Month: February 2019

The Rural Metro Fire Department is warning residents about controlled burn locations that will be seen all around Yuma county on Monday. However, if at any point if someone believes one of these burns have become a danger, they are encouraged to call 911 immediately. These are the controlled burn locations, according to Rural Metro:

The Humane Society of Yuma has been a way for Yumans to rescue animals in need of a new home. However, throughout the month of January, they have seen a dramatic increase in not adoptions, but surrenders. According to Lana Shapiro with HSOY, this increase is not typical for this particular time of year. She

Marine Corps Community Services (MCCS) will be hosting a job and education fair for all military, family members, veterans, and DOD/ NAFI employees this Thursday at Marine Corps Air Station. From 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the job fair will be held at the Sonoran Pueblo Building located at 1200 Hart Street inside MCAS Yuma.

After nearly 33 years on the force, Yuma’s Chief of Police, John Lekan will be retiring, according to the Yuma Police Departement. Before Lekan’s retirement, he is raising money to build the Fallen Officer’s Monument. The project is something the Fraternal Order of Police, Yuma Lodge, has been working on tirelessly. According to YPD, 36

Flagstaff police have identified a man fatally shot after they say he charged at an officer while wielding knives. Authorities say 47-year-old Russell Henry Harold, of Boise, Idaho, approached two officers Sunday morning with a knife in each hand. The officers were leaving a community mental health center on an unrelated call. Police say Officer

The Yuma County Superior Court is holding a ‘Criminal Set-Aside Clinic’ that is designed to assist self-represented defendants in various case types. The event will be held at the Yuma County Law Library Conference Room on Friday, March 22, 2019, from 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. The clinic will be given in English with a

WEEK OF FEBRUARY 4: One Book Yuma The 2019 One Book Yuma selection is Where Have All the Sheep Gone? Sheep Herders and Ranchers in Arizona – A Disappearing Industry by Dr. Barbara Jaquay. Make this a true community-wide reading event! Pick up your copy of Where Have All the Sheep Gone? at your local

Grammy-nominated rapper 21 Savage was taken into federal immigration custody early Sunday, authorities said. The artist, whose given name is Sha Yaa Bin Abraham-Joseph, was arrested in a targeted operation in the Atlanta area involving local and federal law enforcement officers, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement spokesman Bryan Cox said in an emailed statement. Abraham-Joseph

Inmates at an Alabama women’s prison are now able to pump breastmilk in lactation rooms for their babies who are outside the prison’s walls. The nonprofit Alabama Prison Birth Project worked with Julia Tutwiler Prison to design lactation rooms and provide pumping equipment for the moms, Al.com reported. The nonprofit works to improve the health

A 4-year-old boy in a Washington state apartment found a loaded gun under a mattress and used it to shoot his pregnant mother in the face, authorities said Sunday. The 27-year-old woman and her boyfriend were watching television in bed Saturday when their son found the gun between the mattress and box spring, King County

An MMA fighter suspected of killing two people, including an ex-girlfriend, was captured Sunday after escaping from a prisoner transport van in Texas, authorities said. Cedric Marks was taken into custody after a nine-hour manhunt involving multiple law enforcement agencies, Montgomery County sheriff’s Lt. Scott Spencer said in a tweet Sunday evening. Marks was found

The Latest on the Super Bowl (all times EST): ___ 12:50 a.m. The New England Patriots added even more luster to the franchise’s rich championship history on Sunday. Their victory over the Los Angeles Rams put a stamp on a season that started 1-2, but ended with New England becoming the first team since the

According to officials, at about 9 A.M. on February 2, Imperial County Sheriff’s Office deputies arrested a 23-year-old male from Lemoore CA for a burglary committed near the Pilot Knob trailer park in Winterhaven CA. According to a post on their Facebook page, the suspect was also linked to a stolen vehicle located in the

Felicity, a town not far from Yuma, holds the title of “Center of the World”. Along with the history of the universe, it will soon complete another chapter of our history. “It is the first major engraving in stone actually in granite of animals since the cave etchings of stone antiquity,” said Mayor of Felicity

The Family Dry Cleaners located on Catalina Drive in Yuma has closed its doors due to a land lease, according to an employee. The business called their customers telling them to pick up their clothes and many did. However, those who showed up on Friday found a lock on the door and no one inside

The daughter of former Navajo Nation President Russell Begaye has been charged following a drunken driving arrest last spring near Flagstaff. The Farmington Daily Times in New Mexico reports Friday that Karis Begaye, 42, was charged this month in Flagstaff Justice Court with two counts of felony criminal damage and a felony count of endangerment,