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Annual Toys for Tots Golf Tournament slated for September 7

The Marine Corps League Annual Toys for Tots Golf Tournament is to be held at the Valle Vista Country Club. The tournament will be on Saturday, September 7. This year there will be an additional $500 in prize money available for golfers The Marine Corps Reserves sponsors the Toys for Tots program that is held annually, insuring local children are provided for during the holiday season. Each year they provide Christmas gifts to over 3,000 children, insuring no child goes without. This is the 4th year the Marine Corps League of Kingman has been joined by the 1st Marine Division…

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Stavris named new Mohave County Public Defender

An attorney who owns a Scottsdale law firm has been selected to serve as Mohave County Public Defender. County manager Mike Hendrix said Christopher Stavris has accepted the county’s employment offer. Stavris’ hiring is subject to approval by the Board of Supervisors. Confirmation would see Stavris begin his new job on August 12, at an annual salary of about $120,000. Stavris would succeed interim PDO Richard Weiss. The retired Judge has been holding down the fort since former Public Defender Alex Bolobonoff retired earlier this year.

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Lake Havasu City is hot in late summer; local events help prepare for the busy fall season

LAKE HAVASU CITY- You know the saying: “When life gives you lemons, make lemonade,” which come to think of it, is a great drink for Lake Havasu, America’s hottest city. It was here on June 29, 1994, along the shores of the Colorado River, that the city smashed the record for the highest temperature recorded by any city in America – a scorching 128 degrees F.   Lake Havasu City will never disappoint. Come here in summer and it will be hot. Hot enough to bake cookies on car dashboards, as the city demonstrated in late June during its “Hot…

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Moore receives 20 years for molesting young girl

A local judge has imposed a 20-year prison term for a New Mexico man convicted of fondling a young girl on an Amtrak train. Jeffery Moore, 43, was sentenced July 17 by Mohave County Superior Court Judge Rick Lambert. A trial jury found Moore guilty of child molestation. Deputy county attorney Jacob Cote said the offense occurred in June, 2016. Cote said the 11 year old victim had played in a volleyball tournament in California and was returning to Arizona with her team when she was groped in east Mohave County. He said the victim was stretched across two seats…

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Canchola takes another plea deal

A Lake Havasu City woman has entered a second plea agreement involving violent domestic disturbances at her residence this year. Nancy Canchola, 39, pleaded guilty July 18 to aggravated assault. Prosecutor Jonathan Robinson told the Court that a May 16 argument turned violent after Canchola asked her roommate for her cell phone in their residence in the 1200 block of Anacapa Drive. Robinson said Canchola pressed the 29-year-old victim up against a wall, choking her with one hand while taking control of the phone with the other. Robinson said Canchola then broke the phone before using both hands to continue…

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