UPDATE: YCSO has confirmed that 72-year-old Ronald James Lee has been located and is in good health. —– Yuma deputies are looking for a man who hasn’t been seen for at least two days. Monday at approximately 8:52 a.m., the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office received a report of a missing person from the 10300 block
Continue ReadingThe Yuma Police Department will be conducting an impaired driving detail to stop and arrest drivers who may be impaired by drugs or alcohol from Wednesday, November 21, to Friday, November 23. Impaired driving is one of America’s most often committed and deadliest crimes. YPD received help from the Arizona Governor’s Office of Highway Safety
Continue ReadingPolice are seeking a woman who pushed, punched and choked a McDonald’s manager because she wanted ketchup. Police in Santa Ana, California, say the assault took place around 11 p.m. on Oct. 27 when the drive-thru customer entered the restaurant through an employee door and asked for the condiment. Video released by police shows the
Continue ReadingFord and Walmart are teaming up to test a self-driving grocery delivery service. The pilot program in Miami-Dade County will use Postmates as its delivery partner to bring items such as groceries, diapers, pet food and other items to customers. The vehicles used will collect data about consumer preferences to help the companies understand what
Continue ReadingAgents at the Nogales station arrested a 53-year-old man after finding nearly 40 pounds of cocaine in his vehicle Sunday morning, according to U.S. Customs and Border Protection. During an immigration inspection at the Interstate 19 checkpoint, agents referred the man to secondary inspection after a canine alerted to his vehicle. CBP said agents discovered
Continue ReadingWhen you think of fires, your first thought may be firefighters. However, fire investigators are also an important part of fighting fires. Fire investigators serve different purposes state to state. Locally, Yuma fire investigators determine the origin and cause of fires. The cause may be natural for example, if lightning were to strike a fire
Continue ReadingA message board at a shelter for the many people who fled California’s deadliest wildfire is filled with photos of the missing, as well as pleas for any information about relatives and friends. “I hope you are okay,” reads one handwritten note on the board filled with white and yellow sheets of notebook paper. Another
Continue ReadingWith every veteran you meet, there’s a story to tell, and for one Yuma veteran, he’s sharing his story of serving in World War II over 70 years later. At 95-years-old Bill Wardle remembers his time of service like it was yesterday, where it began with his of his love of music at the age
Continue ReadingA local artist dealing with mental illness is breaking the stigma by sharing his way of expression through artwork. Diagnosed at the age of 17, Jose Arguelles, of Yuma, has been living with schizophrenia for ten years. An illness where thoughts and emotions can make a person feel ‘out of touch with reality’ or unable
Continue ReadingThis week we are hitting the mid-high 40s and 70s throughout the week.
Continue ReadingThe outcome in Arizona had been too close to call for nearly a week, but it was finally announced Monday night that representative Kyrsten Sinema, a democrat came out victorious in the race for a senate seat in Arizona. Sinema will take the seat being left by Jeff Flake, a republican who is leaving the
Continue ReadingRepresentative Martha McSally lost to her Democratic opponent Kyrsten Sinema in the race for Arizona Senate Monday evening. However, the lately appointed Sen. Jon Kyl, who replaced Sen. John McCain said he is only committed to serving through the end of the year, leaving another open Senate seat. “I suspect he will resign and that
Continue ReadingEdify sports is bringing a new and free sports camp to town. The camp begins on November 19th and goes until the 20th from 8 am until 5 pm at Imagine Nations Church, located on 2445 E 24th St. The camp includes several sports stations where kids can unravel their talents from soccer to flag
Continue ReadingNearly 6,000 troops are stationed across the southwest border in response to an approaching caravan of migrants believed to be in the thousands. U.S. Army Lt. Major General Jeff Buchanan said, “Our military police are very well trained to use, both army and marines, are very well trained to use a minimum amount of force
Continue ReadingThe Yuma Fire Department has deployed four of their men to help battle the wildfires in California. This is the second deployment for the fire department sent to help California with these destructive fires. For 24 hours, the firefighters were battling the ‘Camp Fire’ in Paradise, Calif., but was re-directed to the ‘Woolsey Fire’ in
Continue ReadingWe are back with a fresh edition of Small Town Smack Talk as we are joined by Gila Ridge head boys basketball coach, Joe Daily.
Continue ReadingPor 24 años consecutivos San Luis ha festejado el día del campesino cada invierno con un evento que brinda servicios de salud, rifas, música y rica comida entre otros. Este año, tomara lugar el 1 de diciembre de 3 a.m. a 9 a.m. en el parque Joe Orduno y se espera la asistencia de más
Continue ReadingAuthorities in eastern Arizona say they may never know what motivated a gunman to open fire inside a bar, killing two people and wounding two others. Globe Police Chief Dale Walters said Tuesday that investigators have found no criminal history in the background of 22-year-old Sterling Randall Hunt. Authorities say Hunt was playing pool with
Continue ReadingAutoridades de Aduanas y Protección Fronteriza en Calexico California informaron que reforzarán la seguridad en las garitas y el cerco fronterizo con el apoyo de elementos militares y la marina ante la llegada a esta frontera de miles de hondureños y centroamericanos que forman parte de la caravana de migrantes en transito por Mexico. Serán
Continue ReadingOver the weekend, an 18-year-old woman linked to a failed smuggling attempt was arrested by U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of San Luis. According to CBP officials, officers referred a woman, of San Luis, Ariz., to a secondary inspection of her Ford sedan when she tried to enter the United States
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