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Family, teachers remember Powell boys at Washington funeral

TACOMA, Wash.  — The family of missing Utah woman Susan Powell is holding a public funeral for her two sons, nearly a week after their father killed them in a gas-fueled blaze.

Joseph Smith birthplace could become Mormon museum

 

 

 

SOUTH ROYALTON, Vt. — A man who tried for seven years to build a gift shop and delicatessen near the Vermont birthplace of Joseph Smith now wants to sell the land to a Mormon historical society that would build a museum and hospitality center.

Santorum’s surge means new strategy for Romney

WASHINGTON  — Staggered by Rick Santorum’s surge, Mitt Romney is trying to reset his presidential campaign by defining himself as a strict conservative.

Police chief search taking a bit longer

OGDEN -- The search for a new Ogden police chief will probably take a little longer than city officials expected.

Police offer class about sex offenders

SOUTH OGDEN -- The South Ogden Police Department is holding an informational session about sex offenders on March 1.

Busy week in wrestling, swimming

PROVO -- Davis' Sam Bryson led the Top of Utah charge on the first day of the state 5-A swimming championships at BYU.

Bryson swam second in the boys 50-yard freestyle race.

(STEVE C. WILSON/The Associated Press) Oklahoma City Thunder guard Russell Westbrook (0) drives against Utah Jazz guard Devin Harris (5) during the first half of their NBA basketball game in Salt Lake City on Friday.

Thunderstruck! Jazz drop third-straight game

SALT LAKE CITY -- Playing with a little extra fire thanks to ESPN's world-wide audience, the Jazz were juiced for their late-night game with the Western Conference-leading Oklahoma City Thunder.

And playing the night after a nationally televised West Coast game at Sacramento, the Thunder on Friday seemed ripe for the ripping.

Of course perception isn't always reality.

(ERIN HOOLEY/Standard-Examiner) Mac Miller played a free show as part of the Dew Tour on 25th Street in Ogden on Friday.

Mac Miller rocks Dew Tour stage

OGDEN -- Amber Bridenstein, 26, hung back from the growing crowd Friday night, unlike her sibling.

Bridenstein said her 20-year-old sister, Ashley, had pushed her way through the packed crowd to the front, right at the Winter Dew Tour concert stage.

Mac Miller, a rapper from Pittsburgh, was set to kick off the annual event Friday evening.

(Contributed photos) Children at Lincoln Elementary School made cards for police officers involved in a recent shooting.

Elementary students send cards to wounded officers

OGDEN -- Christy Vu wants to thank the police officers in Ogden for protecting her and risking their lives every day to do so.

The 9-year-old Lincoln Elementary School student said she felt very sad when Ogden Police Officer Jared Francom was killed and five other officers were wounded early in January.

Christy, along with several of her classmates who are part of the YMCA after-school program, recently made get-well cards for Ogden Police Officers Shawn Grogan, Kasey Burrell and Michael Rounkles, Weber County Sheriff's Sgt. Nate Hutchinson and Roy Police Officer Jason Vanderwarf.

Mustangs dump Moose, clinch playoff spot

OGDEN -- A 3-1 win over the visiting Park City Junior Moose was all it took for the Mustangs to lasso a seat in the Western States Hockey League postseason after a roller coaster inaugural season.

With six regular season games left Ogden's junior hockey team now has piece of mind that those won't be their last.

"The boys deserve it and they've earned it," Coach Joe Pfleegor said. "Not only did the boys fight hard to get to this point but if you look at the owners and what they've done for Ogden, it's incredible."

Prep basketball: Lancers nab long-awaited win against Darts

LAYTON -- For Layton, it must have felt like forever ago.

'It' is the last time the boys basketball team defeated Davis and 'it' happened for the first time since the 2003-04 season on Friday evening when the Lancers dumped the Darts for their first Region 1 victory of the season.

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Above, the Second Baptist Mime Ministry troupe performed at the Black History Month celebration at Ogden-Weber Applied Technology College.

OWATC's Black History Month event highlights culture, food

OGDEN -- Mary Griffin grew up in the South surrounded by rich black culture and savory soul food.

Dea Millerberg

Millerberg files for divorce, faces new charge

OGDEN -- Dea Millerberg has filed for divorce from Eric Millerberg, charged with homicide in the death of the couple's baby sitter.

Stewart

Gag order sought in Stewart case

OGDEN -- Prosecutors have requested a gag order be issued in the case of Matthew David Stewart, who faces the death penalty over a Jan. 4 shootout with police.

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