Utah's Noon News

Doctors from Intermountain Healthcare held a news conference today, saying their hospital staff members are stretched thin and very tired.  They’re asking people not to gather with people from outside their homes for Thanksgiving to prevent an even higher spike of COVID-19 cases. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The family of an autistic boy who was shot by Salt Lake City police has filed a lawsuit.  The police department says they have not yet seen the lawsuit.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

President Russell M. Nelson of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints released a video message today of "Hope and Healing for the World."  He encouraged members of the Church to find reasons to be grateful, even during a pandemic, and share those those grateful thoughts with family and friends.  You can hear his entire message 16 minutes into the newscast. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert says he will not put a mandate in place limiting Thanksgiving gatherings.  He is asking people to keep gatherings small and include social distancing with masks because of the current surge in COVID-19 cases.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

State health officials say a COVID-19 vaccine could be rolled out in Utah as soon as December. Rich Lakin, Immunizations Director for the state of Utah, says the number of doses coming to the state will be based on population. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah lawmakers are working on a bill to make it a felony to block traffic during protests.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah doctors say they are seeing more children coming into I-C-U units with severe symptoms after contracting the COVID-19 virus. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A Vietnam Vet who spent over a month in the hospital battling COVID-19 gets to come home today and his neighbors are going to be lining the streets to welcome him back.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah set a new record today for new COVID-19 infections... with over 39-hundred people testing positive.  There are also 468 Utahns currently hospitalized. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Utah National Guard is stepping up their efforts to help the state with COVID-19 contact tracing.  It's part of the Governor's new emergency declaration.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah Governor Gary Herbert says his new emergency declaration is not based out of fear or politics.  He says we all need to do our part to slow the spread of the coronavirus because right now our hospitals are struggling to keep up with COVID-19 cases.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Utah Attorney General Sean Reyes is taking some heat after tweeting he’s on personal leave to help prepare litigation in several states dealing with the election process. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Presidential election is still up in the air this hour.  Nevada, Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, and North Carolina are still very close races. Plus,  The state of Utah is reporting 2,807 new COVID-19 cases today.  There are also 389 people hospitalized with coronavirus which is a new record high for the state.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We are waiting to get the final results from Michigan, Pennsylvania and a handful of other battleground states in the Presidential election. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

County clerks around the state are reporting record setting numbers as the votes are being counted.  Many Utahn's took advantage of early voting through mail-in-ballots.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Over 1-million ballots have already been processed in Utah and we haven't even reached election day.  During the last Presidential election there were less than one-point-two million votes cast once ALL the votes were counted.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The state department of health is reminding Trick-or-Treaters to wear cloth face coverings while out trick-or-treating tomorrow. People are also encourage to avoid being in large groups because of the pandemic.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ten more Utahns have died after getting the coronavirus.  The state is reporting 1,837 new cases from yesterday with 317 people currently hospitalized with COVID-19.  Doctors from Utah's healthcare systems say they are being stretched thin during this current surge of cases.   See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gail Miller announced her family is selling off a majority interest of the Utah Jazz to Qualtrics co-founder Ryan Smith.  Smith says he grew up a Jazz fan and plans to keep the team in Salt Lake City.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Salt Lake County District Attorney announced a murder charge in the Sherry Black cold case.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.