By LUKE RAMSETH | The Salt Lake Tribune
Last Updated Jun 6, 2017 07:15PM
Sandy • Three people are dead, and two juveniles are injured after a shooting on a public street while children were heading home from school. A man, a woman and …
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‘Bad’ Brad Wheeler leaves KRCL as some say station has turned too commercial
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Utah's top wildlife official named to U.S. post
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