Chandler police announced today that a man accused of sexually abusing his own step granddaughter has been indicted on various child molestation charges.Richard Michael Scott, a 66-year-old former Chandler resident, was arrested on October 8, after police say he sexually abused his step granddaughter and two of her friends…
What would drive someone to use his summer vacation to travel to some of the planet’s least exotic destinations: Indianapolis, Minneapolis, and Detroit? For one Phoenix man, the motivation came from one of the most unlikely places imaginable: The WNBA.Let’s clarify: The WNBA is a professional sport, where women, not…
Governor Jan Brewer wrote the Environmental Protection Agency Monday, warning that new regulations being imposed on the state could close the Navajo Generating Station that provides electricity to Central Arizona Project canals…
The “spiritual warrior,” who organized a $10,000 per person sweat lodge retreat that left two people dead and 19 injured, addressed the media for the first time since the tragedy occurred five days ago. James Arthur Ray answered questions yesterday at one of his self-help seminars and expressed his regret over what happened at the spiritual…
If you live in Phoenix, you’ve probably been asking yourself one thing: What do Phoenicians have in common with O.J. Simpson?The answer: We like our Fords white…
The Environmental Protection Agency fined Firebird International Raceway, and if you ask Firebird International President Charlie Allen, it’s a blessing in disguise.The EPA claims that in 2005, Firebird failed to properly report and label hazardous waste like aerosol cans and used oil contaminated with racing fuels, brake and carburetor cleaners, and…
A new study conducted by a researcher at Arizona State University, in collaboration with two researchers at European universities, came to this conclusion about the female psyche: Fat women should never look at a female model advertising anything. Ever…
Democrats in the Arizona lLegislature will be short one key staffer as they head into election season and a potential special session.Mallory Hutchison, the democratic legislative caucus director, will be leaving the party effective tomorrow.Democratic Party spokeswoman Jennifer Johnson wouldn’t comment on the reason behind the resignation because it is…
Governor Jan Brewer announced that she’s releasing money from the state’s Fiscal Stabilization Government Services Fund to finish repairs on the saddle-shaped roof of the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.Brewer says in a press release that she’s pledged $1.7 million of the state’s money to make sure the roof is fixed before…
A man who was recently released from prison led police and border agents on a high-speed chase that went right through a Southern Arizona high school last week. Patagonia Police say Border Patrol agents alerted them that 37-year-old Donald Jones, who they had been chasing down State Route 82, was on his…
The public blame game surrounding the death of two people at the “spiritual warrior” retreat near Sedona is officially under way. Howard Bragman, a spokesman for James Arthur Ray, the self-help author who organized the retreat, says Ray and his staff were not responsible for building the structure at the Angel Valley site…
Police are looking for a man they say beat and robbed a 90-year-old Phoenix woman yesterday…
The Peoria Police Department released audio files today of a conversation between officers and the Wal-Mart employee who discovered the naked baby photos that made national headlines last month…
The “Spiritual Warrior” who hosted last week’s tragic $10,000 sweat lodge getaway, apparently didn’t want people to see some of the “tweets” he posted on his Twitter page during the two-hour sweat fest. …
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is crediting a recent reduction in the county’s crime to a crackdown on illegal immigrants.Of course! Because U.S. citizens never break the law.According to Thomas, the percentage of illegal immigrants sentenced for felonies dropped by 18.5 percent this year — not because they stopped breaking the…
How much would you pay to not eat for 36 hours and then sit in a hot steamy make-shift tent with about 60 people in search of spiritual awakening?To be honest, that sounds worse than a prison sentence, but the participants in last week’s tragic sweat-lodge incident at Angel Valley…
A biologist at the University of Arizona made an interesting discovery that might make some people think twice before heading for the hills when they find a spider in the house…
Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie performed some late-game heroics in the Cards’ victory over Houston on Sunday The (2-2) Cardinals’ 28-21 victory over the (2-3) Houston Texans Sunday in Glendale came in a way that would even raise the blood pressure of the 1980 “Kardiac Kid” Cleveland Browns. After taking a 21-0 lead into halftime, the Birds…
What could someone possibly need with 660 boxes of pseudoephedrine? That was the question Arizona Department of Public Safety officers were asking a Las Vegas man after they found an absurd amount of cold medicine in his car, and it didn’t take long for them to figure things out…
There was a “happy ending” to the month of September for Mesa Mayor Scott Smith as his crusade against “rub-n-tug” massage parlor yielded some results.Since September, a police task force has made 20 prostitution busts related to massage parlors in Mesa…
The Arizona Cardinals narrowly avoided making history today, as Sunday’s game against the Houston Texans finally sold out.The Cards have sold out all of the 36 games at University of Phoenix Stadium and without the extension, Sunday could have been the first time the team failed to sell out the…
Iron Mike Tyson will be on Oprah Monday, where he discusses the tragic death of his daughter in his Phoenix home earlier this year, saying he doesn’t want to know any details to avoid a potential “problem.”For the sake of every ear in the Valley, let’s respect his wishes.The death…
