A Tucson woman told a judge on Wednesday that she starved her baby, Kimberlie, which caused the baby’s death in August of 2008. In Pima County Superior Court, 27-year-old Terri Sullivan admitted to starving the baby after she was born in July 2008, as well as failing to get help when it was…
A Phoenix church was ordered again to stop feeding homeless people. After a lengthy discussion in the city of Phoenix’s Board of Adjustments yesterday, the board agreed with the city’s earlier decision to force the Cross Roads Methodist Church to stop offering meals to the homeless. Since 2008, Reverend Dottie Escobedo-Frank has been…
In what might possibly go down as one of the most boring divorces in the history of marriage, Mayor Phil Gordon’s divorce from now former wife Christa Clark Severns is now official.No juicy gossip to report here — the divorce was filed on March 30 of last year, the couple is…
John McCain’s newest radio ads are ready to hit the airwaves, and a couple things about them may shock you. First: at no point in either ad does McCain begin a sentence by saying “my friends.” Second: as for now, the ads won’t be barging in on J.D. Hayworth’s radio…
It’s back!As part of Improv Everywhere’s “Ninth Annual No Pants! Subway Ride,” this Sunday will be the second annual “No Pants AZ Light Rail Ride.”Not familiar with the event? No problem — the concept is simple. First, you get on the light rail, then you drop trou, and finally, you…
Radio host John Jay Van Es, of Johnjay and Rich, um, fame, must not be a diligent Valley Fever reader. If he were, he would know the ins-and-outs of how to beat a photo radar ticket. Instead, the morning-drive loudmouth boasted on his radio show this morning that he had…
A lawyer in Ohio pleaded guilty yesterday to money laundering charges stemming from money he received from the leader of a drug ring based in Phoenix. Authorities say 40-year-old Kyle Hunter received more than $100,000 from convicted drug king-pin Leonard Barnhouse. Payment for services rendered, right? Wrong — Barnhouse paid…
The next 3-D, futuristic, should-be blockbuster is pegged to be set right here in Arizona. However, like many films set in Arizona, this one’s being shot somewhere other than the Grand Canyon State. Cowboys and Aliens, John Favreau’s futuristic answer to the über-successful Avatar, is a 3-D journey into a Southwestern conflict…
The Arizona Cardinals’ performance-plagued B-squad quarterback Matt Leinart won an award today, and it wasn’t for most under-thrown receivers, or clipboard-holder of the year. Despite his follies on the field, it turns out Leinart’s a bit of a philanthropist.Leinart was named the Arizona Cardinals/Walter Payton NFL Man of the Year…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, though it’s a taxpayer-funded law enforcement agency and not a network studio, is no stranger to flaky reality television, and its latest venture into the world of docu-drama promises to be as tacky as they come.Starting next month, TLC will feature a new show called…
Janet Napolitano should get a stay of execution as chief of Homeland Security, despite countless calls for her head after the failed Christmas Day underwear-bomber fiasco, Senator John McCain says.McCain, speaking from Afghanistan, says he doesn’t agree that Napolitano should be immediately canned for the failure, or for her bone-headed…
Arizona Treasurer Dean Martin sent Homeland Security Chief and former Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano a bill for more than $1 billion and he’s not too optimistic that she’s gonna pay up.Martin believes — as did Napolitano during her reign in Arizona — that the federal government is responsible for paying the…
[jump] As a matter of fact, this menacing mug — as far as we know — only got caught with drugs. Dodson got pinched in Phoenix on Monday night on suspicion of two felony drug-possession charges — not exactly grounds for a death glare. Despite the relatively minor charges, Dodson’s scowl may…
A former NHL coach is saying he can verify claims that Tiger Woods came to Phoenix to have his teeth fixed after being hit in the face with a nine-iron by his wife on Thanksgiving. Former NHL coach Pat Burns, who stood behind the bench for teams like the Montreal…
Former Arizona Diamondbacks ace Randy Johnson is expected to announce his retirement from baseball in a conference call with reporters tonight, according to multiple media sources.In 22 Major League seasons, “The Big Unit” won 303 games and has a career ERA of 3.29. Johnson is second all-time on the MLB…
Attention hood rats, hookers, and hillbillies throughout Arizona: You no longer have to go on The Maury Povich Show to find the identity of your baby-daddy.A company called Arizona Mobile DNA Services is bringing the joy of knowing that “you’re NOT the father” right to your living room.AMDS is a…
The U.S.Attorney’s Office in Phoenix announced that the man convicted of leading four Guatemalans to a watery death has been sentenced to close to 10 years in prison.Juan Pablo Moreno-Gonzalez, 27, was sentenced to 115 months in federal prison for his role in the deaths of the four men, whom…
The zap-happy folks at Scottsdale-based Taser International are the subject of a new lawsuit seeking punitive damages from the company for fraudulently misrepresenting its products as non-lethal.The lawsuit stems from a January 2008 incident in Nevada, where a Las Vegas doctor died after he was stunned five times with a…
A Tempe woman, who was denied parental custody rights last week and then drove her 8-month-old son to Florida, has been caught and will be brought back to Arizona. The baby, however, has not been found and the mother isn’t talking. Elizabeth Johnson, 23, was denied custody of her son,…
The Arizona Republican Party is reported to have received $50,000 from the National Republican Committee to help build a grassroots effort to strengthen the party. However, the latest spending reports show no record of the transaction, as required by law, the Arizona Guardian reports today. That, evidently, is A-ok with Arizona…
It seems as though “Teddy Ballgame” had specific instructions for those dealing with his remains, none of which mentioned being cut into pieces, cryogenically frozen, and stored in Scottsdale.In a letter to his lawyer, longtime Boston attorney and confidante Robert E. McWalter, baseball great Ted Williams asked to literally sleep…
In China, 2009 was the year of the cow. In Arizona, however, 2009 may have been the year of the rabid bobcat.Officials at the Arizona Department of Health Services say there were more cases of rabies in 2009 than in any other year to date, including at least two rabid…
