If you know anything about Mormons, it’s that they typically avoid coffee and other products with caffeine. Yet many Mormons recognize that caffeine isn’t exactly heroin, and there appears to be a healthy debate within the Church of Latter Day Saints over the use of the drug. In the wake…
Few people look good in a police mug shot, but this must be one of the worst sides of Sir Charles Barkley ever seen.In a story covered extensively today by the national media, Barkley was arrested last night in Old Town Scottsdale on suspicion of DUI after he allegedly ran a…
Do we still have to call him “Sir?” Charles Barkley, former Suns player and legendary local resident, gets busted for DUI. What’s a misleading story in the New York Times worth? About $27 million, if you’re Washington D.C. Vicki Iseman, and you’ve been accused of a possible affair with Arizona…
Uh-oh. The light rail system has been operating with passengers for just four days and it’s already been involved in a vehicle collision. That doesn’t seem to bode well for the on-street system, which logged another minor accident earlier this month during its test phase. Whether the accident rate will…
You may have heard about Scottsdale resident Danica Patrick today, because it’s big news when hot, young female race car drivers get speeding tickets. We were going to pass along this tidbit to you with little more than a smokin’ picture of Danica, 26, (at left) from her official Web site. Then we…
Courtesy of the Sergeant Tommy Thompson, public information officer for the Phoenix Police Department, we bring you this warm holiday tale. Thompson did such a fine job writing this one up, we’ll pass it along as is: MEDIA ADVISORY Last night and today a story has been running in the…
His life on the run finished for now, DMX pleaded guilty to a charge of animal cruelty today, finally ‘fessing up to the fact that he treated his dogs poorly. As reports from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office show, DMX — whose real name is Earl Simmons — left a veritable kennel…
State Treasurer Dean Martin just put out a helpful list of New Year’s resolutions that anyone could use to keep their finances in check — especially state lawmakers. State budget watchdogs like Martin and others have been sounding the alarm, but outgoing Governor Janet Napolitano and a fiscally irresponsible state Legislature…
Disneyland Phoenix: Valley residents continue to swarm onto light rail for fun, bumping elbows with weekday commuters. Hopeful patients praise the opening of a chain hospital in Goodyear designed to care for people with cancer. The Republican Party’s grooming Congressman Jeff “No Earmarks” Flake as a future contender for governor…
Arizona is poised to take center stage in the debate over a proposed national law that would ban workers from voting for or against labor unions in secret ballot elections.A group based in Las Vegas called “Save Our Secret Ballots” is preparing to defend against the proposed law — which…
Paul Chagolla, the former spokesman for Sheriff Joe Arpaio who many in the media found tough to deal with, has made history.It turns out he’s the first Hispanic in the long history of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to have ever achieved the rank of Deputy Chief.Isn’t that something? Our county…
Everyone has standards. Even a pimp.Back in August, a Phoenix prostitute got a perverted request from a john: He’d pay $1,500 to have sex with her and a 10-year-old girl.When the whore told her boss what the guy wanted, he was “infuriated,” says Sgt. Andy Hill of the Phoenix police.In…
Of the reasons someone might choose to support Israel, “God says so” would obviously count among the most irrational. Yet Trent Franks, a Republican Congressman from Arizona, espoused this kind of rank superstition last night on KTAR (620 a.m.) radio in reference to the Jewish state’s current war with Hamas:”There’s an…
The blanket of speed cameras on Arizona’s freeways and highways has saved three lives a month, according to state estimates. The Department of Public Safety, which runs the state’s photo enforcement program, says statistics show a major drop in property damage, injuries and deaths in the Valley corresponding to the program’s roughly three months…
Light rail riders came, they rode, and they conquered the Valley during the historic opening weekend of the new 20-mile train line. Today will be the first test of the tracks for commuters. If you make minimum wage, you’re about to get a decent raise. Damning allegation: Danny Villa, the…
Congressman Elijah Cummings says he’s “troubled” at the taxpayer-supported AIG’s attempt to hide its name at a November conference in Phoenix, a smoking-gun detail first unveiled in this blog.The fact that AIG tried so blatantly to cover up its excesses receives prominent mention in a recent letter by the Democratic…
If you haven’t been hiding under a barrel cactus for the last couple of months, you know that tomorrow is the big day for the light rail system. Crowds of up to 200,000 are expected to hail the opening, though some Valley residents remain concerned about the program’s cost and…
Sometimes there is a cop around when you need one, and that’s especially true for disadvantaged children getting extra Christmas cheer from local law enforcement.Officers from the Phoenix police department’s Maryvale precinct delivered presents to two Valley homes this week, (picture below from Channel 15 (KNXV) report). Cops put out…
Tragic beating: Cops arrest a 36-year-old man after two boys, 7 and 10, are found with severe head injuries at a Phoenix park. Mesa Police Chief George Gascon fires back at the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, arguing that an affidavit used in October’s raid on Mesa City Hall was flawed…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has essentially fired County Attorney Andrew Thomas when it comes to handling civil lawsuits for the county. Thomas, who was re-elected in November to a second four-year term, will still be the county’s chief prosecutor. But the county supervisors stripped Thomas of the responsibility for…
The Arizona Court of Appeals today struck down Phoenix’s giveaway of $97 million in sales tax that was promised to a developer in exchange for building the Kierland-Commons-like CityNorth center. A few months ago, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled in favor of Phoenix’s be-kind-to-developers deal after it was contested…
When he’s not voting for public art or voting against a recommendation to make horse-tripping illegal, Claude Mattox likes to jam out with his classic rock band, the Screamin’ Javelinas. The Phoenix City Councilman has been playing at city and charity events for the last few years, and his band is…
