domestic violence

Utah’s incidents of domestic violence are below the national rates, but advocates say any amount of abuse is too much.

The lawsuit alleged that Moab police did not do enough during a traffic stop to protect their daughter from the man who killed her weeks later. The plaintiffs' lawyer says a state law making governmental agencies immune from lawsuits is unconstitutional and an appeal is planned.

USU also announced that associate VP/deputy athletic director of external affairs Jerry Bovee and football director of player development and community Austin Albrecht were fired “for violations of university policies related to the reporting of sexual and domestic violence and failures of professional responsibilities.”

This week is a pretty heavy topic — abuse. And specifically, child abuse.

Bill sponsors and advocates say the changes will help protect children from abusive parents.

Since July, domestic violence calls statewide have increased by 80% — a sign seen as a positive due to the effects of the state's new lethality assessment law.

The need is driven by domestic violence cases in Utah County, which have more than doubled in the past three years.

Sixteen-year-old Om Moses Gandhi’s mother, Leah Moses, says her son’s death at the hands of her ex-husband was preventable.

The new ESPN documentary, “LISTEN,” includes interviews with people who had previously never spoken publicly about Lauren McCluskey’s 2018 murder.

Police records obtained by The Associated Press shed light on Michael Haight’s violent tendencies and the warning signs that authorities were aware of years before the tragic murder-suicide.

A murder-suicide in Enoch has shined a spotlight on the limited domestic violence services available in Southern Utah and other rural parts of the state.

The city defended its officers' conduct in response to the lawsuit, saying they were kind and respectful and couldn't have predicted the subsequent tragedy.