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The body of a fallen Santaquin police sergeant was sent home Monday with a police escort.

A somber atmosphere blanketed the quiet community of Santaquin on Monday morning as residents lined Main Street to pay their respects to a city police officer who was killed early Sunday morning. Police officials identified the officer as 50-year-old Sgt. Bill Hooser, who had been with the department since 2017. In total, Hooser had been […]

Just last month, the Utah Department of Public Safety reported an 11 percent increase in aggressive, road rage related crashes statewide from 2022 to 2023

Utah lawmakers are considering changes to the states drunken driving laws in the wake of a series of fatalities caused by wrong-way drivers.

A longtime law in Utah prohibiting teens from driving with friends in the car for a certain period of time may soon change.

A bill to mandate a minimum prison time for impaired drivers charged with automobile homicide passed a committee meeting and will move to the House floor for a vote.

House Bill 273, or "Sentencing Modifications for Certain DUI Offenses," would increase the minimum prison sentence for Utahns guilty of automobile homicide.

The bill comes as Washington state grapples with a 33-year high in traffic fatalities, half of which are the result of DUI crashes.