Patrick Walker
Beaver Street Closed Tuesday, Wednesday
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today) — Drivers will need to find an alternate route around Beaver Street south of the railroad tracks Tuesday and Wednesday.
As part of the road construction project on San Francisco Street and Beaver Street, utility crews have closed Beaver Street between Phoenix Avenue and Benton Avenue until Thursday. The project contractor and the [...]
Heavy Rain Causes More Flooding in Timberline Estates Area
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– Rainfall rates of 1-2 inches per hour caused yet another round of flooding and road closures in the Schultz Burn area a few miles northeast of Flagstaff.
Washes quickly filled with runoff, and soon overflowed into neighborhood streets including Campbell Way and Kevin’s Way. Coconino County Sheriff’s deputies and Department of Public Safety [...]
Missing Payson Boy Found Alive
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– 4-year-old Travis Mitchell has been reunited with his family after being found by rescuers.
The 18-hour search ended shortly after 11 am this morning when searchers on horseback found Travis in a canyon a few miles from where he disappeared Sunday night.
Mitchell was playing with friends and his older brother when he was [...]
URGENT: Search for Missing Payson Boy Underway
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– Rescuers and volunteers are looking for a missing 4-year-old Payson boy.
Travis Mitchell disappeared Sunday night while playing with some other children and his older brother into the woods in the northwest part of Payson. Payson police, the Gila County Sheriff’s Office, the Department of Public Safety, other agencies and numerous volunteers are [...]
Primary Election Sample Ballots on the way to Coconino County Residents
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– If you are a registered voter in Coconino County, you will find a ballot or two in your mailbox in the next couple of days telling you where to vote when it’s time to fill out the real ballot on August 24th.
The Coconino County Elections Office is in the process of mailing [...]
Reward Offered in Missing Toddler Case
RIM ROCK, Ariz. (NAZ Today)– Officials are offering a reward of up to $3,500 for information leading to the arrest of any persons of interest in the case of missing 2-year-old Sylar Newton.
Yavapai Silent Witness is offering $1,000, and the FBI is offering an additional $2,500 cash to anyone with information that leads to the [...]
DEVELOPING: Remains Found In Wash May Be Those of Missing Toddler
CAMP VERDE (NAZ Today)– Human remains found in a wash near the Beaver Creek Camp Ground “are believed to be the remains of Sylar Newton,” according to the Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office.
Investigators are waiting for final identification on the remains, which were found about two miles from where the 2-year-old Newton disappeared, according to YCSO [...]
Victim in Prescott Valley Murder-Suicide Identified
PRESCOTT VALLEY (NAZ Today)– The female victim in an apparent murder-suicide in her Prescott Valley home has been identified by police.
The victim has been identified as 39-year-old Marcella Thomas, according to Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Dwight D’Evelyn. Deputies also found a deceased man inside the home when they responded to a reported homicide Saturday [...]
One Injured in East Flagstaff Stabbing Monday Morning
FLAGSTAFF (NAZ Today)– An early morning fight between three people ended with one person being stabbed.
Flagstaff Police responded to the 6300 block of North St. Nicholas Street on the east side of town early Monday morning to a stabbing. The victim, whose name has not been release, was transported to Flagstaff Medical Center with several [...]
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park Again Rescued by Area Residents
PAYSON (NAZ Today)– Once again, a state park that has been slated to close on several occasions due to the State of Arizona’s budget woes has been granted a reprieve.
Tonto Natural Bridge State Park, a few miles north of Payson, was slated to close next month. The Town of Payson and private donations have conributed [...]
