The Yuma City Council will meet tonight at 5:30pm at the Yuma City Hall. The council is hoping to come to a solution between them and the Yuma Fine Arts Association. The council is looking to authorize the execution of an Outside Agency Agreement between them and the Fine Arts Association that would be active until 2016. The city council ... Read More »
Police are still trying to piece together evidence and figure out what led to the discovery of a body near an orange grove in Yuma late Monday night. The body was found in the area of County Road 16th and Avenue Three-and-a-half-E. The cause of death is still unknown. Police have not released whether the body found was a ... Read More »
On Tuesday, May 14, 2013, at approximately 8:05 a.m., Yuma Police Officers responded to the 100 block S.10th Avenue in reference to shots fired. An adult female was found with a gunshot wound. She was transported to the Yuma Regional Medical Center where she was later pronounced deceased. Detectives are continuing to investigate the case and conducting interviews. The Yuma ... Read More »
About 200 Marines were welcomed home to the Marine Core Air Station in Yuma Monday. The Marines from VMA311 were at sea for the last eight months in an undercover mission. Most of the time, they could not tell their families where they were located. Based at sea, the Marines were deployed with the 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit. Read More »
Jodi Arias has been transferred back to a Phoenix jail after spending the weekend on suicide watch at another facility. Arias is back at the Estrella Jail where she will be housed until her trial has concluded. Arias was convicted of first-degree murder on Wednesday in the June 2008 killing of her one-time boyfriend. She returns to court Wednesday as jurors ... Read More »
The Girl Scouts of Southern Arizona honored girls between five-to-17-years-old and adult volunteers who have made an impact in their community through service and leadership in Southern Arizona at The Girls and Women of Distinction 2013 Ceremony last month. One of the highlights of the evening was the presentation of the Lifesaving Award to Girl Scout Mary Stofft from Yuma. ... Read More »
Memorial services for fallen Department of Public Safety Officer Tim Huffman are scheduled for Wednesday morning at 9am at the Yuma Civic Center. Huffman was killed last week while investigating an accident on Interstate-Eight near Wellton. 33-year-old Jorge Espinoza was arrested and charged on 21 counts. He posted a $200,000 bond and was released. He is expected to appear in ... Read More »
Arizona’s driving boom is over. A new report from the Arizona PIRG Education Fund says total vehicle travel miles peaked in 2007. PIRG’s Serena Unrein says driving is likely to decline further because of demographic changes involving the millennial generation – those born between 1983 and 2000. Unrein says Millennials are more likely to live in walkable neighborhoods and ... Read More »
The Yuma Community based Outpatient Clinic will hold a Veteran’s Administration 2K Walk and Roll on Wednesday morning with registration starting at 6:45am. VA employees are asked to donate personal hygiene items for the homeless such as underwear, socks, foot care items, boots, backpacks, reusable water bottles and reading glasses. The walk is open to the public and is free ... Read More »
United States Border Patrol agents from the Yuma Sector arrested 12 drug smugglers and seized a combined 564 pounds of marijuana over the weekend. The drugs have an estimated street value of $282,000. Agents working southeast of Gila Bend apprehended a group of six drug smugglers carrying 219-pounds of marijuana Friday night after an agent spotted the group using night ... Read More »
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