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TweetPinShareContributed Photo: Victims are asking the public’s help in identifying two men shown on video door-checking vehicles near where a vehicular burglary occurred. By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Victims …
Two men sought for questioning in vehicular burglary Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Passenger films pursuit and posts on social media By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com GRAHAM COUNTY – A 16-year-old male was transported to the juvenile detention center …
Juvenile sent to detention after dirt bike pursuit Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald Bicycling duo were suspects in Walmart shoplifting case By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – A suspect in a Walmart shoplifting case was tased April 5 …
Man tased while resisting drug arrest Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Michael McCaslin had just been released from jail when he allegedly stole some beer and a car and then fled from pursuing police. Driver is also a …
Man who wrecked stolen car in police pursuit had just been released from jail Read More
TweetPinSharePhoto Courtesy of Sky Schaudt/KJZZ: A worker prepares to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at State Farm Stadium in Glendale. Graham County has opened registration for any resident 18 years …
Graham County to open up COVID-19 vaccine to all residents 18 years and older Read More
TweetPinShareJon Johnson File Photo/Gila Herald: Salih Abdul-Haqq Zaid stares ahead blankly after being sentenced in May 2018 for the April 2017 killing of Jared Michael Garcia. Zaid had won an …
Bull Pen bar killer Zaid pleads no contest to manslaughter prior to retrial Read More TweetPinShareFile Photo Courtesy of Sky Schaudt/KJZZ: A worker prepares to administer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at State Farm Stadium in Glendale on Tuesday. Recipients get their shot through a car …
Graham County now vaccinating residents 55 and older for COVID-19 Read More
TweetPinShareContributed Photo/Courtesy GCSO: Dylan Waters, left, and Aaron Maddock were found in possession of 1,000 fentanyl pills and nearly two ounces of heroin. Operation seizes 1,000 fentanyl pills and nearly …
Undercover DPS operation busts large fentanyl/heroin dealing ring Read More
TweetPinShareGraham County now lists 71 deaths from COVID-19 By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – The Graham County Department of Health and Human Services (GCDHHS) announced the death of a Safford …
Another Safford resident’s death attributed to COVID-19 Read More TweetPinShareArizona passes 800,000 total cases and 15,000 deaths for the pandemic By Jon Johnson jonjohnsonnews@gmail.com SAFFORD – Graham County has registered its first COVID-19 death under the age of 20. …
Safford sees first COVID-19 death of resident under the age of 20 Read More