At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, it doesn’t feel that great…
President Obama made another trip to Phoenix today, and as is usually the case when he’s in town, the president announced a plan to help homeowners. This time, Obama announced a reduction in fees for homebuyers with loans backed by the Federal Housing Authorities. FHA loans are common for homebuyers…
A coalition of local advocacy groups are planning to rally outside the state capitol on Monday, to kick off this year’s legislative session. The event is billed as a rally against “crAZy,” and ProgressNow Arizona executive director Robbie Sherwood tells New Times it’s an opportunity for something of a “pre-buttal…
Some Arizona lawmakers are proposing that Arizona adopt daylight saving time. Arizona’s one of only two states where DST isn’t observed (Hawaii is the other), and one of the bill’s sponsors told us why he thinks it’s time for Arizona to join the rest. “My rationale is simply that it’s…
The 2015 Barrett-Jackson auction in Scottsdale starts this weekend, and we’ve found the cars that we figure are most likely to cause problems with the missus. Below, find 10 cars available at the auction we guess can help accelerate the divorce process:…
The body of a 15-year-old Buckeye girl who ran away from home last week was found yesterday in a desert area, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office. Leah Costa ran away from home on Christmas Eve with her 17-year-old boyfriend, and deputies have arrested that boyfriend on several charges,…
Drunk driving is bad. That said, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers on New Year’s Eve:…
The City of Phoenix is warning bus passengers that bus drivers could vote to strike this week. Phoenix Public Transit Department spokesman Matthew Heil tells New Times that the contracted bus service, First Transit Inc., informed the city that it gave a “best and final offer” to the Amalgamated Transit…
2014 was a big year for Phoenix news. Below, check out the 10 biggest stories of the year:…
Drunk driving is bad. That said, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we introduce the 50 best…
Gather ’round, kids, it’s time for the annual telling of our favorite Christmas tale — how Santa Claus nearly died in Arizona 82 years ago. In 1932, Santa jumped out of an airplane over Mesa, but his parachute didn’t deploy, and scores of people watched Santa fall helplessly to the…
An independent report on the two-hour execution of Joseph Wood earlier this year gives a positive review of how the Arizona Department of Corrections carried out the execution. This report was commissioned by the state after the extraordinarily long execution, which went on for so long that Wood’s federal public…
Glendale police are investigating a claim that the brother of Rumain Brisbon threatened to kill the officer involved in the controversial shooting. Rickey Brisbon, Rumain’s older brother, was arrested on Friday on unrelated charges, but Glendale Police Sergeant David Vidaure tells New Times that Brisbon is still the subject of…
Interim Phoenix Police Chief Joe Yahner says he expects to make changes to the organization of the department, in the wake of the firing of former Chief Daniel Garcia. Garcia was fired last week after a lengthy battle with the police unions, although was officially terminated for disobeying orders from…
Yesterday was the first day of Winter, which means there are some realities about Winter in Phoenix that you’ll have to accept. Here are 10 realizations you’ll have during a Winter in Phoenix:…
Phoenix Police Chief Daniel Garcia held a press conference yesterday, in part to demand a two-year contract from the city. He was fired for holding that press conference. “The chief disobeyed a direct order when he held his news conference today,” City Manager Zuercher said in a statement released shortly…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we read the inmates’ faces…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is shutting down his Criminal Employment Unit, which notoriously raided businesses around the county to arrest undocumented immigrant employees. Immigrant-rights groups sued Arpaio over the raids earlier this year, and as part of that lawsuit, Arpaio submitted a notice yesterday stating that the unit is…
An allegedly suicidal 18-year-old Army soldier was shot and killed by a police officer Tuesday afternoon. Police say William R. Osterlind had developed a relationship with a 14-year-old girl, and was approaching her house when a Phoenix police officer fired one shot from an AR-15 rifle that hit Osterlind in…
Republican Martha McSally has officially upset Democratic Congressman Ron Barber. The results of the recount were released this morning, and McSally won the district by 167 votes. The recount actually extended the lead for McSally, whose 161-vote lead over Barber was close enough to trigger the recount…
Governor Jan Brewer’s executive order that prevents certain immigrants from getting driver’s licenses will be blocked by a court order. A federal appellate court decision earlier this year called for a temporary end to Brewer’s order, and the U.S. Supreme Court today denied the Brewer administration’s request to keep the…
