Prescott News

A man wanted in connection with the stabbing of his mother, has been arrested in Ash Fork. The Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office says 47-year-old Charles Gregory Jones was arrested Saturday afternoon in a remote area off Crookton Road and Interstate-40, west of Ash Fork. Jones was wanted in the attack his 69-year-old mother Thursday night.Full Story

A man was injured in a motorcycle accident on Highway 69 in Prescott Thursday. Police received a call at around 3:30 p.m. near Costco, about a motorcycle that crashed. Officials say 69-year-old Douglas Cannon of Prescott Valley suffered multiple injuries to his head and body. He was stabilized and flown to a Phoenix-area hospital. HeFull Story

Gas prices are unchanged across Arizona from last week. Triple-A Arizona says the average price of gas remains at $2.78 a gallon. In Flagstaff, the average price of gas fell two cents to $2.96 a gallon. Some stations are selling gas for $2.73 a gallon and lower. In Prescott, the average price of gas wasFull Story

A 63-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he had been in contact with an undercover detective with the Prescott Valley Police Department, who was posing as a 16-year-old girl. Police say Paul Fagan reached out to the person via Facebook. The two talked for about a week before he started sending explicit photos and talkingFull Story

Prescott Fire crews battled a small brush fire Thursday that was started by a propane torch. When crews arrived in front of Calvary Chapel on Highway 69 shortly after noon, they found a cluster of bushes at the entrance to the property, surrounded by rock landscaping. The fire was quickly put out. Staff at theFull Story

Today is National Navajo Code Talkers Day. In the proclamation written by President Ronald Reagan, he wanted today to be a “day dedicated to all members of the Navajo Nation and to all Native Americans who gave their special talents and their lives so that others might live.” In World War Two, code talkers playedFull Story

A Colorado man has been sentenced to eight years in prison in connection with transporting a large amount of meth and fentanyl through Yavapai County. Sheriff’s deputies seized ten pounds of meth and hundreds of fentanyl pills during a traffic stop near Cordes Lakes. The driver, 52-year-old Timothy Milliard appeared nervous during a discussion withFull Story

Governor Ducey joined tribal leaders, Native American women, police and state lawmakers Tuesday to sign a bill protecting Indian families. The bill takes action against the epidemic of missing and murdered indigenous women by forming a study committee to find out why so many are being attacked. Ducey said “more than four in five AmericanFull Story

A man is safe after nearby campers saved him after his motorhome caught fire last week near Cottonwood. Yavapai County Sheriff’s deputies responded to the Sheeps Crossing Day Use campground, southeast of Cottonwood Verde Villages, last Thursday at around 6:30 p.m. When they arrived they learned the RV fire was mostly put out by goodFull Story

A former member of the 2001 World Series winning Arizona Diamondbacks is considering a run for Congress in Arizona. Curt Schilling recently told “Armed American Radio” that he was considering going back to Arizona and running for Congress in, “one of the blue ones,” which would include Congressional District One. Schilling has been outspoken aboutFull Story