Cops find a new way to serve community at Tip-A-Cop
The server staff at Casa Del Rey in Grantsville wore a different uniform during the dinner rush Monday night. Officers from the Grantsville City Police Department and deputies with the Tooele County...
View ArticleGrantsville lauded for clean audit
Grantsville City received a clean audit report for the 2015 fiscal year, its second in a row, during last Wednesday’s city council meeting. Ron Stewart from Gilbert & Stewart, CPA, of Provo,...
View ArticleStansbury Park Service Agency gives nod to $1.25M budget
The Stansbury Park Service Agency board unanimously approved a $1.25 million budget for 2016 at its meeting Wednesday night but not before a debate about a proposed 8 percent pay increase for its...
View ArticleImproved responses to threats at schools sought by officials
Emergency managers, police and school officials want to improve response protocol to threats, including active shooters, in Tooele County schools. Every year, county emergency management identifies an...
View ArticleBenefit fund to help family in severe crisis
Editor’s note: The Curtis and Trina Cook family in Grantsville are the chosen recipients of this year’s Tooele Transcript Bulletin Benefit Fund. The family is experiencing a medical crisis. Donations...
View ArticleGrantsville planning commission OKs CUP for Clark Farm cemetery
The Grantsville City Planning and Zoning Commission approved a conditional use permit last week that would allow the creation of a cemetery at the Clark Historic Farm. At the Dec. 10 meeting, the...
View ArticleBenefit fund family faces health and financial challenges
Editor’s note: The Curtis and Trina Cook family in Grantsville were announced in last Thursday’s edition as recipients of this year’s Tooele Transcript Bulletin Benefit Fund. The family is experiencing...
View ArticleStorm dumps over a foot of snow
A massive winter storm affecting most of the western United States rolled through Utah on Monday, causing slow commutes and a number of minor accidents throughout Tooele County. As of 5 p.m. on Monday,...
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Bank teller faces fraud charges for allegedly taking $43.7K from elderly...
Stephanie Bennett If not for transactions from what should have been an untouched savings account, a 90-year-old Tooele resident may have continued to be the victim of dozens of fraudulent withdrawals...
View ArticleBenefit fund family making the most of Christmas 2015
Sometimes a new haircut can work wonders. For Trina Cook, losing about eight inches of her thick, wavy hair has been a blessing. “My head feels so much lighter,” she said. “She cut the ponytail off and...
View ArticleGrantsville — again — makes list of safest cities in Utah
Grantsville was named one of the safest cities in Utah according to Safewise, a website that reviews home security systems. In the 2015 rankings, Grantsville finished 19th out of 83 eligible cities and...
View ArticleDog perishes in mobile home fire
A fire at a mobile home in Tooele Friday afternoon resulted in significant damage and the death of the resident’s dog. The cause of the fire was reported as undetermined, but the flames originated in...
View ArticleDonations still accepted for Transcript Bulletin Benefit Fund
The Christmas season is about generosity and Tooele County residents have opened their hearts and checkbooks for this year’s Tooele Transcript Bulletin Benefit Fund family. The Curtis and Trina Cook...
View ArticleShop With A Cop brings Christmas cheer for families
An unsuspecting traveler would have come across quite the spectacle if they pulled into the Travel Centers of America in Lake Point Saturday. Dozens of police cars ringed the parking lot, with every...
View ArticleTooele man charged with kidnapping, theft
A Tooele man faces felony kidnapping and theft charges after he trapped a woman inside her vehicle and assaulted her. Joseph B. Gourley, 28, appeared in Third District Court Tuesday on charges of...
View ArticleChristmas comes early for benefit fund family
Trina Cook doesn’t like to cry. It just makes your eyes puffy and doesn’t change anything, she said. The 34-year-old mother of four has fought for her family — and to remain upbeat — in the face of a...
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Two locals selected to serve as UTA co-chairs
Chris Sloan The Utah Transit Authority has selected two members with ties to Tooele County to serve as the co-vice chairs of its board of trustees. Chris Sloan and Robert McKinley will serve in the...
View ArticleDriving impaired on New Year’s Eve may land you in jail
Tooele County law enforcement will be working overtime on Thursday to ensure everyone has a safe New Year’s Eve. The Utah Highway Patrol will have extra officers on patrol throughout the state, with a...
View ArticleTop 10 Stories of 2015 #9: Stray bullet hits woman while watching Pioneer Day...
A Grantsville woman struck by a bullet last July while watching fireworks on a neighbor’s lawn survived the freak accident — but the man who fired the gun could face jail time. Linda Stroebel was...
View ArticleTop 10 Stories of 2015 #7: Historic Clark Farm finally gets bought with a...
The future became a little bit clearer for one of the most historic locations in Grantsville during a busy 2015 for the J. Reuben Clark Historic Farm. A conditional use permit approved at the Dec. 10...
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