>>Feds: 'No' Charges For Swallow And Shurtleff

(Salt Lake City, UT) -- Utah's Attorney General and his predecessor are told they won't face federal criminal charges. According to KSL-TV lawyers for Attorney General John Swallow and ex-A-G Mark Shurtleff told their clients yesterday the U.S. Department of Justice will not seek indictments against them. This development comes as the federal department's Public Integrity Section has wrapped up its investigation into the two men. A spokesperson from the D-O-J wouldn't confirm or deny the report.

　

>>WVC Cop Fired

(West Valley City, UT) -- A West Valley City cop involved in a deadly shooting is out of a job. Chief Lee Russo [[ RUSS-oh ]] confirmed Shawn Cowley was fired yesterday.

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Russo declined to give details. He did say part of it had to do with Cowley's work on the now-disbanded Neighborhood Narcotics team. Cowley was one of two officers connected to the shooting death of Danielle Willard. Earlier this year, the district attorney ruled that shooting was not justified. An attorney for Cowley said the former officer would challenge the decision.

>>Cops Say Friends Of Overdose Vic Could Be Charged

(Sanpete County, UT) -- Criminal charges could be filed against the friends of a Sanpete County 20-year-old who died of an apparent drug overdose. Police there tell KSL-TV friends of Jeremy Palmer dumped his body August 26th after he overdosed on morphine. Investigators allege as Palmer began to feel the drug's effects his friends knowingly drove past a hospital and neglected to call 9-1-1 to get him help.

>>Some In Provo Irked By City's Flood Declaration

(Provo, UT) -- Residents in Provo are fuming over their city's decision to call last week's severe flooding the result of a quote, "50-year storm." That declaration could mean Provo won't have to help homeowners negatively impacted by the heavy rains and floods. The storm left some streets washed-out and overflowing with rainwater.

>>Man Convicted For Child Pornography

(Park City, UT) -- An extended period behind bars awaits a convicted child pornographer from Park City. A U.S. District Court judge yesterday ordered Michael Loren Dunn to spend 12-years in prison and pay one-point-three-million-dollars in restitution which he owed to a victim in another case. In 2012 the former U.S. Army soldier and National Guardsman was indicted on three-charges of child pornography.

SALT LAKE CITY — The Salt Lake Tribune on Thursday announced a consolidation of top management positions and a 20 percent staff reduction. Editor Nancy Conway and Editorial Page Editor Vern Anderson will retire at the end of this month, the paper announced on its website. Publisher William Dean Singleton is also stepping down but will remain chairman of the board for the Tribune. Terry Orme, one of the paper's two managing editors, will take on roles of both editor and publisher Oct. 1. Thursday's layoffs marked the last day at the newspaper for 17 full-time employees and two part-time employees. Severance packages were offered.

"The Salt Lake Tribune has joined the ranks of countless other newsrooms around the country and in Utah that the economic realities have caught up with us, and we paid the price for that today," he said. "It's a tightening of the belt in our newsroom costs, and yeah, we spread it around."

>>First Fracking Oil Drilling Laws Passed In California

(Sacramento, CA) -- The first bill governing the controversial drilling technique called fracking passed the California Senate and Assembly with ease and it creates the nation's toughest regulations to date. Rick Williams reports.

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