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2 children found dead in Layton

Jessica Miller

Teen offers no clear reason for shooting, standoff in Ogden

Last updated Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:38pm

OGDEN -- It's just what he does. That's what a 15-year-old is telling Ogden police his reason was for shooting into the air several times Tuesday afternoon from the rooftop of his home near Dee Elementary School.

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Walmart volunteers paint a home in Ogden on Wednesday as part of United Way of Northern Utah's Day of Caring.

Volunteers join in United Way's Day of Caring

Jamie Lampros Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner correspondent Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 11:06pm

OGDEN -- Mary Gomez looked at the paint being applied to her home Wednesday morning and pronounced herself satisfied.

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Serenity House, a residential drug and alcohol treatment facility, at an open house of their new facility in Ogden, Utah, on Friday, March 19, 2010.

Serenity House in Ogden receives $150,000 grant

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, September 8, 2010 - 10:48pm

OGDEN -- Serenity House will be able to finish its renovation and allow veterans to access services in the future thanks to a $150,000 grant from the Daniels Fund Scholarship Program.

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Your license plates in Weber more likely to be scanned now

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, September 6, 2010 - 10:43pm

OGDEN -- When Weber County Sheriff's Office patrol officers hear the tune "Bad Boys" blaring from their laptop equipped with license-plate scanning technology, they know it means one thing: there's a stolen car in the area.

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(JESSICA MILLER/Standard-Examiner) Jani Ashbaker, an English teacher at DaVinci Academy, removes weeds during the academy's day of service in honor of Adrian Maxson, who was killed in 2007 when he was hit by a car near Weber State University.

DaVinci Academy serves community in remembrance

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Wednesday, September 1, 2010 - 12:48am

OGDEN -- If there was one thing Adrian Maxson was passionate about, it was helping people.

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Bar fight victim dies

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Monday, August 30, 2010 - 1:33pm

OGDEN — Malachi Darcey, the 30-year-old West Point man who was beaten by a group of men Sunday night at a West Haven bar died early today.

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Over 2,000 in Morgan and Layton left without power

Jessica Miller

Last updated Monday, August 30, 2010 - 7:53am

OGDEN — Over 2,000 customers in Morgan and Layton are without power this morning, according to Rocky Mountain Power.

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Law enforcement agencies now on Facebook

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Sunday, August 29, 2010 - 11:09pm

Ogden Police Department Facebook page

Weber County Sheriff's Office Facebook page

OGDEN -- Two local law enforcement agencies are bringing felons to Facebook as they expand social media efforts to help keep the public informed.

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Orson Badger digs around a headstone in order to remove and level the stone at the Ogden City Cemetery on Saturday. He was one of about 100 who volunteered with the Pleasant View South Stake of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to clean up several areas in the community.

LDS stake beautifies cemetery, monument, park, road

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 11:27pm

OGDEN -- Four community areas received a face lift Saturday from volunteers with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Pleasant View South Stake.

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Two Ogden homes torched for firefighter training

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Saturday, August 28, 2010 - 11:15pm

OGDEN -- Flames lit the night sky early Saturday morning as Ogden firefighters conducted a training exercise on two homes they set ablaze in the Ogden River Project area.

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Police increase patrols, arrest four men for lewd behavior near Ft. Buenaventura

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, August 27, 2010 - 11:50pm

OGDEN -- An increase in police patrols in the Fort Buenaventura area is helping to decrease lewd acts being committed in the area.

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(DJAMILA GROSSMAN/Standard-Examiner) (From left) Andy Skillman, Joey Puntasecca and Dallas Saxton cheer at a pep rally Friday on the Weber State University campus in Ogden during the Wildcat Block Party, an event to showcase what campus has to offer.

Heating Up at WSU / Annual block party greets incoming students

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, August 27, 2010 - 11:45pm

OGDEN -- It was one hot time Friday at Weber State University. The university kicked off the school year with its annual block party to inform and entertain incoming students.

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Two exotic snakes discovered in Riverdale trash bin

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff

Last updated Friday, August 27, 2010 - 12:29am

RIVERDALE -- Two exotic snakes were found Wednesday in a trash bin in Riverdale, but police have no idea why they were dumped.

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(MATTHEW ARDEN HATFIELD/Standard-Examiner) Police set up near a home in North Ogden after a man fired shots during a fight with his sister Tuesday. The man, Randy Erickson, 42, was later found dead inside the home, police say. The man and his sister had recently moved to the area and lived together.

1 dies after N. Ogden fight / Homes and city pool evacuated, school under lockdown after man fires shots

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff Tim Gurrister

Last updated Wednesday, August 25, 2010 - 12:12am

NORTH OGDEN -- A man police believed was barricaded in his house was found dead inside Tuesday afternoon, ending a standoff of more than five hours with a SWAT team.

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Police set up near a home in North Ogden where a man was barricaded inside Tuesday. Randy Erickson was later found dead inside from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.

North Ogden standoff ends after man found dead

Jessica Miller Standard-Examiner staff Tim Gurrister

Last updated Tuesday, August 24, 2010 - 7:46pm

NORTH OGDEN -- A man police believed was barricaded in his house was found dead inside Tuesday afternoon, ending a standoff of more than five hours with a SWAT team.

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