Colorado City NewsLocal news for Colorado City, AZ continually updated from thousands of sources on the web.Texas Supreme Court considering options- May 30, 2008 Lawyers for child welfare authorities filed more papers with the Texas Supreme Court today, claiming that if children taken from the Fundamentalist LDS Church's YFZ Ranch were returned to their parents, they ...http://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/texas-supreme-court-considering-options... Funding approved for library- May 28, 2008 The Mohave County Board of Supervisors has approved funding a library in the polygamous border town of Colorado City.http://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/funding-approved-for-library?fromrss=1 Festival Vendors Cope With High Gas Prices- May 26, 2008 High gas prices did not keep vendors away from selling at the Territory Days festival in Old Colorado City this weekend.http://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/festival-vendors-cope-with-high-gas-pri... Ex-Polygamist Questions Brother's Death- May 19, 2008 "He was just very good at gaining control in that way." Kathy Jo Nicholson said to find those answers she feels like she has to search the community and people that she worked so hard to break free from. via KPHO-TV Phoenixhttp://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/ex-polygamist-questions-brothers-death?... The week's most talked about book- May 17, 2008 "Understand that we were taught to believe we were better than everyone else in the entire world because of our beliefs." "ESCAPE" BY CAROLYN JESSOP WITH LAURA PALMER The sect practices polygamy in marriages between underage girls, young women and much older men. via Myrtle Beach Onlinehttp://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/the-weeks-most-talked-about-book?fromrs... Chumbley: State acts correctly with FLDS- May 15, 2008 "You never know when someone will get tired" Column - Mary Chumbley: State acts correctly with FLDS Those who think the state and the Children's Protective Services erred in removing children from their loving FLDS families should take a serious look at ... via Amarillo.comhttp://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/chumbley-state-acts-correctly-with-flds... Documents siezed from FLDS raid suggest questionable family relationships- May 11, 2008 "I heard that Merril himself gave them the documents out of his desk." New documents seized by Texas lawmen during their raid of the Eldorado ranch belonging to the FLDS shed new light on the sect's version of family connections. via ABC 4http://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/documents-siezed-from-flds-raid-suggest... Texas raid rattles sect branch in Utah-Ariz.- May 9, 2008 "We are adding up the number of men who may be going to prison" New York Times News Service COLORADO CITY, Ariz. - As the supper dishes were being cleared away and the rice pudding brought out for dessert, Marvin Wyler's two wives, along with some of their children ... via Chicago Tribunehttp://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/texas-raid-rattles-sect-branch-in-utah-... States divided on approach to polygamous sect- May 6, 2008 "Texas is doing what Utah and Arizona should have done decades ago." It was a showdown, of sorts, over how far states should go to keep tabs on the Fundamentalist Church of Latter Day Saints, the group known to endorse multiple wives for men and motherhood for underage girls. In a public spat, officials from Arizona and Utah squared off last week against a US senator who suggested that the two states, home to FLDS communities, should follow the more interventionist approach of Texas in...http://www.topix.net/city/colorado-city-az/2008/05/states-divided-on-approach-to-polygamou... |