>>Police Know I-D Of Dead Woman

(Riverdale, UT) -- Riverdale police say they know the identity of a woman found at a local construction site. However, until her family is notified, they're not making the name public. A worker made the grisly discovery yesterday at the site at 17-hundred West 48-hundred South.

>>Suicide Prevention Programs Considered

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Suicide-prevention programs are under consideration for Utah schools. The bill requires districts to implement these programs at junior high and high schools statewide. The estimated cost is 250-thousand dollars.

>>Female Inmate Capacity Reached

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A new report says Utah has reached its capacity for incarcerated females. The Sentencing Project says the Utah data is following a national trend. The number of female inmates rose over 20-percent between 2000 and 2009. Meanwhile the disparity among white and black inmates is shrinking.

>>Demo Worker Remembered

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- The Sandy man killed in a roof collapse in Brigham City is remembered by family. Loved ones say Saofai Sautia [[ SO-fye SAU-tee-uh ]] was a family man and basketball fan. Sautia was killed Tuesday when a K-mart roof collapsed on him. He's survived by his wife and three daughters.

>>Utah Knifemaker Waiting List

(Manti, UT) -- If you're wanting a knife from Manti's Steve Johnson, you'll have to wait until 2016 or so. Johnson has been called the best knifemaker in the world. He says he only makes 60 knives a year because he pays so much attention to the intricate designs.



ALPINE, Utah – A group of about 50 parents met Wednesday night in support of the Lone Peak High School football coach who resigned earlier this week amid allegations of financial mismanagement. They say parents upset about playing time started a witch hunt to find a way to get coach Tony McGeary in trouble. McGeary tendered his resignation on Monday, but on Wednesday, Mike Hall read a letter from the coach, who resigned to save the program from pain, not because he’d done anything wrong.

The allegations were made in a 42-page complaint filed by a parents’ group claiming that the coach took a deal with the apparel company Under Armour without having the authority to do so and that he charged extra for a football camp at the College of Eastern Utah so he could be paid more.

　


WEST VALLEY CITY — Police say a woman who used a fake diamond to swindle another woman out of thousands of dollars has struck a second time, this time with an accomplice. West Valley City police said two Hispanic women approached another woman who was shopping near 3100 South and 5600 West on Feb. 16, saying they needed help. One of the women offered a story about her family being hurt in a terrible car accident earlier that day and that she needed money to cover medical expenses. The second woman explained she was helping raise the necessary funds. The pair asked the woman to buy a diamond, which ended up being fake, for $5,000 and promised a $14,000 return.

　

(Salt Lake)

Utah lawmakers want to study the intricacies and economic impact of the state taking over and managing tens of millions of acres of public lands that it has demanded the federal government relinquish. The analysis to be performed in HB142 would cost $450,000 and, would inform the discussion of how the state could manage the land currently in federal control. Last year, the state gave Congress a deadline of December 2014 to turn over tens of millions of acres of federal land to the state. The bill now moves to the Senate for consideration. A House Committee also approved Wednesday, HB131, authorizing creation of a new Federalism Commission, intended to flag areas where the federal government is treading on Utah’s sovereignty and push back against the unwanted intrusions on issues like land management and gun issues.