Stories
The Prescott softball team (6-13) had lost nine straight games going into Friday's game. It had not scored a run in its past four and been on the short end of the mercy rule in the past three.On Friday, the Lady Badgers finally cleared the slate. And they did it in a big way with a 10-0 win over visiting Coconino.
Linda Oshrin Pratt, 66, of Prescott, Ariz., born April 22, 1941, in New York City, N.Y., passed away April 7, 2008, at her residence in Prescott, Ariz.
Paul William Howard, 82, of Dewey, Ariz., born April 18, 1925, in Shidler, Okla., passed away April 7, 2008, in Prescott Valley, Ariz.
Mim was a beloved mother, sister, daughter, grandmother and friend to all she knew. Mim was called home on the morning of Tuesday, April 9, 2008.
His Eminence Metropolitan Gerasimos visited Prescott for the first time this past weekend. He is the Metropolitan of San Francisco, born in Greece, and a scholar of psychology in many realms."I am very excited to be here," Gerasimos said. "Prescott is a small community that exemplifies the unity of the Orthodox faith. There is something in all of us that strives to do ministries both as Orthodox and as Christians."
CHINO VALLEY - First-year Chino Valley School District Superintendent Duane Noggle is excited about the district's direction.Noggle said that for the first time in district history, the governing board has identified five "basic, broad goals. The next step is to move into a long-term planning process."
PRESCOTT - The priorities that various city departments have set for their major projects continued to raise questions for the Prescott Capital Needs Committee this week.At previous meetings, the committee has heard presentations from the city's police, fire, streets and utilities departments on large-project needs for the next five to 10 years.
PRESCOTT - For years, the Prescott City Council has embraced a "pay-as-you-go" strategy in paying for large projects.Since at least the early 1990s, city officials have maintained that accumulating money upfront and paying for projects in cash is preferable to borrowing money or bonding for large expenses.
PRESCOTT - When Abia Judd Principal Larry Peterson took the reins of the school this past year he expected problems because of the road construction on Iron Springs and Williamson Valley roads.The new principal prepared for the worse.Fortunately, the worse never happened."The road construction was not nearly as much of a challenge or as disruptive as I expected," Peterson said.
Attorney General Terry Goddard is warning consumers about the latest "phishing" scam using text messaging.
Yavapai County sheriff's deputies arrested two brothers on charges of reckless burning in a field near Maripai Road and Senator Highway in Groom Creek on Thursday afternoon.
Prescott police say Loraine Algeri, who went to Lincoln North Hospital in Phoenix with a potential neck injury after a noon-hour rear-end collision at Lee Boulevard and Highway 69 Thursday, was intoxicated.
PRESCOTT VALLEY - The Town Council gave its blessings Thursday for Prevent Child Abuse Arizona to build its headquarters on town property and to accommodate a separate building for a state agency.
Prevention is the best way to stop criminals. By giving more Arizonans information about consumer fraud and resources available for help, more people will spot red flags and protect themselves and their families, said Attorney General Terry Goddard.
Five random numbers changed Dan Cutbirth's life. He was working at his wife's antique shop when his back bothered him, so he decided to go home. He stopped at a convenience store where he spent $15 for Arizona Lottery tickets and $5 for Powerball tickets. Cutbirth won $140,000 in the Arizona Lottery.
First! Why didn't you place Randall Amster's April 7 message on in "Our readers speak?" After all, he was only complaining about getting a ticket
Some shortsighted folks, unappreciative of the overwhelming customer-service orientation at the Miller Valley Post Office, are failing to acknowledge the visible signs of progress.
Let's say you own a restaurant at the Gateway Mall. You have a manager to run it for you. The manager, without consulting you, decides to give a 25 percent discount to all employees on duty or off duty.
I want to thank two outstanding organizations for making life easier and Prescott a better place: the American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) that went way beyond the call of volunteerism to help so many of us, free of charge, in doing our taxes.
Would a doctor be better able to treat a gunshot wound if he called it "a localized disruption in epidermal integrity" and decided to skip the next training opportunity in how to deal with trauma?
Our new greenhouses, under construction all winter, are finally open, and several times a day I am asked the same question: "What are you going to do with all these new greenhouses?" I can't give a specific answer because the details are still kind of vague in my mind, but I can let you in on the big picture as I see it.