A video of Arizona Department of Public Safety officers chasing a Yorkshire terrier on a Phoenix freeway is making the rounds on the Internet, and seems to be quite popular with the British.”Who let the dog out! Terrier on the run leads police on frantic OJ Simpson-style highway chase,” screams…
Mary Rose Wilcox says she’ll announce plans on Monday to run for re-election as Maricopa County’s District 5 Supervisor.Name recognition shouldn’t be a problem.When voters decide which Supervisors to elect in 2012, (all five seats are up for grabs), it’s a safe bet they’ll know Wilcox is a senior member…
Yuma Border Patrol agents on Wednesday found about 220 pounds of marijuana in the desert south of Dateland — we’ll bet some of you wish you did, too.But Agent Ken Quillan advises against going on your own “treasure” hunt, despite the fact that smugglers do occasionally drop loads of dope…
In the end, Joel Fox couldn’t make his bosses believe he wasn’t lying. The former Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office captain, who was fired in October for “egregious” ethical violations related to his work on a secret campaign-fundraising scheme on behalf of Sheriff Arpaio, tried out nearly all of his illogical…
Border authorities shut down a tunnel Tuesday that ran 70 feet from a U.S. home in Nogales, Arizona to Mexico. Pictures just released show the builders of this tunnel, which was obviously used for smuggling, were no amateurs. And we’re betting they got a Lowe’s gift card as an early…
The entire report from this year’s high-profile investigation into abuses under Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio must be released within two weeks, a judge has ordered.In May, Arpaio’s office released about two-thirds of a report and supplemental documents from an internal investigation launched after a scathing memo by one of…
Cary Dolego, the love-seeking Queen Creek man we wrote about yesterday who’s homeless in the Ukraine, has been rejected by “Yulia,” the surgeon with whom he’d been e-mailing.The former write-in candidate for the 2010 Arizona governor’s race went to the Ukraine in the spring as part of a matchmaking service,…
A Chandler woman went medieval on her husband during a weekend domestic squabble, slicing his arm with a two-and-a-half foot sword. The fight between Louis and Pamela Haas took place on Sunday afternoon at their home near Chandler Boulevard and McClintock Drive, but that’s about all the couple could agree…
Cary Dolego, a former Green Party write-in candidate for the 2010 Arizona governor’s race, was found among homeless people in a Ukrainian town last week following a failed quest for love. A Youtube video (see below) shows Dolego, 53, sitting on a bed in a hospital ward, explaining to an…
A 29-year-old man from Scottsdale was found dead last night in the bathroom of a bus bound for Boston, but authorities don’t suspect foul pay.The man, whose name hasn’t been released, boarded the Boston Express bus in Londenderry, New Hampshire, about 50 miles north of Boston. He entered the bathroom…
Few things are as humbling to an athletic adult as failing to reach the top of a tough wall at the rock-climbing gym — then watching a 12-year-old do it without breaking a sweat.And for the 12-year-old, that’s just cool.This happens all the time at one of our favorite haunts,…
The man who hiked Camelback Mountain fully naked last Saturday wasn’t on drugs, but his jaunt was preceded by four sleepless nights and mental problems, says his friend.Nicholas Pirsein, 19, was at the scene on Saturday and appears in a YouTube video made by the woman who urged other hikers…
In July, news broke that someone in the U.S. Justice Department had leaked a memo in an attempt to retaliate against a whistleblower in the Fast and Furious scandal. That someone, it turns out, was former Arizona U.S. Attorney Dennis Burke. Burke resigned in disgrace at the end of August, two…
Where is James Patock’s dog, Lobo?As we reported last month, the former Arizonan last saw Lobo, his 10-year-old German Shepherd, when the United States Park Police were searching his trailer at the National Mall in Washington D.C.Cops mistakenly believed his trailer was a giant bomb and searched it, finding three…
Just got done reading a hilarious take on Mormon history written by Pete Kotz and posted over at our sister paper in Denver, the Westword.Colorado doesn’t know Mormons like we do, so we figure the piece should go over well here, too. He’s got over 500 comments on it, which…
Voters in 23 school districts were asked yesterday to help raise money by approving either a sale of bonds or allowing for extra money to be spent in an “override.””No” was the answer most often received, according to unofficial election tallies.See how your district fared in our handy list:…
The publicist for Gabrielle Giffords’ new book denies that the Associated Press bought an “advance” of the book legitimately for its November 4 preview article.”Gabby: A Story of Courage and Hope,” has been embargoed for release by retailers until November 15, and no advance copies were offered to anyone, says…
Joel Fox is a now a former captain of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, having been fired last month by the same sheriff who apparently benefited from Fox’s campaign hijinks.But Fox’s experiences of the last three years in trying to dig himself out from the mess his bosses created may…
A local optometrist alleges in a federal complaint that Nationwide Vision allowed one of its executives to retaliate against her after she filed a sexual harassment complaint.Melodie Nannenga claims that soon after she was hired at the Nationwide store at Power Road and Southern Avenue in Mesa in June of…
Protesters under the “Occupy Tucson” banner have turned to federal court to prevent getting kicked out of another city park. Dozens of occupiers settled into Tucson’s Veinte De Agosto Park after police rousted them out of Armory Park on November 3rd, but police have been ticketing them at the new…
“Fornicating” is a great word that probably doesn’t get enough use these days, but did Gila Bend Mayor Ron Henry say it while talking about Prince Harry?Britain’s Daily Mail quotes Henry as saying about the son of the Prince of Wales: ‘There are probably some fathers here who would go…
Faced with the choice of sticking to principles or attending a fun-filled fall conference in Phoenix on the public dime, guess what politicians from El Paso, Texas and Washington State are doing? That’s right — margaritas and networking! Whoo-hoo! In fact, the National League of Cities itself — which officially condemned Arizona’s SB1070 immigration law…
