A package found on the sidewalk near the JP6 courtroom in Parker was cleared by the Lake Havasu Police Department bomb team Monday and declared safe, Parker Police Department says. At approximately 12:15 pm on Monday Sheriff John Drum discovered an abandoned Hibachi barbecue sitting on the sidewalk in between the Parker Fire Department and the Court House on Arizona …

At approximately 12:15 p.m. this afternoon Sheriff John Drum discovered an abandoned hibachi sitting on the sidewalk in between the Parker Fire Department and the courthouse on Arizona Avenue. The Sheriff called for the Lake Havasu Bomb Team to investigate. Below are the updates Parker Live gave on the story during the incident. —– 1:16pm– The entire block is a …

Arizona Western College is to refinance its bond with lower interest rates and save taxpayers around $2.2 million over the next 20 years, according to AWC Governing Board members Randy Hartless and Melissa Wright. The savings will be returned to taxpayers over the term of the bond, rather than go into the AWC budget. The board members say there are …

Girls in 8th Grade and headed for Parker High School next year were able to attend a free all-day workshop and lunch presented by the P.H.S. ‘S’ Club Wednesday. The workshop focused on various issues facing teen girls today, including do’s and don’ts of high school, alcohol, dating, self-esteem, drugs and more.

The La Paz County Sheriff’s Office says Sheriff John Drum and his staff have completed a new intergovernmental agreement (I.G.A.) for the La Paz County Narcotics Task Force that he says will bring a wider array of agencies in to drug enforcement in the area. A Sheriff’s Department press release says Drum is excited about the new agreement, which will …

Press Release At approximately 10:45 a.m. this morning, the Parker Police Department was notified that an arrestee had escaped from the custody of DPS while at La Paz Regional Hospital. The suspect was last seen running towards 18th Street and Navajo. As officers arrived in the area they saw the suspect near the Wallace School campus. Wallace School was then …

This is Taxi, a tortoise. But she’s not the kind of native desert tortoise that you may be more familiar with; she’s an African Spurred Tortoise from the Sahara Desert. And Taxi was taken from the enclosed yard of her owner in Big River, CA last month. Since then, Taxi’s owner Jo has been looking for him. Her picture has …