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Karaoke at Kathryn Heidenreich Adult Center

KINGMAN — Residents recently enjoyed karaoke at the

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VIRGINIA FAYE PAYNE

Virginia Faye Payne, nee Schwartzmann (Barnes, McBeath), passed away on October 18, 2019, peacefully at home with her husband of 39 years, Douglas H. Payne Sr., at her bedside. Virginia was born September 27, 1939 in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Virginia was the oldest of five children born to Jon R. Schwartzmann and C. Marian Cobb who both predeceased her. She was raised in St. Louis, Missouri, then Tucson, Ariz., where she graduated from high school before attending USC in Los Angeles, Calif. There she married Gary Barnes and had her only son, Lance Richard Barnes. She divorced Gary and married…

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Stabbing victim was Good Samaritan

KINGMAN – On Sunday, October 20, at about 3 a.m., Kingman Police arrested Bryan Forbes, 25, of Modesto, Calif., on a felony charge of aggravated assault. According to a press release, officers responded to the 1700 block of Beverly Ave., regarding the report of a person having been stabbed. Officers observed Forbes in the area, holding a knife. The victim, a 27-year-old Kingman man, was located and treated for a stab wound to his arm. The victim reported Forbes chasing a woman, and that he attempted to intervene. During this time Forbes is alleged to have stabbed the victim in…

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Kingman’s first Renaissance Faire slated

KINGMAN – Friends of Mohave County Animal Shelter have scheduled the 1st Annual Renaissance Faire and Feast from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday Oct. 26, at the Mohave County Fairgrounds in Kingman. There will be costume contests, games, a Shakespearean Troupe, a Medieval craftsman and a feast. Entrance to the event is $5 for adults and children 14 and under are free. The feast is $50 and all proceeds benefit the animal shelter in Kingman. Tickets are available at the Mohave County Animal Shelter and online at friendsofmcas.org/buy-tickets. For further information about the 1st Annual Renaissance Faire and Feast,…

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Amtrak considering discontinuing some passenger service

EDITOR’S NOTE: There will be a meeting on Southwest/Amtrak in the Kingman City Council Chambers for city officials, chambers of commerce, tourism bureaus and economic development departments on Tuesday, Oct. 29 from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Dear Editor, Amtrak’s Southwest Chief is one of your town’s public transportation lifelines.  Twice a day it stops, once on its way to Los Angeles and once on its way to Chicago. Last year Amtrak wanted to substitute the train with a bus from Dodge City to Albuquerque.  Under that plan, the train that stopped in your town would have been a Los Angeles-Albuquerque…

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