A man was arrested after U.S. Border Patrol agents found more than 20 pounds of methamphetamine, 20 pounds of heroin and cold hard cash. Agents said they pulled over a 27-year-old, U.S. citizen driving a 2003 Honda Accord on Interstate 10 near Eagle Mountain Road. Agents were able to find the drugs with the use
Continue ReadingThe Special Olympic games begin this weekend and law enforcement around Yuma County are on the run! San Luis Officer Luis Marquez has been apart of the “Torch Run” for 5 years.He says the community’s support and involvement gets bigger and bigger every year. “It’s been great, you know it’s a little hot,but I think
Continue ReadingA felony warrant has been issued for the arrest of a potentially dangerous sex offender who escaped from an Arizona state hospital rehabilitation program. Phoenix police said Wednesday that full nationwide extradition has been authorized for the arrest of Randy Layton. The 37-year-old Layton has been missing since April 29 when he removed an ankle
Continue Reading13 On Your Side wants to know your thoughts: It’s that time of the year when leaders join together to hash out a budget for the next fiscal year and as Arizona begins to see where to add and where to cut they’ve already hit their first snag. During their budget plan meeting Republicans introduced
Continue ReadingEl Centro City Council members voted unanimously to continue the moratorium on the ordinance in the city’s downtown at Tuesday’s regular meeting. Mayor Alex Cardenas said, “We’ll go ahead and vote. And that ordinance passes five – zero!” This meant the halfway house project on Main street is still on hold for another ten months.
Continue ReadingNew legislation will soon allow Arizona schools to consider a new pool of candidates when hiring teachers. Governor Doug Ducey is calling SB 1042 a win for schools, teachers and students. According to the governor’s office, “Currently, Arizona allows experts in the science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) fields to become teachers through a Specialized
Continue ReadingEl gobernador de Arizona Doug Ducey ha firmado una legislación que aumentara el sueldo annual de los maestros y tambien trae cambios para la educación. El plan incluye un aumento de 1 por ciento este año en los salarios de maestros. Sin embargo, aparte del dinero un factor importante es que cambiaran las reglas y
Continue ReadingProsecutors say a knife found in an alley just two miles from the home links the suspect to the crime. Police say the family’s Dodge Durango was taken from the home of the victims and abandoned in a neighborhood near Sanguinetti Park. Footprints in an alley led police to the knife. Prosecutors say the knife
Continue ReadingMissing evidence from the home indicates the murderer tried to alter the scene according to retired Homicide Detective Clay Pouquette, Yuma Police Department, in day nine of the La Mesa Street Murders Trial. According to investigators, there was missing evidence from the crime scene and indications the murderer tried to change things. “There clearly appeared
Continue ReadingTaking money from the family wasn’t a motive for the suspect in the La Mesa Street Murders, according to Homicide Detective Clay Pouquette. Retired Yuma Police Department Homicide Detective Pouquette was back on the stand Monday to testify regarding evidence collected during the autopsies of the victims. Pouquette told Prosecutor Karolyn Kaczorowski that 29-year-old Adrienne
Continue Reading13 On Your Side wants to know your thoughts: Arizona Governor Doug Ducey has just signed State Bill 1042 into law; the new bill will change the way teachers in the state are hired. The measure comes as Arizona faces a teacher shortage; Governor Ducey has taken a play out of the charter school playbook
Continue ReadingJudge declares mistrial in murder trial of former Northern Arizona University student in fatal 2015 shooting. Copyright 2017 The Associated Press.
Continue ReadingBrawley Police Department officials are still looking for a man suspected of being connected to a drive-by shooting into a car. Officers say Jose Romero, Javier Salcedo and Ronald “Ronnie” Hernandez, 25, are suspected of shooting at six people in a car. The victims were two adults and four young children, according to police. No
Continue ReadingA woman was rescued from drowning after she drove into a canal. Rural/Metro Fire Department officials say the canal had about five feet of water. Crews were called out to the Avenue C and County 21 Street at around 8 a.m.
Continue ReadingCaltrans District 11 held their Annual Highway Workers Memorial Day ceremony today. The event is held every year to honor workers who lost their lives on the job. 187 fallen workers were honored, including Jaime Obeso who died in 2011. We were able to speak to his family today who stressed the importance of drivers
Continue ReadingTrabajadores de carreteras que perdieron su vida durante un día laboral fueron recordados la mañana del Martes durante la ceremonia anual del Distrito 11 de Caltrans. La ceremonia dio honor a la vida de 187 trabajadores incluyendo la de Jaime Obeso un residente del Valle Imperial y trabajador con el Distrito 11 de Caltrans que
Continue ReadingRepublican leaders in the Arizona Legislature and Gov. Doug Ducey have agreed on a $9.8 billion spending plan for the budget year beginning July 1 that includes cash allowing the state’s three universities make payments on a $1 billion bonding program. It also includes much bigger teacher raises than Ducey sought. The university bonding remains
Continue ReadingGov. Doug Ducey has signed legislation that will change the rules and qualifications for who can become a teacher in the state. Ducey signed the measure greatly opposed by Democrats on Tuesday . The governor said in a written statement the legislation will empower principals to make hiring decisions and attract the best individuals to
Continue ReadingHoy alrededor de las 2 a.m. un incendio destruyo por completo la sala de una casa, afortunadamente no había nadie dentro de ella, solamente había dos perros en la yarda que no sufrieron heridas. El incendio fue reportado por la Avenida 21, cuando llegaron los bomberos a la escena encontraron un fuego voraz que se
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