Author: Mariah Wheeler

OGDEN, Utah – An Amber Alert has been issued after a newborn baby was allegedly abducted by her mother. The alert Wednesday afternoon was put out by the Davis County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies are looking for 36-year-old Maria Ann Torres, accused of abducting her baby boy who was born on Dec. 20, 2020. She does not have custody of the child. Torres is described as being 5 feet, 3 inches tall and weighs 130 pounds. She has brown hair, brown eyes and several tattoos. The baby is 1 foot, 7 inches in length and weighs 8 pounds. Torres is believed…

OGDEN, Utah — The local leader of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People and an Ogden business operator round out the list of hopefuls seeking the District 10 seat in the Utah House. Eight in all seek the vacancy prompted by the Dec. 30 death of Utah Rep. Lou Shurtliff. The Standard-Examiner previously provided information on six of the contenders, and Betty Sawyer and Michael Blodgett, who didn’t immediately respond to queries last week seeking comment on their candidacies, round out the list.