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MCSO responds to shooting, suicide calls back-to-back

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave County Sheriff’s office handled separate shooting and jail suicide incidents in Kingman just two hours apart Thursday. Deputies responded to a report of a weapons offense at 1:00 p.m. in the 4500 block of N. Glen Road. “Dispatch received a 911 call in reference to a female subject shooting a male subject in the groin,” said acting sheriff’s office spokeswoman Sandy Edwards. “Upon arrival deputies found a female subject running from the residence and made contact with her.” Edwards said Stephanie Ruth Brown, 36, Kingman admitted shooting her 54-year-old fiance. She said the victim was…

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MCC Bighorn Café winners hope to impact the community

MOHAVE COUNTY – Students, staff, faculty and community members will start seeing new faces behind the counter of the Bighorn Café on the Mohave Community College Neal-Kingman Campus. Joseph and Natalie Cuzzone are the winners of the MCC Bighorn Café Competition. Their grand prize is a 12 month rent-free contract for a commercial kitchen with utilities included. They are also being provided free business counseling by MCC’s Small Business Development Center. “I’m looking forward to that first day I’m hopeful and optimistic about it because I hope people have been waiting for something new…,” Joseph said. “…I can pass those…

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MCC Bighorn Café winners hope to impact the community

MOHAVE COUNTY – Students, staff, faculty and community members will start seeing new faces behind the counter of the Bighorn Café on the Mohave Community College Neal-Kingman Campus. Joseph and Natalie Cuzzone are the winners of the MCC Bighorn Café Competition. Their grand prize is a 12 month rent-free contract for a commercial kitchen with utilities included. They are also being provided free business counseling by MCC’s Small Business Development Center. “I’m looking forward to that first day I’m hopeful and optimistic about it because I hope people have been waiting for something new…,” Joseph said. “…I can pass those…

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BOS: COVID-19 information process to be streamlined

MOHAVE COUNTY – Coronavirus testing in Bullhead City a week ago revealed a concerning rate of infection within the pool. Department of Public Health Director Denise Burley told Mohave County Supervisors Thursday that 171 of the 200 people who pre-registered actually had tests conducted by North Country HealthCare (NCHC). “Twelve of the 90 tests collected on Friday were positive and 12 of the 81 tests collected on Saturday were positive,” Burley said. “That leads to a 14.5% positivity rate. Anything above 10% is considered high.” Setting aside the July 24 and 25 numbers for the Bullhead City testing, Burley said…

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Officer involved in fatal shooting on leave during investigation

GOLDEN VALLEY – A man wanted for multiple felony offenses was killed in an Officer-Involved Shooting (OIS) in Golden Valley. Authorities said Jason Henke, 42, Golden Valley, died of multiple gunshot wounds late Wednesday at a home in the 3600 block of N. Santa Maria Road. The Kingman Police Department is conducting an independent investigation of the shooting involving a Mohave County sheriff’s deputy. Police spokeswoman Jennifer Sochocki said the deputy developed information during an 11:15 p.m. traffic stop that Henke was at the N. Santa Maria Road residence. Sochocki said the deputy arrived on the property about 11:30 p.m….

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