Drugs

OGDEN — A search for a fugitive led police to arrest a woman for drug possession and fighting with officers.

WEST VALLEY CITY — West Valley City police say they’ve arrested three people in what appears to be a planned shooting of a 16-year-old boy.

ATLANTA - Bed bugs died after feeding on people treated with Merck’s Stromectol, a treatment typically used against parasitic worms, in the first study to investigate the drug’s potential to control the blood-suckers.

OGDEN — Supporters of Matthew Stewart have announced a courthouse rally this morning before his preliminary hearing on charges of shooting six police officers, one fatally, at his home.

Keep the Peace, the supporters of Stewart, will assemble outside the 2nd District Courthouse, 2525 Grant Ave., beginning at 7:45 a.m.

The three-day hearing is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m.

OGDEN — Seven-year-old Aisley Lewis got the Red Ribbon Week message.

“I learned that taking drugs can make you sick or hurt, or even die,” said the second-grader at Shadow Valley Elementary School in Ogden.

LAYTON — As mascots from local sports teams, high schools, community organizations and businesses funneled through the halls and past students at Whitesides Elementary School, the excitement — and volume level — of the students continued to rise.

Fourth-grader Sami Knecht, 9, said the parade was something she would never forget.

“I know that if anybody asks us to buy drugs, (adults) will always be there for us,” Sami said of the event the school’s PTA organized to highlight Red Ribbon Week.

OGDEN — Police arrested two men on separate felony drug charges over the Columbus Day weekend.

At 12:51 a.m. Saturday, officers arrived at the 2200 block of Jefferson Avenue to investigate drug complaints, said Ogden Police Lt. Chad Ledford.

During the investigation, police found Stirling Roy Kelso, 51, standing in his doorway holding a white, rocky substance wrapped in plastic. Upon further investigation, police learned that the substance was cocaine. Kelso admitted he had two rocks of crack that he was trying to sell.

“It was pretty obvious that he was selling out of his apartment,” Ledford said, “but he won’t be selling anymore.”