News Talk KDXU

My how time flies -- it has been more than two years since St. George Police Department marksman Seth LeFevre was faced with the choice of a lifetime. Should I take the shot? OK, here's the situation (by the way, this is a real situation that happened in February of 2022): An armed man has carjacked a vehicle in Southern Utah and led police on a high-speed chase...

OK, OK, the odds of an elephant getting loose in your town are very low. Like ridiculously low. Astronomically low. Practically none. But it could happen. Wednesday morning an elephant, spooked from the noise of a car backfiring, escaped its cage and bolted from a circus/carnival in Butte, Montana...

The weather is warmer and the air is dryer, which means the fire season is here for Southern Utah. Here's what you need to know.

Multiple fires have been reported throughout Southern Utah in the past 48 hours, causing the loss of homes and vehicles alike.

With players threatening transfer, recruits decommitting and the program in flux, BYU basketball has decided to act quickly. Tuesday morning, BYU athletic director Tom Holmoe named Kevin Young as the Cougars new head basketball coach. “We are excited to announce Kevin as our new head men’s basketball coach and welcome him and his family to BYU,” Holmoe said. “We had a variet...

Cases of tularemia has been detected in dead beavers in Utah, and it could spread to humans if precautions aren't taken.

Sunrise Stories for April 16, 2024. St. George Police are investigating two reported stabbings that occurred at a private dance attended by hundreds of teens.

My daughter is very afraid of flying in an airplane. And though we've actually been able to talk her into taking a couple of flights, she really doesn't like the idea of hurtling through the air in a metal tube at 600-miles an hour. She's a very logical person, so the times we did get her to fly, I was able to appeal to her logical or sensible side...

Forecasters are saying this week we'll hit the high 80s with temperatures in the 90s not very far off. With that in mind, law enforcement officials and animal activists are urging the public to be mindful of the danger of leaving pets in hot cars...

Swatting incidents continue to affect the lives of many residents in Southern Utah, but what exactly is swatting, and why does it happen in the first place?

Sunrise Stories for April 15, 2024. A couple from Ohio was arrested in Southern Utah following the seizure of several bags of meth from their vehicle.

The RESEP (Radiation Exposure Screening and Education Program) clinic from St. George Regional Hospital will be holding public informational meetings in several southern Utah cities on April 19th & 20th, 2024. These meetings are to inform the public that the RECA law is set to expire in June 2024 and to discuss bills that have been submitted to Congress. The te ...