>>Economic Recovery Slows For Salt Lake Co.

(Salt Lake County, UT) -- The growth rate for Salt Lake County won't be as robust as first predicted. According to the county's finance officer income levels for Salt Lake County will around five-percent and not seven-percent as originally forecast. Officials say the Kennecott landslide and cuts in spending have put a crimp in the county's economic recovery. For the period ending June 30th, taxable sales in Salt Lake County fell below forecast levels.


>>Police: Man Causes Scare At State Capitol

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- An unidentified Layton man's recovering after causing a scare at the state Capitol. Captain Barton Blair is with the Utah Highway Patrol.

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Authorities say yesterday afternoon the man drove his truck up the steps on the west side of the Capitol. Once inside, he reportedly went to a secure area near the historic Supreme Court chambers and demanded entry. The suspect's likely going to jail once he's out of the hospital.

>>Nanny Admits She Abused One-Year-Old

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- A woman working as a nanny in Cottonwood Heights admits she abused a young child she was caring for. According to charges filed in 3rd District Court Traci Omer using a kitchen scrub on the one-year-old's face. The abuse came into question back in April when the girl's mother noticed scratches on her daughter's forehead. Omer faces one count of felony child abuse.

>>Traffic Stop Turns Up 50K In Marijuana

(Layton, UT) -- Layton police say a traffic stop has turned up a stash of marijuana worth tens of thousands of dollars. Reports say the pot estimated to be worth 50-thousand dollars was discovered in a duffel bag belonging to Justin Oswald, an alleged drug trafficker. Officers say they had been monitoring Oswald's movements for several months before the recent traffic stop. Oswald faces charges including possession of drug paraphernalia and marijuana possession with intent to distribute.

>>Study: Death By Falling Rock Nearly Impossible

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- It might sound like a wise-guy's convenient excuse when caught destroying nature but experts say it's nearly impossible to be hurt by a falling rock. Three Boy Scout Leaders have become worldwide stories for destroying an ancient rock formation at Goblin Valley State Park because they say they didn't want anyone to get hurt if the structure fell. But the "Tribune" says a study by the National Safety Council concludes that a person has a one-in-52-hundred chance of dying from being struck by an object like a falling rock. By comparison the study says a person has a mere one-in-100 chance of dying in a car accident.



Five Union High School Football Players Are Alleged Vandals

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Five football players from Union High School are facing criminal charges this morning in connection with an act of vandalism. Authorities say a pristine-looking white fence around a community of homes in Vernal was targeted by the players who allegedly used their bodies to destroy the fence. The students also allegedly used pumpkins to destroy several residential mailboxes. School officials have refused to say what if any disciplinary action will be taken against the players.

>>Tough Testimony Against MacNeill On Day Three

(Undated) -- In new court testimony yesterday Martin MacNeill is accused of being "loud and disruptive" as emergency crews tried to revive his dying wife. The fire chief of Pleasant Grove said MacNeill was so distracting that night in April, 2007 he was escorted from the room. Despite CPR attempts on MacNeill's wife after she was pulled from a bathtub unconscious at the couple's home, 50-year-old Michele MacNeill could not be revived. Yesterday's testimony came on Day Three in the five-week trial against Martin MacNeill, who faces allegations he gave his wife a deadly dose of prescription pills.

>>State Prison Making Local Kids' Halloween Special

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah prison guards are getting in the spirit of Halloween by delivering inmate-grown pumpkins to special needs children. The "Tribune" says officers from Utah State Prison helped deliver more than 200 pumpkins to kids at the Hamilton School in Riverton. The orange spheres were grown through the prison's Greenhouse program using seeds donated from Mountain Valley Seeds. The inmates have grown more than three-thousand pumpkins that have been, or will be donated to Utah organizations and hospitals whose mission is to help kids.

>>Updated Ideas For A Fun Halloween

(Undated) -- Halloween is just around the corner and experts have some new ideas to enjoy the occasion. Instead of age-old traditions like pumpkin carving and trick-or-treating in the neighborhood why not try decorating your pumpkins with colorful paints or candy collecting at an indoor facility like the neighborhood mall? Halloween experts say it may be fun to make coordinated costumes for a group of friends or try creating a movie using your smartphone camera.



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