Mule Creek News

A huge plume of smoke from the Whitewater Fire can be seen over the Mogollons near Highways 180 and 78 near Mule Creek in this photo taken Wednesday.

Allen Hurley, accused of murdering Rachel Torrisi Sierra, will have a competency hearing to determine if he is competent to stand trial.

The state has hired an independent clinical psychologist to evaluate alleged murderer Allen Hurley, who is charged with killing Rachel Torrisi Sierra in 2008, challenging the defense s claim that Hurley may be incompetent to stand trial.

The Hachita Post Office will remain open after a decision by the U.S. Postal Service to remove the rural post office from the closure list.

Michael Scott Freeman was apprehended, "without incident,' after the Sheriff's Department received an anonymous telephone call that he wanted to surrender, according to Sheriff Raul Villanueva.