Oct. 22, 2008
Skylar Deleon, a former bit-part child actor, sat silently in an Orange County (Calif.) Superior Court when a jury convicted him of murder. The jury found Deleon guilty in the November 2004 murders-at-sea of Thomas and Jackie Hawkins of Prescott and Newport Beach, Calif.
Oct. 22, 2004
Local leaders, business owners and city employees braved an icy downpour during the groundbreaking ceremony for the Granite Street parking garage in downtown Prescott.
Oct. 22, 1999
Records from Prescott, Prescott Valley and Chino Valley indicated that major crimes - murder, manslaughter, rape robbery aggravated assault, burglary, arson and motor vehicle theft - decreased by 22 percent in 1998 when compared to 1997 totals.
Oct. 22, 1984
Members of the Yavapai County chapter of the Arizona School Boards Association elected Craig Spillman, a member of the Prescott School District Governing Board, to a two-year term as county ASBA director.
Oct. 22, 1959
"Prescott, Chino Valley and Bagdad Boy Scouts will have their fall camporee Friday and Saturday. The affair will be held at the Copper Basin campsite."
Oct. 22, 1934
"Miss Harriet Jean Oliver of Phoenix, president of the Arizona Federation of Business and Professional Women's club, will be the guest of the Prescott club Thursday night, the meeting to be in charge of the membership chairman, Mrs. Emma Shull."
Oct. 22, 1909
"Yesterday W.A. Gill of Turkey sent to the board of supervisors the hides of 35 skunks and six wildcats, which he captured in a few days near that place."
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