KCYN-KCPX News Friday 29 June 2012


>>Jury Convicts Salt Lake Man Who Strangled Girlfriend

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A jury convicts a Salt Lake City man of manslaughter for strangling his girlfriend by putting her in a choke hold last year. Jurors were charged with deciding whether Todd Eugene Anderson committed murder when he put 39-year-old Jennifer Schubach in a choke hold or to convict him of a lesser charge of manslaughter. After about six hours, the jury returned with the verdict of the lesser charge of manslaughter, a second-degree felony.

>>Herbert: Special Session Possible To 'Fix' Gun Laws

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah Governor Gary Herbert says he may call a special session of the Legislature to make it easier for local authorities to ban target shooting in areas of high fire danger. But he said the state has done what it can do to restrict fireworks. Utah gun laws currently state that, unless othwise authorized by the Legislature, authorities cannot restrict the possession or use of firearms in any way. A number of Utah's wildfires have been caused by target shooting this summer.

>>Home Prices Up For Second Month In Row

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Home prices in Utah increased for the second month in a row in May as buyers faced a tighter inventory of homes. The median home price in May was 181-thousand dollars, up from 176-thousand a year earlier. Home sales are also up compared with last year. Utah real estate agents say sales grew almost 12-percent from May 2011. Utah home sales have grown steadily for the past 12 months.

>>Allegiant: Nonstop Service Between Ogden, Phoenix-Mesa

(Ogden, UT) -- Allegiant Airlines will begin flying nonstop service between Oden and Phoenix-Mesa Gateway airport beginning September 20th. The low-cost airline will fly twice a week between Ogden and the suburban Phoenix airport with introductory fares as low as 70 dollars one way. It will be the first commercial scheduled jet service offered at Ogden-Hinckley Airport in several years. Allegiant provides nonstop, scheduled service for more than 75 U.S. cities.

>>North Salt Lake Gets Grant To Stabilize Landslide

(North Salt Lake, UT) -- The federal government is awarding North Salt Lake almost two-million dollars to stabilize the Springhill landslide, and help homeowners who live near it. The money will be used to buy and demolish eleven homes, share up the land and turn the site into an open-space park. The one-point-eight-million-dollar grant requires a local match of just over 600-thousand dollars. Since 1997, the landslide has buckled streets and sidewalks, and split foundations and retaining walls.

>>Salt Lake City Ronald McDonald House Plans Expansion

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Salt Lake City's Ronald McDonald House is more than doubling its capacity. Ronald McDonald House Charities announced yesterday that it will spend around eleven-million dollars to expand the facility near Ninth East and South Temple. The charity served more than four-thousand people last year but had to turn away more than 500 families because of limited space. When construction is completed by next summer, Ronald McDonald House will be able to serve 500 more families a year.