The El Centro Police Department is still on the hunt for the person who stabbed a homeless man at a bus stop. A homeless mas was stabbed multiple times Monday night. He was found unconscious and bleeding. One community leader who’s been involved with helping the homeless, said this happens often because the homeless are
Continue ReadingThe midterm elections are August 28th and in order to inform and prepare R epublican voters, the Republican National Committee is here in Yuma. According to az.gov, as of March 1st, there were 87,000 registered voters in the state of Arizona and that number was only expected to have gone up since the last day
Continue ReadingA frightening moment in a Yuma neighborhood after police officers responded to reports of shots fired Wednesday morning. Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that happened around 5:16 a.m. It happened in the 300 block of S. 17th Avenue, according to police. The investigation revealed two vehicles were involved with the victim’s vehicle colliding with
Continue ReadingA casi 2 años de que iniciaron las manifestaciones por parte de la agrupación “Mexicali Resiste” en contra de la construcción de la cervecera Constellation Brands en el Valle de Mexicali y las cuales aún se registran, Gobierno del Estado ha emitido un posicionamiento en donde los exhorta a trabajar en conjunto por el desarrollo
Continue ReadingOn Wednesday hundreds of students kicked off the ‘back to school’ season in Yuma County. Both districts from Yuma and Somerton welcomed new and returning students to new classrooms to start the new year. Not only is it the first day of school for students, but for parents and new teachers. “This is Kindergarten-day one,”
Continue ReadingA Yuma-area taxi driver was reported missing early Monday morning after going to pick up a customer in Somerton. The customer called in at about 2:30 a.m. but Guillermo Sotelo’s boss, Mario Rodriguez, said he does not know if Sotelo ever made it there. “He never called in to say if he had picked up
Continue ReadingACTUALIZACIÓN El cuerpo encontrado en la carretera 95 fue identificado como el taxista que desapareció el lunes por la mañana, dijeron las autoridades. El Departamento de Policía de Somerton dijo que recibieron informes de un cuerpo en el área de la Carretera 95 alrededor de las 6:39 p.m. martes. Cuando los oficiales llegaron a la
Continue ReadingA 20-year-old suspect charged with first-degree murder in the shooting of a rookie Arizona state trooper now has been booked into jail. Isaac Damon King had been receiving treatment at a Phoenix hospital for undisclosed injuries since the July 25 shooting along Interstate 10 in Avondale. Authorities say King was taken to a downtown Phoenix
Continue ReadingThe man arrested on suspicion of sexually molesting two minors near Niland is expected to appear in Brawley Superior Court on Friday, August 3rd. 37-year-old Michal Dibble was formally charged with one count of sexual intercourse or sodomy with a child 10 years or younger and one count of oral copulation with a child 10
Continue ReadingThe Imperial County Sheriff’s Office arrested a 37-year-old man Saturday who is suspected of sexually molesting two minors near Niland, Calif. Authorities received a report from two minors who said they were sexually molested by Michael Jay Dibble. After an investigation was conducted by deputies, Dibble was arrested for lewd and lascivious acts with a
Continue ReadingA detention center employee is facing sex crime charges after he allegedly touched a 14-year-old girl, according to the Phoenix Police Department. 12 News reported that the 14-year-old girl’s roommate told investigators that 32-year-old Fernando Magaz Negrete went into the room on the night of June 27. He then proceeded to kiss her and fondled
Continue ReadingSegún el Departamento de Policía de Yuma, una persona está bajo custodia luego de un tiroteo desde la calle tercera y la avenida 17 en Yuma. Los oficiales dijeron que recibieron informes de disparos alrededor de las 5:15 a.m. Un sospechoso está bajo custodia y no se han reportado heridos. Esta historia se está desarrollando
Continue ReadingMaricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone has been an outspoken critic of allowing the distribution of blueprints to create plastic guns with 3D printers. If that happened, Penzone says it would be an irresponsible action that can’t be reversed. On Tuesday, a federal judge in Seattle stopped the scheduled release of blueprints to make untraceable and
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Border Patrol says it has detained a group of 95 Central Americans found gathered in the desert near Arizona‘s border with Mexico, including at least one infant. Agents from the Ajo Station reported Tuesday that the group was discovered inside U.S. territory early Saturday about eight miles (almost 13 kilometers) west of the
Continue ReadingThe Arizona Department of Transportation says 1,000 people were killed in motor vehicle crashes last year. A new statewide report released Tuesday says 2017 marked the third straight year of increases for traffic fatalities. The total was up from 952 in 2016 and 897 in 2015. 2017 also saw the most people killed in traffic
Continue ReadingThe Arizona Department of Transportation is advising drivers to plan ahead for ramp closures on Interstate 8 near Araby Road, beginning on August 13. Contractors are scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. and will continue working on a retaining wall as part of an interchange improvement project. The following restrictions will take place in the
Continue ReadingUPDATE Power has been restored for residents across Yuma County, according to the Arizona Public Service. —– The Arizona Public Service said 1,088 customers are without power Tuesday evening due to a switching failure. Crews are currently making repairs and power is expected to be restored by 12:00 a.m. ORIGINAL STORY More than 1,800 APS
Continue ReadingThe city council plans to meet up Wednesday evening to discuss a new road tax that may go on the November ballot come this fall. The tax would be solely dedicated to fixing our roadways. The tax would also mean an increase of .5 percent to all taxpayers in Yuma County. “A group called ‘Fix
Continue ReadingACTUALIZACIÓN El Servicio Público de Arizona dijo que 1.088 clientes no tienen electricidad el martes por la noche debido a una falla en el cambio. Actualmente, las cuadrillas están realizando reparaciones y se espera que la energía se restaure antes de las 12:00 a.m. NOTA ORIGINAL Más de 1,800 clientes de APS no tienen electricidad
Continue ReadingThe U.S. Department of Justice says a man accused of participating in the killing of U.S. Border Patrol agent Brian Terry has been extradited to the U.S. to face murder charges. Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes was sent Tuesday to Tucson, Ariz., where he will be charged with first-degree murder in the December 2010 killing. The killing of
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