West Jordan News

Utah has a new reason to laugh on Thursday nights; a West Jordan comedian is one of 12 finalists on Last Comic Standing.

Nine votes made the difference in the Precinct 1 race for Jordan's new east-side school district, according to the Salt Lake County Clerk's official ballot results.

House Speaker Greg Curtis wrote a letter earlier this year apologizing to a legislative intern for the conduct of Rep.

Police here were looking this morning for at least one man in connection with a bank robbery, and were investigating whether he could be linked to two pharmacy robberies Wednesday.

Mart in the Salt Lake City area was robbed on Wednesday by a man who passed a threatening note to the store's pharmacy, which demanded narcotics.

A West Jordan jury has convicted 19-year-old Parley Jeffs Dutson, one of the FLDS polygamous sect's so-called "lost boys" exiles, in the rape and murder of his 15-year-old girlfriend.

The nefarious black mold that lurks in Utah's uncommonly damp places - making homes and buildings uninhabitable - has struck again.

A jury deliberated five hours late Tuesday before returning guilty verdicts on both counts in the murder trial of Parley Jeffs Dutson.

For Carl Thompson, the roughly $70 West Jordan is considering adding to his property tax bill is too much.

A West Jordan man is accused of downloading videos of girls as young as 2 being raped.

Two men initially suspected in two armed robberies are now facing some serious federal prison time after being indicted in 11 separate robberies across Salt Lake County.

Manager Steve Sheiffer has said he will retire in September. The names were released this morning.

I know it's still early, I know there are many months left to go and the presidential race is bound to inspire countless more bouts of complete loss of perspective, but I'd like to propose that we nonetheless ...

West Jordan residents, during two public forums, are invited to share their opinions about a proposed tax hike.

Children in Jordan School District can look forward to a new $17 million elementary school slated to open summer 2009.

As if image-challenged Utah doesn't have a bad enough rap already, perceived by the rest of the nation to be comprised mainly of a bunch of white, ignorant xenophobes, David and Elizabeth Lawson of West Jordan ...

A Parkite was the talk of the liberal blogosphere Thursday when people mistakenly tied him to a Barack Obama toy that supporters of the candidate claim is racist.

A Utah couple who earlier apologized for a Barack Obama sock monkey that was decried as racist say they may still sell the toy.

Does portraying Obama as a monkey in a suit sound kind of racist to you? The people at thesockobama.com don't seem to think so.

A second arrest has been made in the a case of serial robberies. Taylorsville detectives charged Laroy Butterfield in three robberies, including the Subway, Little Caesars, and Flowerama hold-ups. The ...