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Poetry submitted by Whitney Etheridge

I got my son taken from me and

Mohave College women’s soccer season opens with win

MOHAVE COUNTY – The Mohave College women’s soccer

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Schneider found guilty of sexual assault; faces 5+

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A Golden Valley man awaits

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Woman pleads guilty to leaving children home alone

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – A Lake Havasu

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Judge criticizes plea deal for organized crime rail

KINGMAN, Ariz. – A local judge has again

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Two kilos of cocaine seized after three-mile chase

LAKE HAVASU CITY, Ariz. – Almost 4.5 pounds

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Bishop to lead BOS for 2020

MOHAVE COUNTY – The gavel changed hands during Monday’s Mohave County Board of Supervisors meeting, the first of the new year. Supervisor Jean Bishop will serve as Chairman in 2020 after Hildy Angius led the board during 2019. Neighbors who opposed a photovoltaic solar energy project in Fort Mohave were pleased that the Board took no action on three items involving the development project. They applauded when they learned that the property owner has withdrawn and shelved the project. The opponents bombarded the county planning and zoning commission last month with concern that the solar enterprise would lower their property…

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Summers promoted to sergeant

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has announced the promotion of Stacy Summers to the rank of sergeant. Summers has demonstrated that he has the knowledge, experience, and drive to excel in his new rank at the Adult Detention Facility, and is recognized as a valuable member of MCSO. Summers started his career as a detention officer in August, 2013. In February  2018, he was promoted to corporal after excelling in his duties as a detention officer. From left to right: Chief Deputy Dean McKie, Lieutenant Bob Vollbracht, Sergeant Stacy Summers, and Captain Don Bischoff.

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Summers promoted to sergeant

The Mohave County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) has announced the promotion of Stacy Summers to the rank of sergeant. Summers has demonstrated that he has the knowledge, experience, and drive to excel in his new rank at the Adult Detention Facility, and is recognized as a valuable member of MCSO. Summers started his career as a detention officer in August, 2013. In February  2018, he was promoted to corporal after excelling in his duties as a detention officer. From left to right: Chief Deputy Dean McKie, Lieutenant Bob Vollbracht, Sergeant Stacy Summers, and Captain Don Bischoff.

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Presentation to highlight tourism development

KINGMAN – On Wednesday, January 15, the Route 66 Yacht Club will be hosting a special presentation on tourism and related economic development at Calico’s Restaurant, 418 East Beale St. The event begins at 5:00 p.m. with a meet and greet followed by the presentation at 6:00 p.m. Attendees will receive a complimentary Mother Road Route 66 Passport. The featured speaker will be Jim Hinckley, author of 19 books. Hinckley is also a tour and tourism development consultant. In this presentation Hinckley will discuss attendance of the recent Miles of Possibility Conference, meetings with Route 66 Association presidents and tourism…

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DONALD E. WIESENBERG

Donald E. Wiesenberg, 89, died on November 29, 2019 in Kingman, Arizona. He was a native of Fort Wayne and attended local grade schools and Central High School there before entering Yale University in New Haven, CT in 1948. He graduated from Yale with a B.A. degree in 1952, and one day after graduation married Barbara Warwick of Sherman, CT. One year later he earned a Master of Arts in Teaching degree from Yale. Thereafter, he served in the United States Marine Corps in the Shore Party Battalion of the 2nd Marine Division. Then he became a Sales Engineer in…

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Whybark gets 20 years for hit-and-run death

KINGMAN – A Golden Valley man apologized to relatives of the Bullhead City pedestrian he left to die in the night after striking her with his vehicle last April. Joseph Whybark, 35, appeared for sentencing Monday after pleading guilty to leaving the scene of an accident involving injury or death and tampering with physical evidence. “I’m really sorry that you guys lost your mom,” Whybark said to members of the family of Krisandrea Pannell-Cashen, 62. “I mean that from the bottom of my heart.” Prosecutor Bob Moon challenged the expression of remorse noting that Whybark fled the scene, hid his…

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