If you’re going to stand on your driveway with your buddies and talk about the felonies you’ve committed, you may want to keep your voice down.That’s advice that 29-year-old Mesa resident Michael Taylor could have used, as he was speaking so loudly about THE STOLEN CAR IN HIS DRIVEWAY that…
Solana, the giant concentrated-solar plant near Gila Bend, began commercial operations on Monday that will deliver power to Arizona residents for the next 30 years. You’ve certainly seen the rows and rows of mirrors in the last year or so if you’ve driven the Gila Bend route on the way…
Yesterday, the first Arizona execution of the year was carried out in Florence.Edward Schad, a convicted murderer, was 71 years old…
A friend says she read somewhere that only 20 percent of Mexican men go down on their ladies. I don’t believe that. Can you “spread” some light on the subject? El Gabacho Guapo Let me penetrate the thrust of your friend’s argument by referring her to the seminal The International…
Uncle Herb’s medical-marijuana dispensary, tucked away near pine trees in an industrial area of south Payson, has the homey feel of a country store. Red brick and wood trim accent the interior. T-shirts and other products hang in a gift area near the two bars displaying pale green cannabis buds…
No one would call the sheriff’s lawyer, Tim Casey, a maestro of spin, but his response to federal Judge G. Murray Snow’s final order in the ACLU’s racial-profiling lawsuit, Melendres v. Arpaio, was a little like painting a smiley face on day-old road kill. Arpaio still is the jefe, Casey told…
Should you need to get anywhere fast on the afternoon of Monday, October 14, you may want to avoid driving near Central Avenue and McDowell Road. That’s because the local human rights organization Puente and the National Day Laborer Organizing Network are promising to “shut down” the Phoenix offices of…
Edward Schad, age 71, is the first Arizona inmate to be executed this year.Shad was executed today, more than 35 years after he killed a Bisbee man and stole his Cadillac…
A 16-year-old Mesa girl tossed her newborn baby out of a window in an attempt to hide her pregnancy from her family, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.The girl, whose name hasn’t been released, has been charged with attempted murder and child abuse, as the newborn suffered a skull…
Yarnell Fire Chief Jim Koile announced at a fire board meeting yesterday that he’s quitting.Some local residents pointed the finger at Koile after the Yarnell Hill Fire destroyed many homes in the small community. Local residents have also been raising the issue of Koile’s 1974 manslaughter conviction, especially after this…
Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva was among several people arrested in a civil-disobedience demonstration in Washington, D.C. yesterday.Grijalva later posted on Facebook that he “was proud to be at the immigration reform rally in Washington yesterday and to stand with my colleagues in an act of civil disobedience to keep the…
Halloween’s just a few weeks away, so we’ve got some Arizona-themed costume ideas for you.Check out our top 10 picks for Arizona costumes:…
Earlier this week, Phoenix police announced that detectives arrested a man who stole about $31,000 worth of movies and games from Redbox machines.Police said that 35-year-old Vincent Bandin found a way to “defeat the security system” to steal the movies and games. We found out exactly what Bandin (allegedly) did,…
Christine Jones, the former Go Daddy lawyer running for Arizona governor, claims she doesn’t like the sexy TV ads that made the domain-name company its fortune. But that didn’t stop Jones — a would-be champion of conservative ideals — from starring in one of the ads with pinup girl/racecar driver…
Seeing an Arizona lawmaker write a stupid social-media post isn’t even that surprising anymore.Consider Republican Representative Brenda Barton, who wrote a Facebook post earlier this week calling President Obama “De Fuhrer,” and denouncing park rangers as “thugs.”…
Governor Jan Brewer, recalled redneck pol Russell Pearce, Brewer’s “brain” Chuck Coughlin, and Attorney General Tom “Hit-and-Run” Horne best hope and pray there is no afterlife. Because if there is, I virtually can assure them that they, along with their pal Sheriff Joe, will boil in a hot tub of…
The latest inmate to die in one of Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails is 47-year-old Felix Martinez-Torres.”No suspicious circumstances are suspected in this case,” the Sheriff’s Office says in a statement…
You know what’s worse than a 19-year-old with a credit card? A 40-year-old with a credit card.Despite the common belief that young people are the absolute worst when it comes to credit card use, a study from the W. P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University and the…
Phoenix is apparently the home-wrecker capital of the United States.This according to the marketing division of AshleyMadison.com, which helps hook up people looking to have affairs…
There’s a saying the local Democrats have: You can’t spell “crazy” without “R-AZ.”Why? Because of people like Republican Representative Brenda Barton of Payson, who explained on Facebook Monday that Führer der Nation Barack Obama and those gang-bangers known as park rangers are just ruining this nation…
This government shutdown seems to be causing very serious problems for some Americans.In fact, a 26-year-old Phoenix man arrested for marijuana possession told police that he was just smoking pot because the shutdown was stressing him out too much, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
If you’ve watched the Arizona Cardinals this year, you know it hasn’t been pretty.However, the Cardinals have a winning record right now(just like they did last year, after a 4-0 start ended with a 5-11 record on the season)…
