The public safety plan will increase police presence in high-crime areas downtown, in the Ballpark Neighborhood and the Jordan River area. The plan includes placing security cameras at parks, enforcing park curfews and improving responses to businesses affected by crime.

A suspect was taken into custody early Saturday morning after hit-and-run crash left a person seriously injured in the Granary District.

Salt Lake City Erin Mendenhall released a plan to address homelessness after state leaders demanded one in a letter sent last month.

The comprehensive new initiative comes after Utah legislative leaders called on the city to fix the problems or have the state step in.

Police responded to a stabbing Thursday night in Salt Lake City and discovered a victim with a severe abdominal wound exposing their intestines, authorities sai

Salt Lake City is changing its garbage collection schedule for the first time since the 1980s. Most residents will have new pickup days starting Feb. 3, with one large exception. The changes aim to improve efficiency and align resources with peak workload times.

Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall released a series of recommendations Thursday to help curb homelessness and crime in Utah's capital city. Why it matters: The roughly 50-page public safety plan was spurred by a December letter from state GOP leaders,

Mayor Erin Mendehall said the Southern California fires will help the Utah capital city reshape the way it calculates readiness for disasters.

This story is breaking and will be updated. The day before a deadline given to her by the state’s top Republican leaders, Salt Lake City Mayor Erin Mendenhall on Thursday unveiled a lengthy, multi-pronged plan to address homelessness,