Davis Hospital and Medical Center

LAYTON -- For the next two weeks, nurses and medics from the 439th Aeromedical Staging Squadron will train at Davis Hospital and Medical Center.

Roberta Deone Binkley, 80, died Saturday, June 18, 2011, at Rocky Mountain Care Center in Clearfield. A graveside service will be held Friday, June 24, at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 1342 E. 500 South, Salt Lake City. Arrangements under the direction of Myers Roy Mortuary. Post condolences at www.myers-mortuary.com. See the complete obituary in the Standard-Examiner's e-edition.

LAYTON -- When you volunteer, Shirley Mortensen believes, it increases your knowledge and causes you to be more concerned for others.

The 82-year-old Layton resident has racked up more than 50,024 volunteer hours. She will be honored for her service work in April when she receives the Silver Bowl Award from the Volunteers of America, Utah/Retired and Senior Volunteer Program.

LAYTON -- Patients in the emergency room are usually under a lot of stress, anxiety or pain.

A new independent study lists Utah as one of the top five overall best-performing states in the nation when it comes to saving lives in hospitals.

OGDEN -- With the goal of helping people kick the deadly habit of tobacco use, four local hospitals will snuff all smoking on their campuses starting Jan. 1.

FARMINGTON -- Chad R. Mecham walked into a courtroom under his own steam and without a bruise, bandage or limp after jumping feet first from an upper tier of the Davis County Jail Thursday night.