KSL News Brief 6:30pm Sept. 5, 2024

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You're listening to Jeff Kaplan's Afternoon News

on KSL Newsradio, 102.7 FM and 1160 AM.

Good evening, 630 at KSL.

Jeff Kaplan here, 88 degrees, KSL's top story.

We now have more than one Lyman running a write-in campaign for governor.

So what does this mean for Phil Lyman, the man who lost the primary race?

Most are worried that write-in ballots won't be counted for the intended candidate.

But Associate Director of the Hinckley Institute, Morgan Lyon-Cotty,

says,

In Utah, as long as the election worker can tell what it says,

your vote will be counted.

But you've got to include the first name.

KSL Newsradio's Britt Johnson there.

Lyon-Cotty says write-in voters tend to be well-informed.

Hopefully, they'll take the time to clearly identify their intended candidate,

whether it's Phil Lyman or Jim Lyman or whoever.

Former President Trump will be fundraising in Utah next week.

This is the third fundraising event scheduled this summer

after the first two.

Deseret News reports this new event next Saturday night

will be in Salt Lake City.

The event's organizer says location will be announced closer to the date.

Vice President Kamala Harris has raised $500 million

during her presidential bid, more than former President Trump,

and she's spreading the wealth around to smaller, local races.

Anyone who's elected using her money are now loyal to her.

So she's building, kind of like old school,

politics, right, Dave?

Like, she's building a party machine to run with her

as she's going into this presidency.

Weber State University political science professor and KSL at Night co-host

Leah Murray says Harris is sending money to places

where every last vote counts for the Democrats.

TikTok says it's going one step further than necessary

to protect children online.

TikTok is out with a new plan designed to help parents

better talk to their kids about healthy online habits.

Susie Loftus is the head of trust and safety at TikTok.

This campaign is really about providing simple, straightforward support

so parents have the information that they need

to really set the digital boundaries that make sense for their family.

TikTok already offers privacy controls that let parents

link their accounts with their kids

and control things like direct messages.

Mike Daboski, ABC News.

KSL Newstime 632.

Georgia prosecutors have arrested the father of the boy

accused...

...of opening fire at his high school yesterday.

Maria Shalaios is live at the KSL National News Desk.

Jeff, the father of Colt Gray, now also facing charges.

Georgia Bureau of Investigation Director Chris Hosey says

54-year-old Colin Gray knowingly allowed his son

to have the AR-15 used in that deadly shooting.

Colin is Colt Gray's father that was arrested yesterday.

He is charged with the following.

Four counts of involuntary manslaughter.

Two counts of second-degree murder.

And eight counts of cruelty to children.

Prosecutors today also charged the 14-year-old as an adult

with four counts of murder.

We also learned tonight that the nine people

who were taken to the hospital yesterday

are expected to recover fully from their injuries.

President Biden's son Hunter today pleaded guilty to federal tax charges.

Hunter Biden's guilty plea comes as the court was preparing

for jury selection for his trial over failure to pay $1.4 million.

The plea protects Biden's family from the pain and attention of the trial.

Hunter put his family first today.

And it was a brave and loving thing for him to do.

Hunter Biden now faces up to 15 years in prison

and a fine of up to a million dollars.

Live from the KSL National News Desk,

I'm Maria Shalaios, KSL Newsradio.

Charges have been filed against a Kearns man accused of firing 13 shots

in the middle of a car crash.

into another vehicle while his children were in the backseat.

33-year-old Tony Robinson is being charged with attempted murder,

a first-degree felony according to charging documents.

They also state that Robinson allegedly targeted another driver

who he believed was affiliated with a rival gang,

making threatening comments about putting a bullet in his head.

After emptying his 9mm, leaving bullet holes

and shattering the rear passenger window,

the victim wasn't hurt.

Police say he changed his story multiple times

and claimed the other driver pointed a gun at him.

Witnesses reported seeing Robinson holding the gun

while removing his 6- and 3-year-old children

from the car at his Sandy apartment complex.

Eric Cabrera, KSL Newsradio.

Grab your rackets.

Eight new pickleball courts are now open at Rosewood Park in Salt Lake City.

Laura Briefer, the director of the Department of Public Utilities,

says these used to be tennis courts,

but they were demolished

because they had to replace an underground sewer line.

The plan was to then replace,

the tennis courts with the park.

But as our team was out on site

and talking to the community about the project,

it became very apparent that what the community really wanted

was pickleball courts.

Briefer says the ribbon-cutting this morning was a success

with a lot of excitement from the community.

KSL Newstime, 635 First Look Traffic.

Ricky, we still talking about 201?

We are.

This is a rollover crash, I'm afraid,

this vehicle is sitting on its roof.

This is a pretty sad situation

when you see this kind of property damage.

And there may be injuries.

Westbound on the 21st South Freeway at about 9th West,

only a far right lane of traffic is getting by.

Traffic is not only back to the I-15 junction,

but affecting all ramps to go to the 21st South Freeway.

Ricky Meese, syndicate, KSL Traffic Center.

Thanks, Ricky.

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