West Jordan News

Congratulations to Carol Arnzen of South Jordan, winner of The Salt Lake Tribune 's cartoon caption contest this week.

Will Pearson of West Jordan is traveling to Idaho Falls to visit family over the three-day weekend.

Rick Koerber, center, appears here with Rep. Carl Wimmer, right, and Sutherland Institute President Paul Mero.

The West Jordan Western Stampede Celebration kicks off this week with rodeos, a parade and a carnival.

West Jordan police arrested a 19-year-old man Saturday after he broke into his ex's home, waited for her to return and attacked her with a glass beer bottle.

Universal Field Services' Clay Crocket talks to Tooele residents Brady Bradshaw and Matt Smith Tuesday night at a BLM open house for the proposed Mona-to-Oquirrh Transmission Corridor project.

The West Jordan City Council on Tuesday shot down a proposal to raise elected officials' salaries and make the mayor's job a full-time position.

Jordan School District Superintendent Barry Newbold checks his office one more time before he turns off the lights to his office Monday morning, as he's the last to move from Jordan's old offices to new digs on Monday.

Dale Sweat of West Jordan claims a stranger walked into his yard, picked up a bat, pushed his granddaughter out of the way and repeatedly beat his dog.

West Jordan resident Dale Sweat is seeking some sort of justice after a teenager allegedly beat Sweat's 6-year-old dog Nikki with a baseball bat.

A West Jordan man says his family dog was beaten by a teenager with a bat, but, he claims, police told him he is at fault.

The commander of the North Dakota National Guard says about 50 soldiers with an aviation unit have been ordered to mobilize for duty in Iraq.

West Jordan will kick off it's free summer movie series Friday with a showing of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" at Constitution Park, 7000 S. 3200 West.

Retailers around Utah and the nation are seeing an increase in shoplifting during this down economy, and discount stores aren't immune.

Fifty-five children had a scary ride to school Thursday morning when a suspected drunk driver crashed into their bus.

A man is in critical condition after he drove his truck in front of a bus full of students, causing an accident.

A two-alarm fire ripped through a Bluffdale home Thursday night, causing more than $1 million in damage.

The Associated Press WEST JORDAN - A judge has dismissed charges against two teenage boys who were accused in an alleged plot to kidnap, torture and kill two girls and a school resource police officer.

A 46-year-old South Jordan man is in critical condition after a collision with a school bus carrying 55 students.

Salt Lake City Mayor Ralph Becker, with Fire Chief Tom Shannon, left, and Police Chief Chris Burbank, right, announced Wednesday morning that he is scrapping hotly disputed plans to build a $125 million public-safety complex on downtown's Library Square.