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Restoration planned for WWI monument at Mohave County Courthouse

The Arizona Military Order of Devil Dog Charities is making great progress in raising funds to restore the World War I monument located at the Mohave County courthouse in downtown Kingman. Donations, large and small, are being received from individuals, businesses and civic/veteran organizations from all over Mohave County. Work will soon be underway to install an exact bronze replica of the machine gun that was stolen from the monument sometime in the late 1990s. Also enhanced landscaping, lighting and improved surveillance equipment will add to repair work on the deteriorating stonework of the monument. Plans are being made for…

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Five dead in I-40 head-on collision

A multiple fatality traffic accident closed the westbound lanes of Interstate 40 ten miles southwest of Kingman at 9:06 a.m. Friday. The Department of Public Safety said a wrong-way driving incident led to the head on collision at milepost 36. DPS said at least four people were dead at the scene of the accident. A fifth person died following transport to Kingman Regional Medical Center. One westbound lane was reopened to traffic just before noon.  Names of the victims are withheld pending notification of kin and the accident is under investigation.

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Vizcara gets 24 years for role in double kidnap-murder

A second defendant has been sentenced for his involvement in the abduction-murders of two Bullhead City residents in a remote desert area of Fort Mohave. The 24-year prison term imposed during Thursday’s sentencing hearing for 29-year old Jose Vizcara was the harshest punishment possible under terms of a plea agreement convicting him of two counts of kidnapping. Authorities have said that Mona Carter, 51, and Daryl Ward, 22 were both abducted and herded into a bedroom of a Bullhead City home in January, 2018. Both were interrogated; Ward for his suspected involvement in theft of drugs and Carter for her…

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