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Authorities have released the names of the five people killed in a Friday morning head-on collision on Interstate 40, about 14 miles southwest of Kingman. The Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) said the crash occurred after 9:06 a.m. when a 2010 Nissan sedan traveling in the wrong direction eastbound in the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 struck a 2015 Honda sedan. DPS said the driver of the wrong way vehicle, 82-year-old Harold Wayne Wickham, and his passenger Ella Wickham, 90, both of Laughlin, Nevada were dead at the scene of the crash. Dead at the scene of the collision…

BNSF Railway will be performing work that requires street closures on May 28 and May 29. The street closures will be at the railroad crossings at 2nd Street and 4th St. at Andy Devine Avenue. Detour signage will be set up to alert the motoring public.

Memorial Day is Monday, May 27 and many who are enjoying the time off from work and school are unaware of exactly why the holiday is so important to our country. Memorial Day honors members of the military who died in service to their country or as a result of battlefield injuries and hostile actions. It has been conservatively estimated that at almost 588,000 military personnel have died as a result of hostile action during conflicts and wars the U.S. was involved in. A hostile casualty is a person who is the victim of a terrorist activity or who becomes…

The Scriptures have much to say about faith. Faith is necessary, not only in our spiritual lives, but in life in general. For example: When I get into my car to drive to work, I have a simple faith, or trust, that the engine will start when I turn the ignition. When I sit down in a chair, I have a simple faith, or trust, that it will hold me and not break and dump me on the floor. Yet, faith in these earthly material things is not spiritual, but a blind trust which often brings surprise or disappointment. The…

Sounds of Kingman’s second free concert in their summer series has been rescheduled due to rain. Come out to see the music group Lonesome Dick on Sunday, June 2 at 4 p.m. in Metcalfe Park, corner of Beale and Grandview, in downtown Kingman. The concert is sponsored by Taco Bell.