TAKE A LOOK: Yuma’s 2018 in review
It has been a year to remember in Yuma.
Our news team broke a story that made worldwide headlines, when a cross-border drug tunnel was discovered in San Luis, Arizona in August.
We were there when teachers took the streets during the Red for Ed movement, leading to Arizona Governor Doug Ducey signing off on teachers receiving a 20 percent raise by 2020.
As the Me Too movement heated up, Arizona lawmakers expelled Don Shooter from the Arizona House of Representatives after an investigation into claims of sexual harassment.
We spoke to our agriculture community when the finger was pointed at the winter lettuce capital of the world for an e.coli outbreak that left many sick across the U.S.
Our team was first to report on a riot that erupted at the Arizona State Prison, leaving an inmate dead. We even followed up and looked into what sparked it all.
We traveled to San Diego to follow the trial of a former Yuma Police officer who was found guilty of raping a family member.
Our team was there every step of the way when Guillermo Silva Sotelo, a Crazy 8’s Cab Co. driver, went missing and was later found dead on the side of Highway 95, leading to the arrest of two teenagers in connection to the crime.
We were on the scene when Grady Baxter, Nicholas Grabbe, and Javier Sanchez were found dead inside a home on Labor Day. Still no word on who the shooter is.
Our reporters followed the migrant caravan and learned why many left their countries, as it traveled through San Luis Rio Colorado and Mexicali.
We broke down where the those entering the country illegally were entering with Border Patrol.
We also said farewell to our Maverick, Senator John McCain.
Our team brought you the latest on the neck-in-neck U.S. Senate race between two U.S. Congresswomen. Kyrsten Sinema took the title, becoming the first woman to represent the state.
Then we watched as her opponent Martha McSally was appointed to the late Senator John McCain’s Senate seat.
Last but not least, Yuma watched the end of an era as the prestigious Matador football program announced 2018 was their final season.
