Prescott News
Friends And Family Say Goodbye To Prescott Plane Crash Victim
Friends and family said goodbye to Prescott’s Levi Wallace yesterday. He is one of the four people who died in last Sunday’s small plane crash near Sedona. Wallace along with the pilot, 23-year-old Jonathan McGeary from Flagstaff, 18-year-old Johanna Naber from Canada and 19-year-old Sabrina Giebelen from Germany, were in the Cessna-182 that went downFull Story
U.S. Marshals Join The Search For Wade Dickinson
U.S. Marshals are joining the hunt for escaped inmate Wade Dickinson. The man escaped from the Camp Verde Detention Center earlier this month. Yavapai County Sheriff’s officials say the 28-year-old went over a wall in the jail’s recreation yard, then up a fence and down again to the ground outside of the center. Dickinson wasFull Story
Two Phoenix-Area Men Arrested In Yavapai County On Sex Crimes
Two Phoenix area men are in a Yavapai County jail in separate cases after trying to meet up with, who they believed, were two teenage minors. First a 62-year-old Mesa man was arrested in Cottonwood after he set up a meeting with someone he believed was a teenaged female. The second is a 41-year-old GilbertFull Story
Hundreds Of New Arizona Laws Begin Today
Over 270 laws take effect today in Arizona. One of the new laws allows unannounced inspections of abortion clinics by health inspectors, which puts clinics in the same inspection process with other health facilities. Other new laws include: making it a crime to give someone the means to commit suicide, pawnbrokers are now allowed toFull Story
Montana Sex Offender Escapee, Found In Cottonwood
A sex offender that escaped from a prison in Montana is found in Cottonwood. Police arrested 51-year-old Richard Hinman after police tracked his whereabouts by using his Cottonwood post office box to find out where he lived. Detectives arrested Hinman after neighbors told them a guy that went by the name “Denver” lived there. HeFull Story
Prescott School Board Votes To Close Child Care Program
The Kids and Company after-school program is coming to an end in Prescott. Members of the Prescott Unified School District Governing Board voted 3-1 Tuesday morning to end the program. Parents will be asked to take their kids to outside programs such as the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club. There are 25 studentsFull Story
Tourism Brought Around $20-Million To Arizona In 2013
More than 39-million people visited the state and spent nearly 20-billion dollars last year. That’s according to a new report from the Arizona Office of Tourism. The 20-billion dollars spent in Arizona, breaks down to about 53-million dollars being pumped into the state’s economy each day. Tourism spending generated nearly 300-thousand jobs in the stateFull Story
Prescott Man Dies In Motorcycle Accident
A Prescott man is dead after he failed to make a curve on his motorcycle and hit a large boulder last weekend. Police say 64-year-old Vaughn Stratton had trouble making the turn on Senator Highway on Saturday. Stratton was taken to Yavapai Medical Center where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say he was wearing aFull Story
Fay Fire Remains 25-Acres Burned
Firefighters are optimistic they can get a good handle on the Fay Fire burning about four miles northwest of Sedona. The 25-acre fire was caused by a plane crash that killed four people in Fay Canyon Sunday. Fire crews removed the four bodies from the crash site yesterday. Fay Canyon and Bear Mountain trailheads remainFull Story
It’s A Dry Year For Northern Arizona So Far
It’s been a dry year for Northern Arizona, despite a wet start to the Monsoon season. The National Weather Service says moisture levels across Northern Arizona are below normal. Since January 1st, Flagstaff has received just over six-inches of precipitation, which is 62-percent of normal. Prescott is in an extreme drought condition with just overFull Story