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TweetPinShareBy Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com PHOENIX – Starting Sunday, the newest teen drivers on Arizona’s roads will be banned from using their cell phones or any other handheld electronic device while …
Teen cell phone ban while driving starts Sunday Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: This photo shows methamphetamine previously seized. The DPS sent out a release Thursday regarding the seizure of more than 50 pounds of meth near Payson. Contributed Article PAYSON …
$2.5 million in meth seized during traffic stop by state trooper Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto By Bryan Pietsch/Cronkite News: Evan Ajin, vice president of operations at Nexus Services, talks to Perla Karlili Alemengor Miranda de Velasquez, a Guatemalan immigrant who was separated from her daughter …
Immigrant mom sues to be reunited with daughter taken at Arizona border Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy AZ Game and Fish: Officials with the Arizona Game and Fish Department euthanized a bobcat that was suspected of attacking a Bisbee man Sunday. They believe the animal …
Officials euthanize bobcat that attacked Bisbee man Read More
TweetPinShareKellogg recalls Honey Smacks cereal By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com ATLANTA GEORGIA – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is recommending people to not eat Kellogg’s Honey Smacks cereal …
Multi-state, cereal-linked salmonella outbreak includes Arizona Read More
TweetPinShareA DPS traffic stop on I-10 resulted in the seizure of more than 53 pounds of meth and 2.6 pounds of heroin. Traffic stop on I-10 by a member of …
More than 1 million hits of heroin and 53 pounds of meth seized by DPS in traffic stop Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy PCC: EAC and Pima Community College will meet on the gridiron for the last time this year as PCC intends to follow the Maricopa schools’ lead and eliminate …
Another one bites the dust: Pima CC to follow Maricopa schools and end football program Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo: A Border Patrol agent was shot Tuesday morning while on duty south of Arivaca. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com ARIVACA – A Border Patrol agent with the Tucson Sector …
Border Patrol agent shot south of Arivaca Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy Office of Sen. Jeff Flake: Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Arizona, took to the Senate floor to decry President Donald Trump’s latest tariffs on steel and aluminum, but the speech …
Flake, on Senate floor, slams Trump on trade, lack of ‘grown-up leadership’ Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy DPS: More than 92 pounds of meth was seized during the traffic stop. Methamphetamine, fentanyl, and heroin seized, with the amount of fentanyl seized capable of killing more …
Border Strike Force seizes more than 100 pounds of narcotics worth roughly $520,000 during traffic stop Read More