Roughriders slay the Vandals
By: L. Scott Bennett The 2017 High School Football season officially kicked off at Edd Hubbard Field in Pima on Friday night when the Miami…
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Bulldogs corral Longhorns in season opener
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – While it was a picturesque evening on the field it was a perfect storm of offense, defense and special…
Smoke clears out juvenile detention facility
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – An incident involving a smoking building at the Eastern Arizona Regional Juvenile Detention Facility (EARJDF) forced the evacuation of…
It’s football time in the Gila Valley
By Jon Johnson and Raymundo Frasquillo GRAHAM AND GREENLEE COUNTY – The fields are prepped, the plays are written and it’s time to hit the…
Grandpa heroin user arrested for aggravated DUI with grandson in truck
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – Grandparents are supposed to help with their grandchildren, not put them in danger. The use of heroin, however, can…
Despondent man helped at bank
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – A despondent man threatening suicide at the OneAZ Credit Union at 280 W. Main St. voluntarily went with representatives…
Police educate hunter shooting rabbits after neighbors’ call
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net GRAHAM COUNTY – It wasn’t Looney Tunes and Elmer Fudd, but a Graham County man shooting at rabbits was on par…
Safford man arrested in California cold case murder
By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net SAFFORD – It may have taken 25 years, but there is no statute of limitations for murder and no time period…
Pima students travel to Roatan on charity mission
By Brooke Curley brooke@gilavalleycentral.net PIMA – Eight teenagers, 19 suitcases, three weeks, and the adventure of a lifetime; those were the numbers that added up…
100 pounds of cocaine seized in Greenlee County
Four Tucson-area men arrested in seizure By Jon Johnson jon@gilavalleycentral.net GREENLEE COUNTY – The Greenlee County Sheriff’s Office seized more than 100 pounds of cocaine…
