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SALT LAKE CITY -- Fifteen high school seniors from Utah who have demonstrated strong character and a determination to succeed in life have been named Daniels Scholars and will receive funding to attend the college or university of their choice.

The announcement was made last week by Linda Childears, president and CEO of the Daniels Fund.

Local winners included: Maria Jose Chevesich of Bonneville High School; and, Lynnzie Donna Leavitt of Woods Cross High School.

To identify candidates for the scholarship, the Daniels Fund partners with high schools, youth serving agencies and college prep providers that nominate candidates for the Daniels Scholarship. After being nominated, candidates take part in an interview and selection process in the communities in which they live.

RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- At the corner of Magnolia Street and Terracina Drive, just off the Riverside Community College campus, empty spots on the front bicycle racks of Riverside Transit Agency buses are becoming a hot commodity.

On a recent day, students snagged the two holders on a southwest-bound bus, leaving another to wait for the next bus to come along.

The high cost of driving and a greater interest in personal fitness and environmental stewardship have many young adults ditching their cars and trucks in favor of buses and bikes.

Clarissa De La Paz said she has caught herself writing at school like she texts with her friends.

"I'm just, like, 'Oh my gosh! I just said LOL,"' the high school junior in Corpus Christi, Texas, said.

OMG moment or no prob?

Clarissa, 16, tends to erase those kinds of mistakes before she turns in an assignment, but some teens may not be so lucky.

ROY — There has been a feeling of excitement at Roy High School this week during voting for student body officers — not only because new faces will be leading the school, but because of how students voted for their new leaders.

BOUNTIFUL — Brightly colored fleece hats will provide warmth for homeless teens thanks to ninth-grade students from Bountiful Junior High School.

For the past four years, students in Janet Eggers’ beginning sewing classes have used their free time to create unique fleece hats for needy youth. Budding seamstresses and tailors made stocking caps, beanies, hair hats, drawstring caps and jester hats.

They then donated the products of their hard work to the youth Drop-In Center for the Volunteers of America in Salt Lake City.

CHARDON, Ohio -- The deadline to file charges in a fatal Ohio high school shooting loomed as students still reeling from the slaying of three teenagers marched by the hundreds to their reopened school Thursday.