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Family Fun Zone opens

Ron Martin5 years ago2 mins

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….

Officer cleared in shooting death

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago2 mins

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…

KRW hosts State Land Commissioner

Ron Martin5 years ago1 mins

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…

Locals assess Capitol chaos

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago3 mins

MOHAVE COUNTY – One of Mohave County’s primary supporters of President Donald Trump and a pair of prominent local democrats have wildly disparate assessments of what transpired at the nation’s Capitol Wednesday. Steve Robinson, the Golden Valley man who served as the local field organizer for the 2020 Trump campaign, said the President is not responsible for the insurrection, and subsequent desecration of the “People’s House”. Robinson said he was among the crowd he estimated at 250,000 that attended the rally before Congress convened to start to conduct the Electoral College vote. He said Trump supporters were peaceful, but that many others left early and began the siege at the nearby Capitol…

Local organization working to bring human trafficking awareness

Pam Wanner5 years ago2 years ago3 mins

Futures Without Fear, the Mohave County Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Coalition, is a newly formed multi-disciplinary coalition to build capacity, raise awareness and provide services to minor victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. In February 2020, a group of concerned citizens convened a group to discuss ways to bring awareness of human trafficking in Mohave County to light, and to discuss what services are available, or could be strengthened to serve victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. Stakeholders in attendance were Arizona Youth Partnership (runaway and homeless youth services and other youth services), law enforcement, Mohave County…

Local organization working to bring human trafficking awareness

Ron Martin5 years ago2 years ago3 mins

Futures Without Fear, the Mohave County Human Trafficking and Domestic Violence Coalition, is a newly formed multi-disciplinary coalition to build capacity, raise awareness and provide services to minor victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. In February 2020, a group of concerned citizens convened a group to discuss ways to bring awareness of human trafficking in Mohave County to light, and to discuss what services are available, or could be strengthened to serve victims of human trafficking and domestic violence. Stakeholders in attendance were Arizona Youth Partnership (runaway and homeless youth services and other youth services), law enforcement, Mohave County…

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Family Fun Zone opens

Officer cleared in shooting death

KRW hosts State Land Commissioner

Locals assess Capitol chaos

Local organization working to bring human trafficking awareness

Local organization working to bring human trafficking awareness

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