2020 - The Standard Newspaper

Kirby Family and KRMC combine efforts to help the community

Ron Martin5 years ago3 mins

KINGMAN – The community comes out to help the community during the holidays again. The Kirby family (in a partnership with the Kingman Regional Medical Center Foundation) and nearly 100 volunteers from throughout the Kingman area helped feed the hungry, lonely or anyone who needed a bite to eat on Christmas Day. On Thanksgiving Day, John Kirby, working with the KRMC kitchen staff, prepared nearly 200 meals pre-cooked and prepackaged meals for an assortment of residents and families in the Kingman area including Golden Valley and Dolan Springs. More than 70 volunteers consisting of individuals, couples and families carted as…

Opinion

Community, sponsors lauded for participation

Pam Wanner5 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, The Kingman Downtown Merchants Association would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the participants, sponsors, and parade attendees of the Very Merry Parade of Lights held Dec. 5 in downtown Kingman. Thanks to all of you, the Very Merry Christmas ‘Street of Lights’ was a huge success! 2020 Entry Winner: Best Performance: Black Mountain School Best Lighted Display: Bureau of Land Management Best Decorated Display: Kingman Area Regional Transit Peoples Choice: The Summer’s Family Historic Downtown Merchant Window Display winner – 66 Market Place Judging was close this year with only a six point…

Opinion

Community, sponsors lauded for participation

Ron Martin5 years ago2 mins

Dear Editor, The Kingman Downtown Merchants Association would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all the participants, sponsors, and parade attendees of the Very Merry Parade of Lights held Dec. 5 in downtown Kingman. Thanks to all of you, the Very Merry Christmas ‘Street of Lights’ was a huge success! 2020 Entry Winner: Best Performance: Black Mountain School Best Lighted Display: Bureau of Land Management Best Decorated Display: Kingman Area Regional Transit Peoples Choice: The Summer’s Family Historic Downtown Merchant Window Display winner – 66 Market Place Judging was close this year with only a six point…

Court News

Ex-con going back to prison on drug charges

Pam Wanner5 years ago2 years ago2 mins

KINGMAN – An ex-con residing in Golden Valley is being sent back to the Arizona Department of Corrections for his admitted involvement in sale of methamphetamine. Mohave County Judge Billy Sipe ordered a 15-year prison term Tuesday for John Holcomb, 57. Holcomb is one of roughly two dozen defendants indicted for their alleged involvement in two Kingman-based Drug Trafficking Organizations (DTO’s) that were the focus of the multi-agency Operation King Crimson investigation. Judge Sipe called Holcomb’s a very serious conspiracy case connected to a large-scale methamphetamine distribution ring. Sipe noted that Holcomb once purchased 2.5-pounds of methamphetamine for $11,200 and…

Court News

New evidence in Ketchner case

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago3 mins

Second trial pending for 2009 homicide KINGMAN – A prosecutor is attempting to introduce new evidence in the case of a career criminal from Kingman who awaits a retrial for the brutal murder of a teenager and the attempted murder of her mother on July 4, 2009. Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann has informed the Court he intends to call Kara Atkins, 22, as a witness in the retrial of her father Darrell Ketchner. Ketchner, 62, is serving multiple decades in prison after he was convicted at trial of bursting into the home of his estranged girlfriend Jennifer Allison,…

Video visitation operations at MC Jail

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago2 mins

KINGMAN – The Mohave County Adult Detention Facility has started utilizing video visitation. All on-site video visitations were halted on April 1 because of COVID-19 concerns. The public lobby has remained open 24/7 to allow contact with staff at the bond window and to allow access to the lobby kiosk to facilitate bond and other transactions, however no on-site video visitation was permitted. “Earlier this year, we renewed the inmate telephone contract which introduced a new video visitation system that allows for remote video visitation capabilities. The pandemic coupled with fiber optic and switch circuity issues had caused this project…

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Year: 2020

Kirby Family and KRMC combine efforts to help the community

Community, sponsors lauded for participation

Community, sponsors lauded for participation

Ex-con going back to prison on drug charges

New evidence in Ketchner case

Video visitation operations at MC Jail

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