Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Latest reporting from the Public Safety desk.
Public Safety
Flood advisories named Millcreek and East Millcreek on Sept. 18 after a tornado and golf-ball-sized hail swept the northern Wasatch Front, leaving residents with vehicle damage, welts and flooded basements.
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Flood advisories named Millcreek and East Millcreek on Sept. 18 after a tornado and golf-ball-sized hail swept the northern Wasatch Front, leaving residents with vehicle damage, welts and flooded basements.
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Friday morning storms triggered at least three crashes along I-215 in Salt Lake County, including a three-vehicle wreck at 2900 South that closed three lanes and left one person with life-threatening injuries.
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The Utah Court of Appeals reversed dismissal of a negligence lawsuit against UPD Officer Ethan Andrus, finding disputed facts about his use of lights, sirens and speed before a 2020 collision at a West Jordan intersection.
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Salt Lake County Search and Rescue extracted three hikers from steep, off-trail terrain on Mt. Superior in Little Cottonwood Canyon late Saturday, Sept. 12, the latest in a series of canyon rescues this summer as fall conditions set in.
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A new NBER working paper estimates dust from the shrinking Great Salt Lake costs Utah $1.1 billion to $2.3 billion a year in health damage, with effects reaching Millcreek and 86% of the state's population.
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Court documents reveal a 37-year-old Millcreek man fired 19 rifle rounds at four Unified Police officers responding to a domestic violence call on Sept. 9, then told investigators he hoped they would shoot back and kill him.
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A man armed with a rifle was arrested Wednesday night near 1900 E. Lambourne Ave. in Millcreek after allegedly firing at Unified Police officers responding to a domestic violence call, prompting a shelter-in-place alert and multi-agency response with no injuries reported.
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A July town hall at the Utah Islamic Center brought together Salt Lake County DA Sim Gill, CAIR leaders and state lawmakers to address hate crime reporting after the stabbing of Syed Sohail Uddin at Valley Fair Mall, with speakers urging residents to document and report bias incidents.
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Utah wildlife officials have killed more than three dozen bears in 2026, surpassing the previous three years combined, as drought-driven food shortages push black bears into Wasatch Front communities and canyons near Millcreek.
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Salt Lake County Search and Rescue spent 11.5 hours rescuing two hikers from Lone Peak's summit after altitude sickness and cold stranded them, and the agency warned that fall conditions at 11,000 feet can turn dangerous even while valley temperatures stay in the 90s.
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Salt Lake County DA Sim Gill cleared nine officers in the September 2025 fatal shooting of an armed man during a West Jordan standoff; the Unified Police Department, which patrols Millcreek, led the independent investigation.
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After Monday's heavy rainfall eased across the Wasatch Front, forecasters warn a second surge of tropical moisture could bring elevated flash-flood risk back to Millcreek and the Salt Lake area starting Friday, Sept. 4, and lasting through the weekend.
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Millcreek will shift traffic on 2000 East to the newly paved west side starting Saturday, Aug. 29, while crews begin rebuilding the east side of the corridor.
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