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Monsoon season safety, are you prepared?

MOHAVE COUNTY – According to the National Weather Service, the word monsoon itself comes from the Arabic word “mausim,” which translates to season. Arizona’s Monsoon season officially brings on June 15, bringing with it the daily potential for high winds, lightning, and heavy bursts of rain. These storms can be very powerful, tossing debris around, down trees, power lines and cause flash flooding to occur. Citizens are reminded to prepare and have a plan in place before these storms arrive. Surprisingly more deaths occur each year due to flooding than from any other thunderstorm-related hazard.  Knowing what to do in an…

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COVID-19 update: 16 new cases, two deaths

MOHAVE COUNTY – Late Thursday afternoon, the Mohave County Health Department (MCDPH) Nursing staff was notified of 16 new COVID-19 confirmed cases and two deaths.  One of the deaths is a 70-79 age range person in the Bullhead City service area, a previously reported case.  The other was not previously reported. It’s a 90+ person in the Kingman service area. Of the 16 new cases, 8 are in the Bullhead City area. One is hospitalized. That person is 50-59 and is linked to another confirmed case.  Three cases are recovering at home and are linked to another case. One is20-29; one is…

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Bar scuffle ends in shooting

LAKE HAVASU CITY – Citizens intervened when a Lake Havasu City man tried to re-enter a bar early Thursday to continue an argument with his girlfriend. One of the citizens suffered a gunshot wound during a struggle about 1:30 a.m. behind the establishment in the 2100 block of McCulloch Boulevard. Arriving officers discovered that 48-year-old Robert Koerber was being restrained. He was taken into custody and jailed on an aggravated assault charge. Police said detectives determined that Koerber brandished and raised a weapon when citizens tried to keep him outside the bar. The gun discharged during an ensuing struggle and…

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Bullhead City teen avoids jail after robbery

BULLHEAD CITY – The youngest of three defendants has been given the lightest sentence for her involvement in the robbery of a man at Rotary Park in Bullhead City last summer. Mohave County Judge Billy Sipe placed Meghan Holley, 16, on supervised probation for three years during a Monday sentencing hearing in Kingman. Judge Sipe previously ordered five year’s prison and one year in jail, respectively, for co-defendants, Cody Turner, 20, and Anthony Stevens, 23. Former deputy Mohave County Attorney Jaimye Ashley provided the factual basis of the case during Turner’s sentencing hearing in March. Ashley told the court that…

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SUSAN PARALEE TRUSTY

Susan Paralee Trusty, of Kingman, died Tuesday, June 9, 2020. She was 81. Mrs. Trusty was born November 4, 1938 in Chicago, Ill. The family contact is her husband Raymond Joe Shafer, Jr. Arrangements were made by Sutton Memorial Funeral Home.

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