HOLLADAY, Utah (ABC4) -- After a large amount of dynamite was found in a Holladay home, officials detonated it -- shaking the neighboring area and destroying one neighbor's home. "We lost all our windows, our doors were exploded, the roof was lifted up ... all our siding melted ... it melted our sheds and blew up one of the sheds and there's just debris everywhere," said Keeva Juarez, the next-door neighbor ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Happy Thursday or happy Friday eve, Utah! After a relatively quiet and mild start to the morning, we'll be in store for big changes by the second half of the day. That's thanks to the first of a couple storm systems that will move through the Beehive State over the next few days. The first one arrives today and will bring scattered showers across the Beehive State with the best chance coming to the northern two-thirds of the state. Showers will mainly be valley rain and mountain snow with snow levels expected to stay above 7,000 ft. through the day tomorrow. Thundersto ..read more

OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) -- Tree-lined streets not only make a city beautiful, but the trees provide several benefits. Monte Stewart, Ogden’s city parks manager, said trees give shade for the grass, habitat for wildlife, and they also absorb carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. “One really great benefit most people don’t think about is that they slow down rainwater,” Stewart said. “They slow that down so we don’t have overflowing gutters.” VIDEO: ‘Tornado-like’ funnel appears over Salt Lake County As part of a long-running program in Ogden, residents can get a free tree from the city to plant along t ..read more

(NEXSTAR) - The 2024 NFL Draft kicks off tonight in Detroit with the timer for the first pick set to begin at 8 p.m. ET. College prospects from across the country now wait anxiously as they hope to hear their name called and their dreams made a reality. A slew of star quarterbacks are projected to be taken tonight as well. The least hidden secret in the NFL right now is that the Chicago Bears are expected to use the No. 1 pick on USC quarterback Caleb Williams after trading away Justin Fields to the Pittsburgh Steelers earlier this year. What is still a mystery though is where the other big-n ..read more

PROVO, Utah (ABC4 Sports) - McCae Hillstead is moving south to Provo. The former Utah State quarterback announced he is transferring to BYU for the 2024 season. He will compete with Jake Retzlaff and Gerry Bohanon for the starting job this fall. Hillstead wrote on X this afternoon, "Let's work!" Kingsley Suamataia should go early in NFL Draft Hillstead started five games as a true freshman for the Aggies last season while battling through injuries. Let’s work! @BYUfootball #GoCougs pic.twitter.com/p8xIE9t3IT — McCae Hillstead (@mccaehillstead) April 25, 2024 In eight games total last seaso ..read more

ST. GEORGE, Utah (ABC4) -- In a TikTok video that went viral this week, a woman who describes herself as a Utah state employee can be seen justifying pulling down a teenager’s mini skirt in the lobby of a St. George restaurant. While she threatened to call authorities on the teenager, she is now the one facing criminal charges. In the video recorded Saturday night inside Sakura Japanese Steakhouse, Ida Ann Lorenzo reprimands the teenager, telling her that if she has to watch the teen’s “a** cheeks hanging out again,” she’ll call Child Protective Services. She later complained to police that vi ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- One man has been sentenced for the murder of Cesar Martinez, a U.S. Army veteran whose body was found on the side of Bangerter Highway near 8000 South in 2022. Mario Alberto Carreto-Morales was sentenced to 15 years to life for the first-degree felony murder of Martinez. He was also sentenced to 15 years to life for the first-degree felony kidnapping of a second victim. Both sentences will be served consecutively, making Carreto-Morales' minimum sentence 30 years to life. Martinez served in the U.S. Army as a Staff Sergeant. He did four combat tours, severing during bo ..read more

SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (ABC4) -- Salt Lake County residents looking out their windows on Thursday afternoon may have noticed something a little ominous: A tornado-like funnel coming out of the stormy clouds above. But there is no reason to panic. ABC4 Meteorologist Thomas Geboy said what residents are seeing is just a landspout. A landspout forms over Salt Lake County (Courtesy: Kellie Jensen, LiveDaybreak)What is a landspout? A landspout is a much weaker tornado that is not associated with the rotation of the storm it comes from. The National Weather Service explained that these cold-air funnels ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- A semi-truck crash along I-80 in Parley's Canyon has led to an estimated 200 gallons of diesel being leaked into Parley's Canyon and into Tanner's and Sugar House Park. Salt Lake City Fire Department Captain Brandt Hancuff said the truck jack-knifed up Parley's Canyon about 4 a.m. this morning. The crash damaged the truck leading it to spill hundreds of gallons of fuel into a nearby storm drain. The fire department was alerted to the spill when someone at Tanner's Park smelled the fuel and saw the sheen it gave on the water. Crews later noticed the fuel had made it as ..read more

SALT LAKE CITY (ABC4) -- Temperatures are beginning to rise across Utah which can only mean one thing: Construction season is starting. The Utah Department of Transportation said it would be working on 209 projects throughout 2024 with some big changes coming to major highways and interchanges such as I-15 in Farmington, Bangerter Highway through Salt Lake County, and Mountain View Corridor. "These projects are part of our commitment to helping people get where they want, in the way they want, safely and efficiently," said UDOT Deputy Director of Engineering and Operations Lisa Wilson. "This i ..read more