OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah university has opened an investigation after a student’s YouTube videos calling debate-team teachings “anti-white” gained widespread attention online, sparking threats targeted at the instructor. Weber State debate director Ryan Wash, who is black, tells the Standard-Examiner he’s gotten more than 100 messages containing racial epithets and […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A group of airmen have returned to a Utah base after being deployed to the Middle East for six months in the jets’ first real-world combat missions. The Standard-Examiner reported Monday that members of two fighter wings returned to Hill Air Force Base after completing at least two […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A proposal to study how implicit racial biases may play into the disproportionate number of minorities in the Utah prison system is in the works for the 2020 legislative session. Republican state Rep. Marsha Judkins of Provo told the Standard-Examiner she is working on a prosecution […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A federal judge has ruled a Utah county violated the constitutional rights of two Ogden men charged under a gang injunction. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reports U.S. District Judge Clark Waddoups recently ruled Weber County’s injunction process lacked adequate due process to get a hearing before charges and […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — The appeal hearings for a Utah death-row inmate are lasting longer than anticipated. The Ogden Standard-Examiner reported Sunday that 61-year-old Douglas Lovell was initially supposed to only have hearings in his case during the month of August. Lovell has twice been convicted of capital murder and sentenced to […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A Utah high school’s new child-care program is helping young parents finish their education and spend more time with their children. The Standard-Examiner reports several young mothers are the first to access the re-vamped child care program at Two Rivers High School in Ogden, which opened at the […]
NORTH OGDEN, Utah (AP) — A new monument is planned outside North Ogden City Hall to acknowledge and honor local soldiers who died while serving in the military. The North Ogden City Council has agreed to grant an easement allowing placement of the memorial in the open area between City […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Court documents reveal new details on the body that was found in a northern Utah storage unit earlier this month. The Standard-Examiner reports a recently unsealed search warrant shows the body of 41-year-old Alice Ann Valdez was found wrapped in “cloth, rope or twine, wire, plastic, and/or other […]
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — Utah law enforcement officials have identified a severed pair of human legs found in 1985 near Ogden River through DNA testing. The Standard-Examiner reports that the Utah Department of Public Safety confirmed last week that the pair of legs that were found in July 1985 belonged to Savannah […]
CLEARFIELD, Utah (AP) — Residents at a Utah senior citizens’ community have raised more than $22,000 for charity through bake sales. The Standard Examiner reports that a group gathers nearly every week to bake together at Chancellor Gardens in Clearfield, and for six years they’ve sold the sweet treats at community bake […]
