Sometimes, the response to a story is almost as interesting as the story itself. Our June 4 cover story, “Sonny Long Is a Legend in His Own Mind,” has garnered mixed reactions. (Click here to see the feedback, or if you missed the story entirely, check it out here). The…
Following President Obama’s decision in April to lift travel restrictions for Cuban-Americans, many Valley residents who have family in Cuba are taking trips to the country. Phoenix has a small but burgeoning Cuban-American community. Most other Americans are still barred from visiting Cuba or purchasing Cuban goods…A man in Wittmann…
In the increasingly formula-following rap game, Phoenix rapper Willy Northpole likes to do things a little differently. For example, because he’s signed to a Def Jam imprint run by hip-hop superstar Ludacris, you’d think he’d be lining up the star to give his debut a little extra juice. Nope. Not…
Earl Simmons, better known as rapper DMX, will not have to do more jail time in Phoenix.The hip-hop star, 38, was sentenced to supervised probation by the Maricopa County Superior Court today, for a charge stemming from his previous incarceration. In May, Simmons completed a 90-day sentence at the Maricopa…
The California promoters behind the 944 Super Village Super Bowl party in Scottsdale have filed a lawsuit against the magazine, alleging 944’s executives hijacked the event to promote their magazine and lost close to $1 million…Eighty-four students from Gilbert High School have been denied registration at East Valley Institute of…
Chandler police say they’ve lost 685 crime scene photos, because tech workers neglected to back up computer files. The photos were used as evidence in 23 cases, ranging from domestic violence to death…Tom Fraker, CEO of Special Olympics Arizona, has resigned. The board has formed a search committee to find…
Arizona’s Republican legislative leaders have proposed a budget that would eliminate domestic partner benefits for state employees. Former governor Janet Napolitano granted benefits to state workers last year, but if the budget proposal passes, those benefits will end October 1…Five Mesa police officers have been placed on paid leave, pending…
It’s a mild Friday evening in May, and the patio at Pure Sushi in downtown Scottsdale is packed with patrons in business casual, sipping sake and discussing everything from the economy to fashion. Sonny Long is standing inside the restaurant, looking out at the plush, white leather couches through the…
The difference between a cover band and a tribute band is the difference between a slut and a prostitute — one just plays with all sorts of people’s stuff because it’s fun and they like it. The other plays with particular people’s stuff only because it’s a profession with a…
While Ten Dollar Outfit shies away from the “jam band” label, they are sorta like Phoenix’s own version of Widespread Panic-meets-John Mayer, and singer/guitarist Brian Chartrand even admits, “I don’t like playing or singing a song the same way . . . ever, really.” And TDO really is more of…
Two school buses collided on Highway 89 in Chino Valley Tuesday afternoon, injuring one of the bus drivers and at least a dozen students from Heritage Middle School. Initial reports indicate that three school buses were traveling in a procession when the first collided with a pickup truck, causing a…
Despite a lawsuit on behalf of the developmentally disabled that challenges a January budget-balancing law, the Arizona Supreme Court declined to review a Court of Appeals ruling that would allow budget cuts in services for disabled people. Among the services that can be cut are various forms of therapy and…
In a sports team precedent, the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury accepted a sponsorship deal with identity-theft-protection company LifeLock. According to reports, the word “LifeLock” will replace “Mercury” and “Phoenix” on the team’s jerseys…Another alleged UFO over Valley skies has been explained as something entirely terrestrial. The FAA began receiving reports of…
A 22 year-old Tuscon woman has been charged in the death of a Tuscon police officer. Lluvia Alejandra Dominguez was cited for failure to yield after hitting officer Peter Mannino while he was on his way home from a shift…Scottsdale resident Lawrence Cutler has donated a letter written by former President…
A young girl in Pima County died from the swine flu yesterday. The girl was the fourth person in Arizona to die from the virus. As of yesterday, the state has 534 confirmed cases of the disease…Phoenix Suns star Shaquille O’Neal was snapped by photo radar cameras twice on the…
People marched in central Phoenix yesterday to protest the California Supreme Court’s Decision to uphold the constitutional amendment defining marriage as between a man and a woman. The rally, organized by grassroots organization Marriage Equality USA, drew around 200 people…An investigative report by the Arizona Office of the Auditor General…
A 16 year-old boy is dead after diving from a cliff into Lake Pleasant. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s office has recovered the body, and believes another diver may have landed on top of the teen once he was in the water…Former boxing champion and Phoenix resident Mike Tyson’s daughter is…
Two buses from the Roosevelt School District collided near 23rd and Southern avenues yesterday. According to police, one bus rear-ended the other while it was stopped at a stop sign. Sixty students were on the buses, but police say there were no major injuries…Inspectors have found that in the past…
Blackberry CEO Jim Balsillie’s bid to buy the Phoenix Coyotes now has some competition: Las Vegas-based businessman John Breslow, who owns 3 percent of the franchise, says he has built a syndicate to purchase the Coyotes and keep them in Glendale.Breslow made a fortune in his family’s welding business, and…
A female inmate at Perryville state prison died early Wednesday after being left outside in a holding cell for four hours in temperatures above 100 degrees. The inmate, Marcia Powell, 48, was serving a 27-month sentence for prostitution…Phoenix police have released the names of burglary suspects who caused a major crash…
One can’t help but chuckle at Igo and the Red Elvises’ appropriation of cheesy American culture — the colorful bow-tie tuxedos, the lopsided pompadours, singer Igor Yuzov’s lounge-lizard panache. The band’s flair for fusing Russian folk music with American surf, rockabilly, and even disco led to interesting concoctions like “I…
Gabrielle Dawn Schoeneweis, the wife of Arizona Diamondbacks pitcher Scott Schoeneweis, was found dead in her Fountain Hills home. She was 39. According to an Associated Press report, Ms. Schoeneweis’ teenage daughter found her mother unresponsive on the floor of the master bedroom, and called police. A cause of death…
