Month: August 2018

Lawyers for the mother of a toddler who died several weeks after being released from a family immigration detention center are going after the Arizona city of Eloy and say they plan to file more legal claims related to the child’s death. The Arizona Republic reports that the claim filed Tuesday contends that Eloy had

Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis confiscated fentanyl, heroin, and methamphetamine worth nearly $230,000 in separate events over the weekend. According to a press release, the first event took place on Saturday, August 25. Officers directed a 29-year-old Yuma woman for further inspection as she attempted to enter the United

A procession of black vehicles arrived at the Arizona State Capitol building just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, signifying the first of two events to honor Senator John McCain in Arizona. The public was welcomed in to say their farewells to Senator McCain. One woman called McCain love, while an Air Force veteran traveled five

The Latest on the services in honor of Sen. John McCain (all times local): U.S. Senator John McCain’s Memorial Service in Phoenix will be broadcast live on KYMA News 11 and ABC 5, Thursday beginning at 9:55 a.m. The service begins at 10 a.m. It will also be available on our website. Saturday’s national service

Twenty-six-year-old Joseph Alexander Dashee was sentenced to 17 years in prison with a lifetime of supervised release after agents discovered he was guilty of distributing child pornography. In the summer of 2015, Federal Bureau Investigation agents discovered Dashee was downloading and distributing child pornography through bit torrent file sharing. A search of Dashee’s residence resulted

The race for the U.S. Senate has left two women in the lead for the six year term in Congress. Republican nominee Martha McSally and Democratic candidate Kyrsten Sinema led the way in the race for U.S. Senate. McSally is the winner of the GOP primary with 52 percent and over 263,000 votes. Kelli Ward

The ongoing drought in California has Imperial Irrigation District officials and local farmers concerned how this might affect water distribution. IID Communication Specialist Robert Schettler said, “There’s a situation pending on the Colorado River that if the drought continues mandatory cutbacks could be enforced staring in 2020, at least that’s the forecast from the Bureau

Officers at the Calexico port of entry delivered a baby girl on Monday after receiving a call that a 25-year-old woman was about to give birth while in a vehicle in the inspection lane, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. Officers received the call at around 10:15 a.m. and within minutes a CBP officer

Border Patrol agents confiscated over $500,000 worth of hard narcotics and arrested three people in two separate incidents at Highway 78 and Interstate 8 checkpoints on Monday. Border Patrol officials said the first incident happened at 2:30 p.m. at the Highway 78 checkpoint in Blythe. Agents referred the driver of a 2002 Mercury Milan for

Se acabaron las vacaciones, la rutina del ir y venir a la escuela empezó esta semana para niños y jovenes de Calexico. El Distrito Escolar, informó que continua la demanda de inscripciones en las escuelas a pesar de que esta semana inició el regreso a clases. Hasta el momento se han cuantificado mas de 9

ACTUALIZACIÓN El Departamento de Bomberos Rural Metro ha extinguido un incendio que consumió dos casa rodantes que se reporto a las 4:10 p.m. en la avenida C y la calle 8 el martes. Funcionarios de Rural Metro Fire dijeron que recibieron una llamada de un posible incendio en un remolque a las 4:10 p.m. Al

Two teens were arrested and one is possibly still on the run following an armed robbery outside Chili’s Bar & Grill Monday night. Police said at around 10:20 p.m. officers responded to reports of theft outside the restaurant located at 1131 S. Yuma Palms Parkway. The investigation showed that two juveniles displayed a gun and

Two suspects were arrested after authorities found over $60,000 worth of narcotics during a search of a San Luis home early Friday morning. According to the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office, a multi-agency task force that included YCSO agents, the Yuma Police Department, Border Patrol, and Homeland Security Investigations conducted a search warrant at approximately 6:33

The man arrested for fraudulent transactions at a Walmart in Yuma appeared in court on Tuesday. Twenty-three-year-old Thomas Fraduker was arrested in June after attempting to make fraudulent returns of over 1.3 million dollars in Walmart merchandise. Fraduker has been suspected of committing these transactions at over 1,000 Walmarts across the United States. His next

A contractor hired to set up voting machines in the Phoenix area failed to send enough technicians, leaving several polling places down during Arizona’s primary election. Maricopa County Recorder Adrian Fontes said Tuesday that his office learned of the issues Monday afternoon. He says he sent his staff to as many locations as possible to

Yuma Union High School District officials said a teen was arrested after making a threat against San Luis High School. Officials said the teen was on Facebook Monday night when he made the threat. According to school officials several classmates saw the threat and notified the San Luis Police Department. After an investigation officers arrested