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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah mother who lost her 21-year-old daughter to bacterial meningitis is urging people to be vaccinated against the potentially deadly disease. Gina Thompson says she hadn't heard of the disease or its vaccine when her daughter was found dead in a basement bedroom in 2007. Last year, Utah began requiring the vaccine for 7th graders but it's one of 12 states that doesn't require it for college students.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Residents throughout Utah had a snowy Sunday, including the area near Salt Lake City's airport, were weather officials say more than 8 inches fell, making it the second snowiest Christmas on record. National Weather Service Meteorologist Nick Carr said the airport received about 8.1 inches of snow by midmorning.
SPANISH FORK, Utah (AP) — Santa made a high-flying holiday event in Utah extra-special for one couple when he helped a man propose to his girlfriend. The Daily Herald newspaper in Provo reports the man in red gave his sleigh a break to ride a helicopter to the Spanish Fork-Springville Airport on Wednesday and hear Christmas wishes from girls and boys in southern Utah County.
OGDEN, Utah (AP) — An Ogden church has donated funds to equip police officers with bulletproof vests. The Standard-Examiner reports that Police Lt. Danielle Croyle said Tuesday that Washington Heights Church donated $10,700 to the Police Benevolent Association, enough to pay for 79 outer-vests capable of stopping high-caliber weapons.
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