From her modest home in Hood County, the Texan who first came up with the idea of a child abduction alert says the tone system needs a tuneup. | Opinion ...

"AMBER Alerts also serve as deterrents to those who ... Broadcast Emergency Response — and named in honor of Amber Hagerman, a 9-year-old who was abducted while riding her bicycle in the Dallas ...

The Amber Alert system was created in 1996 and named after the abduction and murder of 9-year-old Amber Rene Hagerman in Texas. In Utah, the Rachael Alert system was established, with the alert's ...

The Ashanti Alert system is named after Ashanti Billie, who was a 19-year-old woman who disappeared in 2017 in Virginia.

Utahns should expect a lot of phones to vibrate and give an accompanying alert tone at about 4 p.m. Thursday as part of a statewide Amber Alert test.