Walt Hunter and Jarris Varnrobinson, two officers fired by the Florence Police Department, continue to fight to clear their reputations. Their latest battle involves an attempt to keep their names off what’s known as the “Brady List.” The list isn’t a good place for cops’ names to wind up –…
Proposals for a border fence are nothing new in Arizona, but Republican state Senator Bob Worsley’s call for a “virtual border fence” is a bit different.Worsley explained the system in a committee hearing Monday, saying the public would be able to monitor the images collected by these devices with infrared…
Several national news-media outlets are claiming that gangs of stray Chihuahuas are “terrorizing” or “taking over” the West Phoenix neighborhood of Maryvale.With tales of packs of up to a dozen Chihuahuas attacking children as they walk to school, we decided to check it out firsthand…
You’re safe — the asteroid known as 2000 EM26 did not hit Earth Monday night. Scientists predicted it wouldn’t. But by interstellar standards, this block of rock the length of three football fields was on our front porch. As our cover story “Space Invader” explains this week, these so-called near-Earth…
Several people whose family members have been in immigrant detention centers for months, or even years, are on a hunger strike outside the Phoenix Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.The hunger strike started last night, and they plan to stay there without food for the next two weeks…
There’s been a lot of speculation from media types that Millennials can’t or won’t buy homes, and it seems to be turning out that way around here.According to the monthly real estate report from Arizona State University’s Center for Real Estate Theory and Practice, Millennials in the Phoenix area “are…
Get this: Arizona voters want to vote.After Arizona’s Republican-led Legislature passed a series of elections changes in one bill last year, it hardly took any time for non-Republican groups to band together and collect enough voter signatures to put the issue on the ballot.Republican lawmakers are now working to repeal…
This Sunday, Channel 3’s Politics Unplugged focused on Arizona Attorney General Tom Horne’s legal woes, and featured the two candidates who’d like to replace him: Republican Mark Brnovich and Democrat Felecia Rotellini. Brnovich aims to bump off Horne in the GOP primary, and Rotellini wants a general election re-match with…
A 36-year-old man was fatally shot inside a Walmart store in Chandler Sunday after getting into a fight with another customer.According to Chandler police, it appears that the men didn’t know each other before getting into a dispute at the service counter in the store, near Warner and Alma School…
Grand Canyon rangers wrestled an employee of the national park to the ground during an arrest last week after she reportedly refused to cooperate during a stop for speeding. Dina Matlock, a blond woman in her early 20s known to officers as a frequent speeder, appears to have ticked off…
Recently, I addressed the issue of whether or not Republican state Senate hopeful Ralph Heap is a “revenge candidate” for recalled, disgraced former state Senate President Russell Pearce, currently First Vice Chair of the Arizona GOP. Heap is taking on state Senator Bob Worsley, the guy who buried Pearce by…
There are a whole lot of myths and urban legends about Phoenix.Strap on your helmet just in case your mind gets blown by our picks for the 10 biggest myths about Arizona’s capital:…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
It might not be surprising, but county health departments in Arizona ranked obesity the top public-health priority, according to a survey in the state’s first-ever comprehensive health assessment.In the past 20 years, Arizona’s had a 19 percent increase in the amount of people who are obese or overweight — the…
Darren Sharper, a former Pro Bowl safety in the NFL, has been accused of raping women in several states.The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced this morning that Sharper’s being charged in two rapes there and revealed that Sharper’s also being investigated in rapes in Nevada, Louisiana, and Arizona.Tempe…
B.J. Pasquel resigned recently as head football coach for Coronado High School in Scottsdale for “personal and family reasons,” says a February 5th Arizona Republic article. New Times has learned that the resignation came just before Pasquel settled an extreme DUI conviction with the city of Scottsdale. It wasn’t the…
Jaime Castellano, a former school district superintendent in Apache County, resigned as executive director at a Pennsylvania charter school after the school disclosed why he’d left his job in Arizona.A local paper near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, reports that Castellano “resigned suddenly” last month, and it’s now been disclosed that Castellano gave…
If you’re driving from Phoenix to Las Vegas or Kingman this weekend, beware — the Arizona Department of Public Safety is bringing out the airplane to catch speeders.According to DPS, the plane will be cruising U.S. Route 93, and the Highway Patrol officers on the ground will be along the…
Single this Valentine’s Day? No worries: According to Facebook, Phoenix is one of the top cities to find a relationship. Facebook’s researchers analyzed the 48 best and worst cities for love based on the amount of people who changed their relationship status from “single” to “in a relationship” and vice…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest.This week, we found some people you probably…
Jodi Arias doesn’t want her new jury to know what she thinks of her lawyer, or about a former cellmate who claims Arias wants prosecutor Juan Martinez killed. Two motions filed in Maricopa County Superior Court today ask Judge Sherry Stephens to stop the information from coming out in the…
If you’ve ever wanted to have more participation in the “meth lab of democracy,” then you’re in luck.State officials launched a website today (azvoices.gov) that allows voters to make “respectful” comments on pending legislation and even float their own ideas…
