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Poetry by Whitney Etheridge

Yo my name is Whitney  A 2 syllable

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MEC awards $10,000 in educational scholarships

BULLHEAD, Ariz. – Mohave Electric Cooperative (MEC) is proud

Kingman Fall Academy open for registration

KINGMAN, Ariz. – The City of Kingman is

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LBRW meeting Sept. 14

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – The monthly London

Movie at the Park is Aug. 21

KINGMAN, Ariz. – Bring your blankets, chairs and

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Monte gets ten years for child porn involvement

BULLHEAD CITY, Ariz. – A Bullhead City man

Thank you for reading The Standard newspaper online!

Matthew Wanner

Family Fun Zone opens

KINGMAN – Batting cages are the anchor for a family fun center Mike Quinn has opened on Northern Avenue at Lomita in Kingman. Quinn’s Cages feature three hitting areas occupying 3,500 sq. ft. inside an 8,300 sq. ft. building. “We have three automatic cages for baseball and softball,” Quinn said. “The softball ranges from slow pitch to fast pitch all the way up to 60 miles per hour. “ Quinn said the machines can hurl a baseball at 70 miles an hour, but it’s more like 80 miles an hour given the distance from the apparatus to the batter’s box….

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Admitted heroin dealer faces prison

A woman who admitted selling drugs in Bullhead City faces possible prison time under terms of a plea agreement entered in Mohave County Superior Court. Dallis Fanning, 36, is eligible for probation but she could also get up to four years in prison. Fanning pleaded guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale during a Wednesday hearing in Kingman. Possession of dangerous drugs for sale and a drug paraphernalia charge are dismissed in the deal. Deputy Mohave County attorney Jefferson Pyper told the Court that Fanning made admissions following execution of a search warrant at a residence at 1097 Mobile…

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Admitted heroin dealer faces prison

A woman who admitted selling drugs in Bullhead City faces possible prison time under terms of a plea agreement entered in Mohave County Superior Court. Dallis Fanning, 36, is eligible for probation but she could also get up to four years in prison. Fanning pleaded guilty to possession of narcotic drugs for sale during a Wednesday hearing in Kingman. Possession of dangerous drugs for sale and a drug paraphernalia charge are dismissed in the deal. Deputy Mohave County attorney Jefferson Pyper told the Court that Fanning made admissions following execution of a search warrant at a residence at 1097 Mobile…

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Officer cleared in shooting death

A Kingman police officer who shot and killed a local resident last fall has been exonerated and cleared of any wrongdoing through outside agency investigation and case review by deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann. He concluded that officer Shawn Wyma’s use of deadly physical force was legally justified. Schoppmann’s findings come in the Oct. 14, 2020 ordeal that culminated in the death of Jason Peters, 45. Police first responded at 12:36 a.m. to a report of a man wielding a machete and chopping bushes on his neighbor’s property in the 2000 block of Fairgrounds Boulevard. The subject later identified as…

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Shooting suspect nabbed

KINGMAN – A suspect in a Dec. 30 shooting in Kingman has been arrested outside Phoenix. Eustolio Gill, 36, was taken into custody without incident Wednesday evening, according to the Mohave County Sheriff’s office. Agency spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said investigation of the violence at a home in the 2700 block of E. Carver Avenue produced information suggesting Gill was hiding at a Mesa motel. She said Gill was apprehended there with assistance from the Mesa Police Department. Gill will be transported back to Mohave County where he faces prosecution for attempted first degree murder. Mortensen said the man who was shot remains…

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KRW hosts State Land Commissioner

Lisa Atkins, State Land Commissioner, spoke at a recent Kingman Republican Women’s Club meeting to approximately 25 people about her duties as Land Commissioner and provided those present with maps depicting State land as well as other land ownership in the State of Arizona. She provided an historical perspective of State land and spoke about land sales, use of State land and the Trust and the recent sale of a section of State Land in the Phoenix area. She also answered questions about grazing and agriculture.  Photo courtesy Becky Foster Janet Wilson, President, Lisa Atkins, State Land Commissioner and Becky…

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