A 22-year-old Mesa woman accused of leaving a fetus in a backpack had criminal charges against her dismissed today in Maricopa County Superior Court.Back in March, police at the Gila River Indian Community found a backpack under a tree while on a routine patrol about five miles southeast of Sacaton.Inside…
Just when we were thinking, “Gee, we haven’t seen Sheriff Joe shamelessly promoting himself in about 48 hours,” we caught this little nugget: Arpaio will be fielding questions on Good Morning Arizona tomorrow…
In an announcement from the ninth floor today, Governor Jan and the brew crew confirm that Anthony Rodgers will be leaving his position as head of the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System, and the administration has already found a replacement. “I am pleased today to announce the appointment of…
Did you see the Coyotes lose to the L.A. Kings last night? If you did, it was more than likely on television because Jobing.com Arena was virtually empty.The Phoenix Coyotes broke a record last night that was set as recently as Saturday — fewest tickets sold…
The vehicle of a New Mexico nun, who police say was murdered on Halloween, was found Monday in Arizona.The nun, 64-year-old Sister Marguerite Bartz, was found dead in her New Mexico home after she didn’t show up to mass on Sunday.Bartz was serving at a church in a Navajo community…
A Phoenix man was arrested Monday night after two children under his care got burned while playing with a fire in the man’s backyard.The Phoenix Fire Department was called to a house near 83rd Avenue and west Buckeye Road, where there were reports of a burn victim.When fire units got…
The County Attorney’s Office announced today that a Valley woman, who pleaded guilty in September to charges of aggravated assault and unlawful flight from a law enforcement vehicle, will spend 15 years in prison…
A Phoenix man had the tables turned on him Friday night after the people he was trying to rob took a baseball bat to his face…
The gruff ex-wrestler known throughout the world as Sergeant Slaughter will be gracing an event at the Phoenix International Raceway later this month.Stock-car racing and professional wrestlers — this just screams class.On November 15, Slaughter will serve as the Honorary Race Official for the Checker O’Reilly Auto Parts 500…
The votes are in, and the winning whiskers of the coveted “Robert Goulet Mustached American of the Year Award” belong to Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Clay Zavada…
The Internet is picking off newspapers left and right and the latest victim: The East Valley Tribune.Heat City is reporting and the twitter-sphere is abuzz with news that the Trib will stop the presses for good on December 31…
A survivor of the “Spiritual Warrior” sweat lodge retreat has filed a lawsuit against the organizer of the event, self-help guru James Arthur Ray.The suit, which was filed on October 30, came a day after the family of one of the three people who died filed a similar suit in…
After they beat the Giants last week in New York, we told you the Cardinals seemed to be pulling it together and playing like a team that nearly won the Super Bowl last year. We also told you the birds had a fairly easy schedule for the remainder of the…
The first lawsuit stemming from the sweat lodge fiasco that left three people dead and dozens injured was filed today in Coconino County Superior Court. A lawyer on behalf of the family of 48-year-old Liz Neuman, one of the three people who died in the incident, filed the suit this…
A Phoenix man had himself a Plaxico Burress moment and then some today when the gun he was playing with accidentally went off and he shot his 14-year-old brother in the face.Responding to reports of a gunshot, police went to the area of 4700 E. Pollack, near 48th Street and Baseline Road…
If you’re interested in getting yourself a little black pussy this weekend, you may want to head to the corner of 40th Street and Washington in Phoenix.From Friday until Sunday, in recognition of Halloween, the Arizona Animal Welfare League and the SPCA will be hosting a black-cat-adoption marathon (what did you…
Take a good hard look at the above advertisement. Are you aghast? Offended? Does it put you in the mood — to buy furniture?The ad campaign is for a Phoenix furniture distributor called Furniture Affair — a sort of edgy boutique where people can get pretty good discounts on designer…
A judge in Missouri has agreed with a ruling handed down by an Arizona judge back in February: There is no such thing as a “helper monkey” — at least in the eyes of the law. A woman in Missouri sued several defendants, including Wal-Mart, for not allowing her to…
Remember when John Lennon told a British journalist that he thought the Beatles were bigger than Jesus? True or not, it was probably a stupid thing to say — and he only pissed off Christians. It seems as though an Arizona congressman may have caught his own case of foot-in-mouth-disease in an…
A U of A student died last week as he and several other students traveled to the base of Mt. Everest.Morgan Boisson, a 20-year-old U of A senior and member of the cheerleading team, was spending the semester studying in China, when he and about 13 other students decided to…
Police in Boulder, Colorado have identified the famous victim of an infamous crime that took place more than 50 years ago. The victim, known for decades as Boulder’s famous “Jane Doe,” is actually a Phoenix woman named Dorothy Gay Howard who was reported missing in 1954. Howard, according to the Boulder…
Shaquille O’Neal, the “Big Shaquisition” as he is now being called by Cavs fans, is hoping to become a deputized police officer in Ohio as he was in Florida, Virginia, and, of course, Arizona.After being traded from the Suns to the Cavs back in June, Shaq has applied to become…
