The McKinley County Sheriff’s Office is looking for Khadjha Keams, 22, after a bench warrant was issued for her arrest.



Keams had been arrested on Aug. 28, 2017 on charges of unlawful taking of a motor vehicle and two counts of larceny. A resident of Window Rock, Ariz., Keams may be on the Navajo Reservation.



If she is found on reservation land, the Navajo Nation has already approved extradition, according to the sheriff’s office.



Keams had been facing aggravated battery with a deadly weapon charge back in October, 2016 but court records said this case was discharged two months later.



Anyone with information about Keams’ whereabouts can call sheriff chief...

Staff reports

Local law enforcement officials are looking for a tall, heavy-set man in his forties in connection with a sexual assault that occurred Feb. 9, north of Gallup.

According to a report from the Gallup Police Department, the victim was leaving the Octavia Fellin Public Library at about 8:15 pm when a man approached her and asked for a ride. She told police she ignored the man but when she opened her door he pushed an object against the right side of her back and told her not to scream.

The assailant then allegedly pushed her into the passenger side seat and pointed a handgun at her, telling her to give him her phone. She described the weapon as a silver handgun with a...

By Jonathan Gregg

Sun Correspondent

An estimated several hundred people turned out Thursday night for the annual Rotary club scholarship fundraiser at Red Rock Park.

The keynote speaker was longtime NFL referee Ed Hochuli. Most NFL fans would recognize the name, but for the casual fan, he’s the one that has biceps of steel, wears his tight-fitting number 85 jersey, and likes to explain the simplest penalties in a length that would rival War and Peace in length.

He also happens to be one of the most distinguished referees in the NFL, having officiated two Super Bowls, and in 2008 was voted the “best referee” in an ESPN poll.

However, what isn’t widely known is that Hochuli is...

A man found dead on the Interstate 40 median this morning, near mile post 19, in Gallup, was hit sometime during the dark, early Friday morning hours.

Gallup Police Department Capt. Marinda Spencer said two calls came in about the body, with the first one shortly after 6 am.

The first caller had reportedly passed through the area by the time they called police, saying there was a dead body on the median. An officer searched the area, but didn’t find a body.

The man, determined to be in his 20s, was discovered by a tractor-trailer driver about an hour after the first call. The driver stayed on scene until police arrived.

Spencer said the man had no identification on his body, but...