PLEASANT VIEW — Residents of Pleasant View were in for a one-of-a-kind surprise at their annual Founder’s Day celebration last weekend — the Ukrainian Olympic Curling Team. Irina Baron, a Pleasant View resident and Ukrainian national, met the team in Salt Lake City while running in a 5K ...
OGDEN — A Layton man wanted in several criminal cases in Weber and Davis counties was cornered and arrested in Ogden on Tuesday. Arrest warrants said Joseph Velazquez, 35, was wanted to stand trial on a third-degree felony illegal weapons possession charge after Clearfield police found him ...
OGDEN — An Ogden man has pleaded guilty to trying to kidnap an 11-year-old girl from a school playground last year. “I tried to take a girl from school who I thought looked like my daughter, but she was not,” Ira Cox-Berry, 42, said in a plea bargain document signed June 16. “I took ...
OGDEN — Not a whole lot of change necessarily happens in a year or two. But things can shift, and the latest estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau breaking down population change by county, released Thursday, offer a glimpse into the evolving demographics of Weber County. The figures ...
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OGDEN — As America’s birthday nears, the Utah Department of Transportation is reminding drivers to be cautious and plan ahead for traffic delays along the Wasatch Front and Wasatch Back starting Friday through Monday. According to a press release issued by UDOT, drivers traveling from Utah ...
RIVERDALE — A lawn worker was killed Thursday when his riding mower tumbled down a rock wall, Riverdale police said. “It appears that he was close to the edge and he and the mower went over and fell quite a distance,” Assistant Police Chief Casey Warren said. The 47-year-old man was ...
OGDEN — An idea incubated during the winter is hatching this weekend at Lindquist Field, a new first in the 25-year history of the ballpark. Two baseball teams comprised completely of women, mostly from northern Utah, will take the field Saturday in the first of two tribute games, paying ...
SOUTH JORDAN — It wasn't just the campaigning, glad handing and meet-and-greets of recent weeks in his bid for a second term that pushed U.S. Rep. Blake Moore over the finish line. "I don't think it was the efforts from the last six weeks," he said. Rather, Moore — fresh off his victory ...
SOUTH JORDAN, Utah (AP) — All four members of the U.S. House from Utah defeated Republican primary challengers Tuesday, advancing to the November election where they'll face Democratic challengers whose primaries were not contested. At an election night celebration in suburban Salt Lake ...
