Standard-Examiner Davis Bureau

HILL AIR FORCE BASE -- The new "mayor" of Hill Air Force Base will step into her new assignment with a requirement to do more with less.

On Thursday, in a ceremony in one of the base's aircraft hangars, Col. Sarah Zabel assumed command of the 75th Air Base Wing from Col. Patrick Higby, who will be headed to Washington, D.C., for a new position with the White House Communications Agency.

LAYTON -- For the next three weeks, you shouldn't see any cars parked along Main Street in Layton and Clearfield.

The Utah Department of Transportation has begun a project to repave Main Street in Layton and Clearfield between Church Street in Layton and 300 North in Clearfield.

LAYTON -- Six-year-old Adam Harding would not shift his focus from the old VCR machine he was disassembling. Steadily, he turned the screwdriver to loosen a screw so he could remove another part from the old appliance.

FARMINGTON -- Even though Jeremy Jacob Hauck is being forced to take medication, it may not be enough to restore his mental competency, his attorney said.

Hauck, now 22, is at Utah State Hospital, where he has been since January 2008. He was not present for Monday's hearing in 2nd District Court. He is charged with first-degree murder in the 2006 death of his mother, Laura Hauck.

FARMINGTON -- A North Logan woman has entered two guilty pleas to second-degree felony charges of trying to harm her two toddlers.

Reggie Ann Peck, 36, appeared in 2nd District Court on Wednesday with her attorney, Todd Utzinger.

CLEARFIELD -- The Top of Utah is getting a new paint job, just in time for summer.

Over the next few weeks, Utah Department of Transportation will undertake a massive repainting project in Davis and Weber counties, repainting crosswalks and road striping in eight Top of Utah cities.

KAYSVILLE -- LeConte Stewart needed a place to sell his paintings, so he opened his own store 70 years ago. At the end of this month, that store will close.

Stewart's Gift Shop, 151 N. Main St., still sells LeConte's work, along with jewelry, keepsakes, blessing outfits and a lot more, so much more that the store has gained quite a following.