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Teen shooter jailed

KINGMAN – A Kingman teenager has been incarcerated for a Jan. 30 shooting. Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) personnel responded at about 8 p.m. to a report that a suspect had fled the 3600 block of Northfield Ave. where a male had been shot in the head. The victim was transported to Kingman Regional Medical Center and was in critical condition when flown to a Las Vegas trauma facility for further treatment. MCSO spokeswoman Anita Mortensen said detective interviews determined that a 17-year-old suspect had been at the residence when a verbal argument escalated. “The juvenile produced a gun and…

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Out of the box Fiber Artists host their first exhibit

LAKE HAVASU CITY – In case you missed out on last week’s quilt event, there will be another one in store for the Lake Havasu community at the Art Quilt Exhibit. The Out of Box Fiber Artists will display an array of unique quilts made by the members of the club.  The group began meeting about two years ago and currently have about thirty members. This will be the club’s first exhibit in Lake Havasu.  The event will be free to the public along with refreshments served at the occasion. Out of Box Fiber Artists meets every second Monday of the month at…

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Parallels between two fatal crashes resulting from fleeing criminals

KINGMAN – The recent death of a Kingman woman in a two-vehicle collision during a law enforcement pursuit in some ways parallels another tragedy that occurred here almost a decade ago. Both incidents produced the deaths of innocent civilians during police pursuits of parole absconders from the Arizona Department of Corrections (ADC). Linda Chevalier, 66, Kingman, was fatally injured in April, 2014 when her vehicle was struck on Bank St. by another driven by Robert James Dodd, who was fleeing pursing officers at the time. Dodd, now 51, was sentenced to more than 60 years in prison for convictions following her death,…

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Loretta Eloise Callahan (Bland)

Loretta Eloise Callahan (Bland), of Kingman, died January 29, 2024. Loretta was born on April 11, 1942, in Kingman, AZ. Her parents were A.T. and Fern Bland. She was one of 11 children who grew up on the Big Sandy. Loretta attended area schools in both Wikieup and Kingman, then graduated from Mohave Union High School. She met Dennis H. Callahan, Sr., when she worked for her dad at the Wikieup Store and Bar, and he came into town looking for a job. They married in 1961 at the Wikieup Schoolhouse. The couple went on to have five children who…

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Logan takes plea in fatal BHC shooting

KINGMAN – A local judge has indicated he may reject terms of a proposed plea agreement mandating and restricting punishment to 15 months prison in a deadly shooting involving two Bullhead City men. Robert Logan, 40, pleaded guilty Monday to negligent homicide for the March 2, 2023 death of Hans Anderson, 56, outside a laundromat in the 1700 block of Highway 95. Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann and defense attorney Jake Baldridge stipulated to the factual basis of the proposed plea. They told Judge Billy Sipe that the men who did not know one another somehow ended up in a fist…

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Logan takes plea in fatal BHC shooting

KINGMAN – A local judge has indicated he may reject terms of a proposed plea agreement mandating and restricting punishment to 15 months prison in a deadly shooting involving two Bullhead City men. Robert Logan, 40, pleaded guilty Monday to negligent homicide for the March 2, 2023 death of Hans Anderson, 56, outside a laundromat in the 1700 block of Highway 95. Deputy Mohave County Attorney James Schoppmann and defense attorney Jake Baldridge stipulated to the factual basis of the proposed plea. They told Judge Billy Sipe that the men who did not know one another somehow ended up in a fist…

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