Riverdale News

By Carlos Mayorga Standard-Examiner staff cmayorga@standard.net OGDEN - Police say a 21-year-old Riverdale man wielded a gun at an ex-girlfriend outside an Ogden bar after he found her inside dancing with another man.

Ogden police arrested a man for allegedly holding a woman against her will with a gun early Sunday morning.

The Kingfisher Wetlands is a haven for chirping birds and buzzing mosquitoes, snuggled among railroad tracks that crisscross West Ogden.

Interstate 84 at Riverdale is closed to clean up a fuel spill, according to the Utah Highway Patrol.

Riverdale Elementary School kindergartener Michelle Martinez, 6, of Riverdale reads the book she and her classmates wrote and illustrated through the Studentreasures program.

After 12 weeks, the local Wal-Mart is showing off its new look. "It's been a little confusing for our customers because we've been changing and moving everything," said Bob Pearson, manager of the Wal-Mart at 1200 S. Commerce Way.

City officials are deciding how much of a sewer rate increase is needed to pay back a state loan for system improvements.

The man stood in the field holding a machete to his throat. "Place the weapon down, sir," the officer shouted to him, her gun drawn.

A Weber County family spent the day trying to figure out what to do next. They lost everything they owned Tuesday in a house fire, and it's the second time in the past few years they're having to start over.

First it was water from Hurricane Katrina that destroyed their home in Mississippi.

When a 17-year-old girl walked outside her apartment in 2005, then-Ogden police officer Ken Hammond asked her name and age, showed her a picture of his newborn son, and then jumped to another subject.

The first grocery store in decades in this growing city hopes to attract customers with a combination of competitive prices on staple foods and gourmet meals prepared on-site. Fresh Family Foods opened at 5167 S. Adams Ave.

Police caught four males burglarizing unlocked vehicles Wednesday. Matthew C. Dunkley, 19, of Pleasant View, along with three Ogden juveniles, two 16, and one 17, were pulled over and taken into custody after they were spotted snooping around vehicles in a residential area near 3400 South, according to Riverdale Sgt.

By now it's one of the older tricks in the scam artist's book of swindles, but police say two men practiced their make-change scam across the Mountain West and became quite proficient at deploying it.

Capturing the city in just a few pictures for the mural at I-84 and Riverdale Road wasn't as hard as some may think.

James H. Gillespie Sr., 88, a lifelong civil rights activist and a former 33-year president of the Ogden NAACP chapter, died Wednesday after an extended illness.

Chrysler LLC will close 10 Utah dealerships by June 9, including four in the Top of Utah, as the troubled automaker seeks to cut costs and emerge from bankruptcy protection.

Three dogs died in a house fire on Thursday morning. The remains of a pit bull, a chihuahua and an unknown breed of dog were found after crews put out a house fire at 2466 "F" Ave.

When Riverdale Elementary School counselor Debbie Armstrong informed parents their children would be taking a walking field trip to visit wetlands, many had no idea there were wetlands in the city, especially within walking distance of the school.

By Carlos Mayorga OGDEN - A 20-year-old Ogden man is facing possible felony drug charges after he led officers on a foot chase through heavy traffic before being hit with a Taser and was apprehended, police say.