It’s a sad day when a minister getting arrested for alleged sexual misconduct with a minor is no longer shocking.Chandler Police arrested 25-year-old Joshua O’Bannion after a 14-year-old girl told police that the minister had had sex with her on three separate occasions.O’Bannion served as the youth minister at the Christ…
You’re the city’s chief spokesman, home on administrative leave for allegations your bosses won’t specify to the public. A reporter calls, and you tell him you don’t want to say why you were put on leave. And then you say, out of the blue, “In my career, I have never touched…
The ruse of bipartisanship shall be on display September 21 as the Legislature begins its first talks over private school tax-credit reform. The Bipartisan Task Force on the Private School Tuition Tax Credits, a committee comprised of three Republicans and five Democrats, plan to give it their all in…
A new study conducted by the Maricopa Medical Center in Phoenix might make it a little harder for kiddies to get their hands on an “official Red Ryder carbine-action two-hundred-shot range-model air rifle, with a compass, and a stock, and this thing which tells time,” made famous in the classic “A…
The ultra-“moral” morning man for 92.3 FM (KTAR), and often-deserved punching bag of this paper, Darrell Ankarlo, returned to the airwaves with a vengeance today, after a five-month absence resulting from a car accident that nearly ended his career…
donating his brain to science? Well, we never… Arizona Cardinals receiver Sean Morey announced yesterday that he has agreed to donate his brain, plus some spinal-cord tissue, to a medical study being conducted at Boston University. The donation, after death of course, is part of the “Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy — a…
The Arizona Diamondbacks versus the San Diego Padres. A battle of bottom-heavy NL West teams playing in front of nobody at SD’s Petco Park. Totally not-see TV, right? Well, we will see what happens in the latter two games of the three-game set, but last night’s donnybrook was actually pretty…
Planned Parenthood and the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights have sued to block enactment of House Bill 2564 and Senate Bill 1175, which would enforce new laws in Arizona that impose restrictions on abortions. Among the restrictions would be a mandatory 24-hour waiting period to get an abortion and the…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Joe Arpaio Hosted in Houston by Two Nativist Extremist Groups Up on the Sun: Coe…
I don’t know about the devil goin’ down to Georgia, but Sheriff Joe did go down to Houston this weekend to pimp the pack of bogus yarns in his 2008 tome Joe’s Law. You know, the one wherein he claims credit for busting the French Connection, says he pulled over…
So 52 underage people walk into a bar…and they all got arrested.The Tempe Police Department, in response to a complaint from the Department of Liquor Licensing and Control, made 52 arrests at a single bar Saturday night.That many minors in one place would even put Michael Jackson’s Neverland to shame (too…
Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas will try another venue to appeal his lost lawsuit against the county after being turned down by the state Supreme Court. Barnett Lotstein, a top aide to Thomas, tells New Times that the case — which involves the county’s strip of Thomas’ power to handle civil lawsuits — will be…
Ever been on an airplane, and have the misfortune of being seated next to crying baby? Sure, it sucks, but most of us in civilized society deal with the annoyance, and move on with our lives, because we know that a baby doesn’t know better.What if you’re just walking down…
Arizona Senator John McCain is the new target of the “green” movement, so much so that Repower America, an offshoot of Al Gore’s Alliance For Climate Protection, has opened an office right here in Phoenix.Operating out of a rented house, Repower Arizona, as this faction is called, claims to be…
About 10 a.m. Friday, police responded to what they initially thought was an attempted suicide at a unit of a residential community at 6721 East McDowell Road.A man was found shot in the chest, and according to police reports, in “grave” shape.The man, 42-year-old Alberto Gonzales, was alive when police…
Arizonans Janet Napolitano and Meghan McCain are two of “D.C.’s Most Eligible Singles,” according to an article in Politico.com. Writer Patrick Gavin says of the 20 “eligible singles:” They’re cute and connected, charming and compelling. To be sure, many won’t be single for long so it’s best to work on your pickup…
Any piece of legislation with the word “abortion” in it is more than likely going to enjoy a wild ride through the legislative and judicial processes.A new bill passed by the Arizona Legislature is no exception.Planned Parenthood of Arizona announced today that it intends to sue the state over the…
That was quick. The Arizona Supreme Court has rejected Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ appeal of his failed lawsuit over the power to handle the county’s civil lawsuits. Click heref or the short, to-the-point ruling. …
It’s official: Mark Reynolds, Justin Upton, and the rest of your 2009 Arizona Diamondbacks won’t have a shot at this year’s Fall Classic. While said factoid has pretty much been a forgone conclusion since like, uh, May, it didn’t become set in stone until Friday evening’s 6-3 loss to the…
After nearly not selling out on opening day, after a lackluster training camp, after a quiet off-season, and after winning the NFC Championship, the Arizona Cardinals are finally back. We don’t just mean that it’s football season again, we mean that the Cardinals are back to playing, well, like the commiserable…
The Phoenix Coyotes ice hockey team started training camp on Saturday without coach Wayne Gretzky. While awaiting the decision of a U.S. Bankruptcy Court judge in the sale of the team and team ownership, the “Great One” thought it better to “sit back for a few days and evaluate,” according…
I’d be inclined to overlook this “Eric Luke” — a Scottsdale musician-hipster, and apparent frame shop employee (nothing hip about that), who recently Twittered a wish to shoot the President “in the fuckin back of the head…oh boy.” However, I see that political blog sites such as DemocraticUnderground, Political Carnival, and Donna…
