Today is your last chance to purchase your PAACE iRaffle tickets! The winner will take home 1 Macbook Air, 1 iPad2, 1 iPhone 4s and 1 iPod Touch. Tickets are 1 for $25 or 5 for $100. You can either go to www.paace.org to purchase your tickets via paypal, stop into Players 9th Street Youth Center or wait until tonight’s …
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Local Parker resident wins Copper Chopper
Shelly Rhode, a Parker local, is the lucky winner of the Arizona Centennial ‘Copper Chopper’, designed and built by world-renowned custom motorcycle builder (and Arizona resident) Paul Yaffe. The bike has a 100-cubic-inch engine, a cubic inch for every year of Arizona’s statehood. The 100-horsepower engine has 100 foot-pounds of torque, a top speed of 125 miles per hour and does …
Read More »Black mountain lion sightings, attack?
Numerous reports are swirling of a black mountain lion being seen in the Lakeside 5 area north of Parker, even involving an attack upon a horse in the area. Anyone with any further information, please leave your comments below. Comments on our Facebook page include: “We had one (not sure color) out here in north west part of Bouse a …
Read More »Vehicle accident on Highway 95
1:35pm– A vehicle accident is currently blocking Highway 95 near Parker South. Motorists should seek an alternate route, using Plomosa Road or through Ehrenberg, depending on your destination. 7:00pm– The Sheriff’s Department advises that traffic should now be flowing normally.
Read More »Foreign exchange
The Parker Rotary club is looking for families that are interested in opening their home to a foreign exchange student for 3 months during the next school year. It is an once-in-a-lifetime experience for both the host family and the student and can build relationships that will last forever. It is a great chance to learn about other cultures and share your …
Read More »Phoenix Suns game: buy in this week
Phoenix Suns basketball is back and the Town of Parker again has tickets to the game, Saturday, March 10, 2012, at 7:00pm at U.S. Airways Center in Phoenix. The Suns will host Town of Parker Community Day as they play the Memphis Grizzlies. Tickets are available at $40 each, with $5 from your ticket price going to the Town of Parker …
Read More »Delays possible between Parker and Havasu Wednesday
The Arizona Department of Transportation, in conjunction with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Central Arizona Project, is widening State Route 95 at Bill Williams National Wildlife Refuge Road for a two-way left turn lane. Crews will intermittently stop traffic from Wednesday (Feb 8th) through Friday (Feb 10th) to provide a safe work zone as crews pour concrete. …
Read More »Robby Gordon wins Parker 425 overall
Robby Gordon came in at 2:39pm through the finish line at BlueWater Resort & Casino, winning the overall time of the BWRC Parker 425. Early race leader Steve Sourapas and many others broke down and were unable to finish the race, but Gordon’s performance was very consistent over the 3 laps. A full results roundup will be posted by Best …
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Parker man indicted in baby murder
On January 31, 2012, a federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a two count indictment against Brice Thompson Little, 21, a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes, for a violation of Second Degree Murder of a Child and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury to a Child. The indictment alleges that, on March 29, 2011, while Little was living …
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