Online date shot; neighborhood private security; cop car stolen
Odd and unusual news from around the West.
WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. — Three years into a frosty experiment in a finger-numbing laboratory, Randy Roberson thinks he's identified the futur…
WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — West Valley police say a man was robbed at gunpoint and wounded during what he thought was a date with a woman he met…
SANTA FE, N.M. — New Mexico residents descended from Jewish families who fled Spain during the religion-driven Inquisition can claim Spanish c…
SALT LAKE CITY — As a dietary worker at a big hospital in Orem, Lydia Mead fears her workplace could someday become a target for a mass shooter.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — It's called House Bill 2500; but, really, it should be called Runaway Ray's Bill.
CAMPBELL, Calif. — Police in Northern California are searching for a woman and a man accused of ramming into a patrol car, injuring an officer…
MURTAUGH, Idaho — Authorities say two ferruginous hawks illegally shot and left to die in south-central Idaho have been euthanized and authori…
ELKO, Nev. — Elko is extending its ban on medical marijuana shops despite comments from residents who want it lifted.
MADRAS, Ore. — The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office in central Oregon says nearly 1,100 pounds of unwanted prescription drugs have been dropp…
PRESCOTT, Ariz. — A memorial playground for an international aid worker from Prescott who was killed while being held captive by the Islamic S…
