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Texting and driving in Arizona will soon be illegal statewide. The House voted 44-16 Thursday to pass HB 2316, which will ban the use of hand-held cellphones while driving. The bill was sponsored by Prescott Representative Noel Campbell and if signed into law, it will be active beginning January 1st, 2021. For first offense, driversFull Story

A man is recovering after the dump truck he was driving, hauling boulders, lost control and rolled over on Highway 89A at around noon Wednesday at the Granite Dells Parkway overpass in Prescott. Prescott Fire officials say the truck left the roadway and finally came to rest on the passenger side of the vehicle. BystandersFull Story

Yavapai County Sheriff’s K9 deputies seized 18 pounds of meth during a recent traffic stop. Deputies stopped a silver Nissan Altima back on April 3rd at around 10:30 p.m. at the Orme/Dugas off ramp on Interstate-17. The driver, David Tienda-Calixtro from Georgia, gave deputies a Mexican ID and was not licensed to drive. During theFull Story

A woman allegedly killed by her daughter and granddaughter in Prescott, may have been in the home since 2016. Prescott Police discovered a body of 77-year-old Sandra Aven of Prescott last Tuesday morning. Investigators arrived at a home in the 600-block of Country Club Drive at around 8:48 a.m. Investigators checked Sandra’s home and foundFull Story

Two men died in a helicopter crash northeast of Phoenix Tuesday morning. Officials from Embry-Riddle University confirm that one of the men was Rucie Moore, who died from injuries sustained in the crash in a field northeast of Fountain Hills. The helicopter left Falcon Field in Mesa at around 7 a.m. and went down aFull Story

Authorities are looking for a hit and run accident in Prescott. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 14-hundred block of East Butterfield Road last Friday night at around 8:15 p.m. for a hit and run collision. The victim told deputies he heard a loud crashing sound at his fence line and found thatFull Story

A man was arrested in Cottonwood Monday night after he crashed a car, reported stolen by his stepfather, into a house with a 65-year-old woman inside. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies were called to the 61-hundred block of East Mesa Drive at around 9:30 p.m. Deputies discovered 26-year-old Wayne Area Junior missed the right turn ontoFull Story

Nighttime maintenance will restrict State Route 69 in Prescott Valley beginning Tuesday. ADOT crews will conduct pavement repair work on the highway near Truwood Road and Glassford Hill Road during overnight and early morning hours Tuesday through Friday. Drivers should prepare for lane restrictions in the area while work is underway. Speed limit in theFull Story

A Florida man was injured Thursday when his ultralight aircraft crashed in an open field in Paulden. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say a motorist called 911 on Highway 89 at around 2:30 p.m. to report the accident. Deputies found the wreckage in a field some distance behind the Paulden Fire Station. The pilot, 51-year-old KennethFull Story

State troopers were able to successfully stop a drunk driver on Interstate-17 Thursday afternoon by using a pit maneuver. Spokesman Bart Graves says officers responded to calls of an erratic driver southbound on I-17 near Cordes Junction. He says “multiple callers reported a gold, four-door sedan weaving all over the road and not staying inFull Story