Draper

DRAPER — Police here have identified Thayne Hansen, 52, as the man who died Wednesday after being hit by a vehicle while at work.

Hansen, of Marriott-Slaterville, was working in a storm drain when a driver pulled into a parking lot near 150 E. 11950 South in Draper and struck him, said Draper Police Sgt. Pat Evans.

Hansen was taken to a local hospital, where he died later that day.

The investigation into the incident is ongoing.

DRAPER -- A 57-year-old paraglider was injured after crash landing in a backyard in Draper.

DRAPER — The State Board of Pardons has decided that prison will keep Ogden serial rapist Jason Brett Higgins, assigning him natural life status less than a week after his first parole hearing.

“The board has ordered that Jason Brett Higgins, age 38, (will) spend the rest of his life in prison,” board spokesman Jim Hatch said in a brief news release issued late Monday afternoon.

DRAPER — The hearing officer for serial rapist Jason Brett Higgins won’t be recommending his release.

Higgins, 38, has served 14 years in prison since he terrorized the Ogden area in 1996 and 1997.

Don Blanchard was the hearing officer for Higgins’ first parole hearing, held Tuesday morning.

DRAPER — Police on Monday identified a teen whose body was found in the Jordan River and said her death is being investigated as a suspicious.

DRAPER -- A lack of snow in Utah this winter is taking its toll on people who remove the white stuff for a living.

Betty Lee Andersen Glauser,93,  died Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, of complications from pneumonia. The funeral will be 10 a.m. Saturday, February 18, 2012, at the Draper First Ward LDS Chapel, 12300 S. 600 East, Draper. A viewing will precede the service from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. Interment will be in the Logan Cemetery. For more information see www.serenicare.com. To read complete obituary, see Standard-Examiner e-edition.