of the burglary. The video featured surveillance footage of the suspect kicking a backyard fence, then falling through. He allegedly stole tools with sentimental value before trying to kick in a door to the home. Ultimately, he fled.
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3 weeks ago | 
ksltv.com | Mary E. Culbertson |Brian Carlson
LOCAL NEWS May 12, 2025, 2:50 PM BLUFFDALE — On Sunday evening, a Bluffdale family nestled into their home, anticipating a Hawaii vacation the next morning. Hours later, they awoke to a frightening scene — a fire. On Monday morning, the family said between 60% and 80% of their home was lost in the flames, which aggressively tore through the garage and up to the roof, causing a collapse. The family said they’re simply grateful everyone got out with their lives.
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1 month ago | 
ksltv.com | Mary E. Culbertson |Andrew Adams
CRIME May 6, 2025, 7:27 AM | Updated: 3:54 pm OREM — One person died Monday night after shots were fired by officers during a police search in Orem, according to the Utah County Sheriff’s Office. At approximately 11:30 p.m., the Major Crimes Task Force served a search warrant near 800 East and 400 North. “During the service of the search warrant, shots were fired, and a suspect was injured,” the sheriff’s office said. Officers attempted life-saving measures.
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1 month ago | 
ksltv.com | Mary E. Culbertson |Adam Small
May 5, 2025, 6:17 AM | Updated: 9:28 am SALT LAKE CITY—A natural gas explosion in Salt Lake City shook multiple buildings on North Temple early Monday. Fortunately, police said no one was injured. At approximately 3:15 a.m., Salt Lake City police said the explosion caused several windows to blow out of a Chevron gas station convenience store near 1700 West and North Temple.
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1 month ago | 
ksltv.com | Mary E. Culbertson |Brian Carlson
SALT LAKE CITY — A man died in Salt Lake City early Friday after police said he was likely hit by a car whose driver then fled the scene. Hours later, the driver was arrested. The driver was identified later Friday morning by police as Steven Ray Weathers, 61. At approximately 1:15 a.m., a Gold Cross Ambulance found a 41-year-old man injured and unresponsive near 400 South and 200 East, near Washington Square Park. Despite efforts by paramedics to save his life, he died at the scene.
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1 month ago | 
ksltv.com | Brian Carlson |Mary E. Culbertson
Apr 29, 2025, 7:54 AM | Updated: 11:55 am SALT LAKE CITY — A building in Salt Lake City’s Ballpark neighborhood was destroyed on Tuesday morning when it went up in flames. Luckily, fire officials said nobody was hurt. The fire was initially marked as a two-alarm fire when it began sometime before 7:30 a.m. About an hour later, officials said the flames escalated, requiring a three-alarm response.
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1 month ago | 
ksltv.com | Brian Carlson |Mary E. Culbertson
SANDY — A Utah couple is being accused of money laundering and smuggling oil into the U.S. from Mexican cartels, after they were arrested during a multi-state raid by U.S. Marshals, according to court documents. James Lael Jensen and his wife, Kelly Anne Jensen, were booked into the Salt Lake County Jail on Wednesday. The couple and two of his sons are being federally indicted for allegedly conspiring to smuggle 2,881 shipments of oil from Mexico that they knew were illegal.
