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Parker Public Library Press Release The Parker Public Library has created an after school program for children ages 6 to 14 that will focus on reading, spelling, and vocabulary. The participants will have a stress free reading time, one on one, with an adult or a teen from Youth For Youth from PAACE. Following the reading sessions there will be …

An altercation that occurred after a Town of Parker council meeting has led to a court injunction and potential charges. Tiffany Dunlap told Parker Live she was involved in an altercation with Vice Mayor Christine Boatwright, who Dunlap claims followed her to her car after the meeting. “Her husband was parked behind me,” Dunlap said. “There were words exchanged. She …

The Colorado River Regional Crisis Shelter needs your help.

Reportedly the driver of a vehicle that plunged off the Bill Williams Bridge into a marshy area at the side of Lake Havasu around 10 p.m. Sunday night is injured but alive. The female driver’s Honda car was pulled out Monday morning and affected the flow of traffic for a time before the road was reopened. The concrete barriers at …

Official Obituary “Anything is possible.” That is what Paul “Scotty” Rothacher believed about life. He was a creative man, a perpetual inventor. Scotty thoroughly enjoyed understanding how things worked. He was a person who believed that he could achieve whatever he set out to do. Scotty could develop an imaginative solution, and he derived satisfaction from knowing he had that …

Parker Police Chief Rodney Mendoza was placed on administrative leave before Tuesday’s regularly scheduled council meeting, Mayor Dan Beaver told the audience at the meeting. The announcement was made at the prompting of councilman Jerry Hooper after two members of the public got up to speak during Call to the Public. Both accused Mendoza of harassing Lorrie Thompson and expressed …

Mongo Racing celebrations after major off-road racing win.

UPDATE 2: The boat and operator have reportedly been identified. UPDATE: A $500 reward has been offered for identification of the boat or operator. The owner of a pontoon boat allegedly crashed the boat into a private dock and then made off, according to the property owner. The boat sustained damage (above) and would be easy to spot, say observers. …

Parker Police Chief Rodney Mendoza had a harassment injunction against him dismissed in court today. The court found that the plaintiff, Lorrie Thompson, had not satisfied the burden of proof in the case. Thompson had alleged that Mendoza was sexually harassing her, including by text message, by phone and in person. The Lake Havasu Consolidated Courts dismissed the injunction without …

Photo: Eric E Johnson A man was sentenced in U.S. District court for the murder of Daniel Pierce, son of La Paz County Supervisor Sandy Pierce. Loren Kaysang Tahbo, 33, of Parker, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, was sentenced by U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell to 265 months in prison, five years of supervised release and …