Wellton News

One year ago Saturday, multiple shootings were reported in Yuma County, including one in downtown Yuma.

Linda Clatone looks after one of the many plants in her yard, something she does more of now a year after surviving the shooting rampage in Wellton that claimed the lives of six, including the shooter.

This is the first in a series - Beyond the Badge: Yuma County Sheriff's Office - that looks behind the scenes at issues facing the YCSO.

The Yuma County Intergovernmental Public Transportation Authority will soon be independent of the Yuma Metropolitan Planning Organization.

Sweet corn First Southern Baptist Church of Wellton will sell locally grown sweet corn to help send young people to camp.

A Wellton woman was airlifted to a Phoenix-area hospital Thursday night after her car hit a dirt bank and flew about 30 feet before landing on a palo verde tree.

Tri-Valley Ambulance in Wellton has become a Participating Agency in the Premier EMS Agency Program, which is sponsored by the Arizona Department of Health Services Bureau of Emergency Medical Services and Trauma System.

Today is last day of school for kindergarten. Child Find will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday through June 1 in the gym.

Meal, movie fundraiser The public is invited to help raise funds for vacation Bible school from 4 to 7 p.m. today at Calvary Baptist Church, 101 W. 26th St.

A new law signed this week by Gov. Jan Brewer could give an estimated 100,000 children in Arizona schools - including six in the Yuma area - a check from the state to go to a private or parochial school instead.

Water day is Friday. Last day of school for kindergarten is May 24. Child find will be 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. May 29 through June 1 in the gym.

The Wellton Fire Department is investigating a string of "suspicious" brush fires reported within an hour of each other along Interstate 8 on Sunday.

Pavement improvements are coming next week to the stretch of Interstate 8 in the Wellton area, the Arizona Department of Transportation has announced.