Yuma County News

A Yuma man arrested Sunday allegedly had sexually abused a female victim since 1999, according to the Yuma Police Department.

Jade Miller dreams of going to beauty school and one day becoming a pastor. But first 17-year-old Miller is living out a more current big dream.

As a public service, the Yuma Sun is publishing the names and photographs of the following people sought by the Yuma County Adult Probation Department or the U.S. Marshals Service as probation absconders.

A persistent shortage of teachers in Yuma County has been a problem for the past 30 years, but is also a nationwide phenomenon, according to education professionals.

The owner of a grocery market in San Luis, Ariz., is being held on suspicion of secretly videotaping employees and customers while they were using the bathroom.

Disruptive behavior in the classroom from special needs children often are not because of their disabilities, but can be owing to specific practices of the teacher who could be promoting or exacerbating problems says an expert.

Much of the citrus production area in Yuma County is being placed in a quarantine area after inspectors found a third Asian citrus psyllid in the area.

A group of Yumans changing the way they eat want to make sure others simply have the chance to eat.

A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of a Yuma woman accused of hiring a hit man to kill her husband in 1997.

The life of Riley. For some Yuma County dogs, "the good life" may not be enough.

A young woman will be crowned queen of the county Saturday, Nov.7. That's when a new Miss Yuma County will begin her reign.

Registered sex offenders in Yuma were getting knocks on their doors from Yuma County's federal, state and local law enforcement agencies on the day before Halloween.

It's "B Day" in Yuma. That's "Ballot Day," meaning today is when the Yuma County Recorder's Office needs to have early mail ballots in hand to get them counted in a timely fashion before Tuesday's Yuma general election to select the mayor and three city council seats.

On one of her scheduled stops Wednesday, Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stopped by a statewide county supervisors summit and signed two bills affecting Yuma County that were passed during the last legislative session.

A 13-year-old Wellton boy was killed Friday in a single-vehicle accident. According to the Yuma County Sheriff's Office, at about 3:55 p.m., deputies responded to a report of a single vehicle collision on Avenue 29E, approximately .15 miles south of East County 8th Street.

Hospice of Yuma , which provides care for terminally ill patients, has been recognized by the Arizona Hospice and Palliative Care Organization for outstanding services under the Excellence in End-of-Life Care Recognition Program.

YUMA, AZ a ' A 13-year-old boy was killed in a rollover wreck in Yuma, according to a Monday report.

Bubbles. Most adults have forgotten what it's like to see a bubble for the first time.

Lil' Wayne pled guilty today to attempted weapon possession in New York. He is now facing one year in prison on that charge, and is still also facing drug and weapon possession charges in Arizona.

A Yuma man was killed early Friday morning in a single-vehicle accident. The Yuma County Sheriff's Office identified him as 21-year-old Rudy Natal.