Camp Verde News

The hills will be alive with the sound of music as the Camp Verde Unified School District begins work on a joint school/community production of the Rodgers & Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.

Join the troops of the Tenth Cavalry Association, Buffalo Soldiers, as they provide living history presentations at Fort Verde State Historic Park.

Arizona lawyer Jerrold A. Mayro, recently obtained a $600,000 settlement in a wrongful death case where a horrific truck accident left a college student dead.

A millionaire self-help guru has been charged with manslaughter after leading a "sweat lodge" ritual in Arizona in which three people died.

"Spiritual warrior" James Arthur Ray, who was indicted on three manslaughter charges yesterday , pleaded not guilty to each charge this morning in Yavapai County Superior Court.

Camp Verde's annual Wine, Pecan and Antique Festival will take place next weekend in the municipality's downtown area in conjunction with the Fort Verde State Historic Park's commemoration of the Buffalo Soldiers.

Self-help guru James Arthur Ray says it was all a tragic accident when his followers began collapsing one by one in a sweat lodge at his retreat, with three of them dying.

Months after authorities focused a homicide investigation on James Arthur Ray, the motivational speaker was indicted on manslaughter charges that could land him in prison and topple his self-help empire.Three people, including James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee, died after participating in a sweat lodge ceremony Ray led in northern Arizona last year.

Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh announced that self-improvement guru James Ray was indicted Wednesday on three counts of manslaughter. He was jailed in Camp Verde shortly afterward.

About 40 supporters from the Verde Valley, joined by at least 150 more from around the state, converged on the state capitol Monday urging lawmakers to find a way to keep the Arizona State Park system operating.

Yavapai County Sheriff's deputies were called to a commercial burglary in the 6500 block of State Route 179 in the Village of Oak Creek Saturday morning. They found that someone had forced entry into the office of "Camp Soaring Eagle." They are now asking for public help to identify suspects.

CAMP VERDE -- An attorney for a 75-year-old Maxwell Rollin Pelton is asking that Pelton be moved to an assisted care facility while waiting for trial for sex crimes with a minor.

The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office found two sandwich-sized bags of marijuana in a guitar case in a home in Camp Verde. In the bedroom wastebasket, the detective found burned and unburned flakes of marijuana on top of a dirty diaper.

The City of Prescott has prevailed once again in a court case challenging its right to transfer water from the Big Chino.

Prescott police conducting surveillance arrested a man Thursday wanted in a shooting in January who was suspected of dealing drugs, a spokesman said.

Prescott Valley Police arrested a Sprint employee Monday in connection with a burglary at the store he worked at, a spokesman said.

Prescott police stopped a driver for a broken headlight and subsequently learned he was a deported felon, a police spokesman said.

Just because it didn't flood, doesn't mean the rain event predicted for the last few days did not occur.

Prescott police arrested a Chino Valley man at 10:20 a.m. Jan. 12 after an off-duty officer observed him speeding and crossing the yellow line while driving along Willow Creek Road, a police spokesman said.

Dennis Lockhart has played the role of Gen. George Crook at Fort Verde Historic State Park for the last 12 years.