Month: February 2019

It’s Yuma’s way of saying thank you to all the men and women who served our county and made the ultimate sacrifice for our freedom. The city held its sixth annual “Military Appreciation Day” in downtown to honor all veterans and active duty members from all branches of the military. Locals had the chance to

The Crane School District reported an attempted child abduction Friday morning, but the child’s mother is not too sure the incident was that at all. The district said a Rancho Viejo student was at a bus stop near Chapay Street and Strand Avenue when an individual jumped out of a vehicle and attempted to grab

Retiring Yuma Police Chief John Lekan held a “Kisses for Cash” fundraiser on Valentine’s Day where he raised $5,000 to benefit the Fallen Officer Memorial Project. Through the project, he wants to be able to properly commemorate the 36 law enforcement officers who have lost their lives while serving in the Yuma region. “It will

A man was left with serious injuries after his vehicle was impaled by irrigation sprinkler piping on County 11th Street and Avenue G early Friday morning. The Somerton Cocopah Fire Department said firefighters responded to a motor vehicle incident at County 11th Street and Avenue G at 02:47 a.m. Firefighters arrived at the scene and

With the help of Mexican authorities, Border Patrol seized an alleged drug smuggling Jeep that became stuck on a makeshift ramp in a remote area of the Sonoran desert Wednesday night. Border Patrol agents guarding near the Yuma/Maricopa county line found tracks from an off-road vehicle on protected land about four miles north of the

The man accused of flashing a knife at a student on Wednesday made his second appearance at the Y uma Justice Court Friday afternoon. Christopher Young, 24, is facing three charges that include aggravated assault. Once Judge M anuel Guerrero read Young his charges and told him he would be appointed a public defender, Young

The Latest on a shooting at a business in Aurora, Illinois (all times local): 7:10 p.m. Police have taped off a suburban Chicago apartment unit where the suspect in the fatal shootings of six people in an industrial warehouse was believed to have lived. Aurora, Illinois, Police Chief Kristen Ziman identified the gunman Friday as

Jaquelin es una joven madre que vivió la peor experiencia de su vida, intentaron arrebatarle a su niña de 2 años a dos cuadras de llegar a su casa en Mexicali. Ella vive en la colonia Lucio Blanco, una comunidad de nivel socioeconómico bajo, donde la inseguridad esta a la orden del día. Era un

Three people were hospitalized early Friday morning following a multi-vehicle crash that happened at Avenue G 1/2 and County 19th Street in Somerton. According to the Somerton Cocopah Fire Department, fire personnel responded to a five-vehicle accident with reported injuries at 6:41 a.m. Fire officials said a black Mazda sedan was hit from the rear

Ten inmates are injured after a riot broke out Friday morning in several areas at the Richard J. Donovan Correctional Facility, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The department said approximately 50 inmates were involved in the riot that happened in the Facility A yard. Correctional officers immediately responded at around 9:06

E l director de la comisión estatal de servicios públicos en Mexicali por sus siglas (CESPM), informó que desde la tarde de ayer que se pronosticaron las lluvias se mantiene un monitoreo en las principales vialidades, así como se desplegó un operativo para evitar encharcamientos ante las fuertes lluvias que se esperan para las próximas

The Latest on the attack on ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett (all times local): 9:55 a.m. Chicago Police say the two men being questioned in the attack on “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett are considered suspects. Department spokesman Anthony Guglielimi said Friday that the men are in custody and have been arrested based on probable cause that

After El Chapo’s conviction in a drug-trafficking trial that included florid testimony of jewel-encrusted guns, a fleet of cash-laden jets and a personal zoo with roaming big cats, some Americans have floated an idea they see as poetic justice: Why not take some of the Mexican drug lord’s billions in ill-gotten gains and make him

Congress lopsidedly approved a border security compromise that would avert a second painful government shutdown. But a new confrontation has been ignited — this time over President Donald Trump’s plan to bypass lawmakers and declare a national emergency to siphon billions of dollars from other federal coffers for his wall on the Mexican boundary. Money

California authorities say a man serving a life sentence has been stabbed to death in an attack at Kern Valley State Prison. Authorities say two inmates using homemade weapons stabbed Sergio Robles on Thursday morning in a recreation yard at the Delano lockup. The 44-year-old Robles was wounded in the head, back and upper body.

Mark Kelly’s campaign for Arizona’s U.S. Senate seat in 2020 says it has raised more than $1 million in individual contributions since announcing his candidacy Tuesday morning. The Arizona Republic reports the 54-year-old retired astronaut and Tucson Democrat touted his financial grab Wednesday morning. By the end of the day, campaign spokesman Rodd McLeod says

Ohio authorities charged a man Thursday with aggravated murder in the 1992 slaying of a woman at a truck stop, one of four such killings they say he is linked to through DNA evidence. Samuel Legg III, 49, was extradited in January from Arizona to face charges in the sexual assault of a 17-year-old girl.

A recently fired Netflix employee made a threatening call to a facility in Hollywood that alerted authorities and caused a lockdown Thursday afternoon. According to security for the lot at Netflix, an employee who was recently fired called another employee and said he was armed and ready to take action. Police surrounded the area. Netflix