Memorial

OGDEN -- Dozens of warm-hearted volunteers arrived in 30-degree weather Tuesday night to tie blue ribbons for a community showing of mourning for slain Ogden Police Officer Jared Francom.

Volunteers tied large blue ribbons and placed them along today's funeral procession route from the Dee Events Center to the Ogden City Cemetery.

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii — The Dec. 7, 1941, bombing of Pearl Harbor and those who lost their lives that day are being remembered Wednesday on the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack that brought the U.S. into World War II.

SALT LAKE CITY -- The Supreme Court ruled Monday that it would not hear an appeal of a ruling that 12-foot-high crosses along Utah highways in honor of dead state troopers violate the Constitution.

BOUNTIFUL -- A ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, for a new memorial to honor south Davis County veterans who served in the armed forces.

As part of that event, local residents are urged to submit names of people who should be listed on the monument. Contributions of time and money also would be welcome, care of the American Legion at 801-654-1523.

More information on the project is accessible at www.bountifulveteransmemorial.info.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. -- Dakota Meyer saved 36 lives from an ambush in Afghanistan and the former Marine will collect the nation's highest military honor at the White House on Thursday. While he is receiving the Medal of Honor, Meyer's slain comrades will be memorialized in hometown ceremonies at his request.

OGDEN -- The effort Ogden's predecessors made toward erecting a permanent monument to honor Weber County's fallen World War I heroes was clear to those who worked to tear it down Thursday.

OGDEN -- A Grave Memorialization Ceremony is planned for 11 a.m.Saturday at Ogden City Cemetery.

The event will honor Alexander Stephens, a private in Company D in the original Mormon Battalion.