On June 6, Joshua Benson, 21, of Idyllwild pled guilty to assault of a person by means of force likely to produce great bodily injury (Penal Code 245 (A)(4)). He now faces three years in the state prison system. Benson had been arrested on May 25, two days after the incident, which occurred in front…
Locals Ron Kimmerle, 49, and Taylor Dravenstatt, 20, are charged with felony burglary and receiving stolen property for crimes committed in the Idyllwild and Pine Cove areas. Both are in custody, linked to recent local property crimes by charges filed by the Riverside County district attorney. Both have pled not guilty. The court set bail…
Early Tuesday morning, Riverside County Sheriff’s deputies responded to reports of a critically injured man in a late model white pickup truck. Upon arriving at a westbound pullout on Highway 74 west of McCall Park Road in Mountain Center, deputies discovered 21-year-old Jamie Godfrey of Moreno Valley wounded in the vehicle. Deputies were called out…
Volunteers still needed …
County supervisors held hearings for the 2012-13 budget on Monday. County Executive Jay Orr has proposed a balanced budget without relying on any reserves. However, the County’s financial condition continues to deteriorate. Orr avoided $40 million of reductions because of carryover from this year into the next fiscal year. Nevertheless, county departments were trimmed $39…
For Riverside County and Hill voters, the results of the June 5 primary election were essentially approval of past performance. Neither upsets nor other surprises occurred after most of the ballots had been counted. On Friday, June 8, the county’s Registrar of Voters estimated about 18,500 more ballots remain to be counted. This includes damaged…
Voters swamp the polls to elect their favorite candidate as Idyllwild’s next mayor …
Jeremy Teeguarden reported on Town Hall Youth baseball for the week of June 4 …
Are you ready to play? I am! My name is Molly II, too that is, because I always want to go too, wherever it is you are going. I want to play too, with whoever wants to throw the ball to me. And the walk? I want to go too! Let’s even run. Molly…
Idyllwild resident Erec Von Seggern won the California Federation of Woman’s Club Young Musicians’ 2012 Music Competition. Erec is a sophomore at Hemet High School. His band director, Dan Bolton, informed him about the scholarship opportunity which the Hemet Woman’s Club sponsors. Three awards on the state level were presented — one to a vocalist,…
