Orem Man arrested in drive-by shooting A 22-year-old man has been arrested in connection with a drive-by shooting in Orem on Sept. 13. Orem school crosswalk guards tired of close calls For more than a decade, Jo-Ellen Throckmorton has battled "creepers" and "twofers" in the streets of Orem. Those are industry terms, the crosswalk guard explains: The former refers to drivers who never quite stop at intersections, while the latter nomination is bestowed upon dubious motorists who quickly jet through intersections behind another car without waiting their turn. Church's membership dwindling in Orem Though the Orem congregation of the Community of Christ meets every Sunday for worship services high on a bluff off University Parkway in Orem, the church continues to grapple with an uphill battle of membership attrition. Orem upgrades its fire division Fire Station No. 2 being remodeled, a fourth fire station in the works In Family City U.S.A., city officials take protecting residents seriously, and that includes recent efforts to update and expand Orem's fire protection and emergency medical services. Orem Community Briefs 9/18 UDOT hosts Bicycle Corridor Open House in Orem tonight -- The Utah Department of Transportation will host a series of public open houses throughout the state to discuss existing and potential bicycle corridors. The Orem open house will be held tonight from 5-7 p.m. at the Orem Senior Friendship Center, 93 N. 400 East in Orem. Overheard in Orem 9/18 Are you participating in The Big Read, the Orem Public Library's community reading of "To Kill a Mockingbird," and the month-long events and activities corresponding with it? Why or why not? "I just picked up the information to find out what it was about. I haven't really heard of it. This is new to me because I haven't used the library for many years. I want to go back to school. I've seen the movie but I haven't read the book before." New public health campaign touts importance of washing up The GlitterBug Handwash Show could be stopping by your child's classroom soon. Cops bust hair care theft suspects The weekend proved to be one long bad hair day for a couple of illegal immigrants. Suspect in IHOP stabbing still hospitalized The suspect in a weekend stabbing outside the IHOP restaurant in Orem may be hospitalized for a week or more before he is charged and jailed. Boy injured by fireworks feeling better A spunky Bridger Hunt held a news conference at Primary Children's Medical Center on Tuesday, his first public appearance since a July 24 fireworks accident. Orem teen to get boss's kidney To Marcus Gilbert, the math was very simple -- he has two kidneys, but only needs one, while his employee has no working kidneys and needs one. There are 665 items tagged with Orem. You can view all our tags in the Tag Cloud |





