Daniel Gray, the Phoenix dad who left his 3-month-old baby to die in a hot car last year, received a four-year prison sentence. On August 28, Gray drove with little James in the car to the sports bar where he worked. A manager, Gray had the day off that Wednesday…
Kyle Yocom’s detention-officer job for the Arizona U.S. Marshal’s Service didn’t pay enough — for him, anyway. The once-supervisor for a detention unit at a federal courthouse pawned body armor worth about a thousand bucks and other gear, netting $90. He was was given five years’ probation this week after…
Arizona State University President Michael Crow hopes his tuition-discount deal with Starbucks boosts online enrollment by 15,000 students, toward a goal of 100,000. Just fewer than 10,000 were enrolled for the fall 2013 semester, with about two-thirds of those undergraduate, and another third graduate students. The free advertising ASU and…
It turns out that the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Cold Case Posse can use the Sheriff’s Office headquarters address in corporate filings, even though the posse’s based somewhere else. Rebecca Wilder, spokeswoman for the Arizona Corporation Commission, checked in with the agency’s staff this morning at the request of New Times…
The ultimate Obama birthers, the members of the county’s Cold Case Posse, listed a bogus address in filings with the state and now may have their corporation dissolved. Arizona Corporation Commission online records show the Cold Case Posse corporation, a nonprofit, is in “delinquent” status. It has 60 days to…
Jared Diamond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, is surrounded by a few academics and fans at a wine-and-cheese reception on the north patio of Tempe Center for the Arts. It’s November 5, the weather’s gorgeous, and the dark blue of twilight reflects…
Jared Diamond, the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, is surrounded by a few academics and fans at a wine-and-cheese reception on the north patio of Tempe Center for the Arts. It’s November 5, the weather’s gorgeous, and the dark blue of twilight reflects…
A new website shows how much electricity solar, wind, and other power sources generate in Arizona on an hourly and daily basis. The Southwest Variable Energy Resource Initiative’s website allows the public to achieve a better understanding of how different generation sources mix to bring us the juice we need…
Mary Rose Wilcox finally got her million dollars from taxpayers. The only question now is how the former County Supervisor, who’s running for Congress, will spend the money…
Legally obtaining and using marijuana just got easier for patients of one Valley-based home-hospice service. Starting this month, Comprehensive Hospice and Palliative Care offers an in-house doctor who will recommend cannabis for patients who qualify under state law…
Sherman E. Unkefer III’s years of living lavishly at the expense of his many fraud victims appear finished. No more investments in gold companies, no more international travel — unless it’s as a fugitive. The 69-year-old gold-and-juice millionaire from Scottsdale — whose infamous white-collar criminal case in Maricopa County Superior…
Deputy Sean Pearce, the son of recalled State Senator Rusell Pearce, won’t face criminal charges in his speeding-related crash that killed a Glendale motorist. Maricopa County Bill Montgomery announced his office’s non-charging decision this morning at a news conference, claiming that Pearce’s obscured view and assignment in tracking a homicide…
Sherman E. Unkefer III’s years of living lavishly at the expense of his many fraud victims appear finished. No more investments in gold companies, no more international travel — unless it’s as a fugitive. The 69-year-old gold-and-juice millionaire from Scottsdale — whose infamous white-collar criminal case in Maricopa County Superior…
It appears that Mary Rose Wilcox will finally be able to deposit a few hundred grand of taxpayer money into her bank account. Wilcox, the former longtime County Supervisor who resigned to run for Congress, won another court ruling on June 2 for her right to a pre-arranged $975,000 settlement…
A Tempe home invasion caught on video as a woman played a video game can be seen this morning on YouTube. A police bulletin picked up by various news media organizations around the Valley reported the home invasion, which took place early this morning in a west Tempe apartment complex…
An administrative law judge this week ordered the state to allow PTSD sufferers to use medical marijuana, reversing a decision by the state health-services department. Will Humble, director of the state DHS, wrote about Wednesday’s decision by state Administrative Law Judge Thomas Shedden in his blog today. “I have until…
State Attorney General Tom Horne wants Arizonans to be careful of being ripped off by greedy solar-power companies. In an announcement this morning, the state AG accused “some” rooftop-solar companies — which he didn’t name — of unethical behavior. Horne dumped on solar-lease deals in general, saying buyers need to…
Do you want to dig up dirt on your new boyfriend, local politician or the business begging for your money and time? If you live in Maricopa County or elsewhere in Arizona, we’ve got a few awesome and mostly free online resources for you:…
Diane Humetewa, a Hopi Indian from Arizona, will be the first Native American woman to serve as a federal judge. This is actually the second time the 49-year-old former prosecutor has made history, because in 2007 she became the first Native American woman U.S. Attorney…
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission wants to know by next March how well the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station can withstand the shock of earthquakes. In 2012, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission ordered Palo Verde and all other U.S. nuclear plants to re-evaluate their seismic risk following the Fukushima disaster. (The…
Firearms activist Alan Korwin has won his appeal against the city of Phoenix’s ban on his pro-gun ads at bus shelters. The Arizona Court of Appeals ruled today that a lower court, which previously had sided with the city, must reverse course and stop the city from rejecting Korwin’s ad…
At BC Wellness Center, a small retail shop in Black Canyon City, two black vending machines sit side by side behind a counter, where they can be accessed only by employees. Instead of Famous Amos cookies or soda pop, packets of buds and various cannabis-infused edibles and juices sit tucked…
