Midvale

MIDVALE — The Utah High School Activities Association is standing by its decisions regarding Timpview and East high schools and the upcoming state playoffs.

Following an open meeting on Monday at UHSAA offices, in which interested schools and individuals expressed their concerns regarding the recent eligibility decisions at Timpview and East, the Board of Trustees panel declined to amend Friday's  unanimous decision.

MIDVALE— Police are searching for leads in the shooting death of a 31-year-old man at a Midvale apartment early Sunday morning.

MIDVALE — Police arrested a mother they say was at a bar in Midvale while her 2-year-old son wondered the streets naked.

MIDVALE  -- A 13-year-old from Midvale is set to compete in the National Geographic Bee in Washington D.C., for the third time he's made it to the final round.

Helen Marie Zorko, born April 21, 1922, died Tuesday, March 6, 2012, in Layton. Private graveside services will be held Thursday. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

Richard Carlton Neves did Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, of cancer. The funeral will be noon, Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, at the Union Fort 3rd Ward, 6710 S. 1300 East, Midvale, where friends may call upon the family one hour prior to the service. Interment will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Lindquist Washington Heights, 4500 Washington Blvd, Ogden.    Flowers are welcome or in Richard’s honor go on a roadtrip, attend an airshow, or drink a Dr. Pepper. Online condolences may be offered to the family at www.starksfuneral.com.

MIDVALE -- The future of Utah high schools sports will be up for debate this week as the Utah High School Activities Association considers adding a sixth classification for football beginning with the 2013 school year.

With an eye toward leveling the playing numbers among football teams, the UHSAA's Board of Trustees will consider an executive committee proposal to align the state's football teams into six divisions starting in 2013.