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SALT LAKE CITY — Some Utah school districts will have vaccine clinics this week at their secondary schools for students and families can get a COVID-19 vaccine while they register for the upcoming school year. The shots will be available to parents and their teens as they take certain forms to the school to finalize registration. Ogden School District director of communications Jer Bates said its something free and simple to do. Bates said some Ogden families have reached out with questions a...

A school teacher in Ogden, Utah has been hailed a hero for preventing the alleged kidnapping of an ...

A teacher in Utah is being lauded as a hero after he pulled out his concealed carry weapon to stop a suspected kidnapper who allegedly tried to abduct a young girl as she played outside.

A Utah teacher is being hailed a hero after police say he pulled his concealed firearm on a man who tried to kidnap an 11-year-old student.

AP Photo/ Rick Bowmer Since 2003, Utah has allowed school staffers with concealed carry licenses to lawfully carry on the job, and while we don’t really have any idea of how many teachers and staff across the state exercise their right to carry a firearm in defense of their students and themselves, we know that there’s at least one teacher in the town of Ogden who’s carrying while on campus, because on Tuesday afternoon they prevented a kidnapping from a school playground. Ira Cox-Berry, ...

Armed Teacher Hailed As Hero After Stopping Alleged Attempted Kidnapping of 11-Year-Old Girl On 5/27/21 at 1:10 PM EDT An elementary school employee in Utah is being praised for his heroic action after stepping in to stop an alleged attempted kidnapping of an 11-year-old girl. The Ogden City Police Department said the incident occurred on Tuesday, May 25. The suspect, identified by police as 41-year-old Ira Cox-Berry, is in custody for allegedly attempting to grab the young girl. According to a...

OGDEN, Utah (ABC4) – A 41-year-old man is in custody after allegedly trying to kidnap an 11-year-old girl in Ogden. Ogden police were called to a local elementary school Tuesday after a teacher was able to stop the attempted kidnapping. “An employee was watching the kids from the inside and observed the suspect walk up […]