A 73-year-old Ahwatukee resident might know just about every female jogger in the neighborhood — because police say he groped a dozen of them.The females — 11 of whom are under age of 18 — were running on Chandler Boulevard, down the street from Desert Vista High School, where they…
The Yarnell Hill Fire burning southwest of Prescott is, by far, the deadliest wildfire in the history of Arizona.While a few wildfires in Arizona’s history are marked by tragedy, others will be remembered more for their quirks — like the Sunflower Fire last year, started by a guy shooting off…
The Arizona Diamondbacks’ relief pitching blew once again in Tuesday night’s 9-1 loss to the New York Mets…
If you were to argue that Republican Congressman Trent Franks does something worthwhile in Congress, that argument would be short-lived.After more than a decade in Congress, Franks has no legacy to speak of, but continues his fights against gay marriage, abortion, and gambling — fights that amount to nothing more…
The last time this blog bothered with MCSO Lieutenant Rich Burden, it was 2011, and I had stumbled across a video of Burden on YouTube taking great delight in imbibing “Colorado Kool-Aid in California,” and making an un-PC crack about drunk driving. “I am not drinking and driving, at all,”…
Sigh. The sociopaths from the Westboro Baptist “Church” claim they’re picketing the funerals of the firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire.The closeted homosexuals delusional “church” members claim God sent the fire because gay folks exist, or something like that…
While almost an entire “Hotshot” crew of firefighters was killed this weekend by the Yarnell Hill Fire southwest of Prescott, there are now five such crews among the 448 firefighters currently battling the blaze.The most recent updates from fire officials still indicate the fire is zero percent contained…
In case you haven’t heard about the bill to amend the U.S. Constitution to ban gay marriage nationwide, don’t worry, Republican Congressman Trent Franks is already on it.Franks, as well as Republican Congressman David Schweikert, are among the 28 Republican congressmen seeking to change the Constitution to declare, “Marriage in…
The Arizona Diamondbacks officially have a crisis in the pitching department.Aside from Patrick Corbin, Wade Miley, and just a couple guys in the bullpen, Diamondbacks pitchers are costing the team win after win, including last night’s 13th-inning loss to the New York Mets at Citi Field…
Dozens of people turned out to the Medical Examiner’s Office in Phoenix Monday night, hours after a caravan of white vans arrived at the same location, carrying the bodies of the 19 firefighters killed while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire.Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton, as well as firefighters, cops, and members…
Today in Found at the border: A 22-year-old U.S. citizen was busted trying to bring $50,000 over the border into Mexico last week, in one of the most brazen cash-smuggling attempts we’ve heard of.According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Rene Becerra-Portillo Jr. wore a McDonald’s uniform as he carried…
If you trust a political consultant’s poll (don’t), then Pinal County Sheriff Paul “studboi1” Babeu is the top Republican candidate for Congress in Arizona’s 1st Congressional District.”In a survey of 349 likely Republican primary voters, 27.3 percent say they would vote to nominate Babeu if the primary were held tomorrow,”…
Arizona Republicans remind me of the little Dutch boy sticking his finger in the dike, in this case, trying to keep the flood of Latino voters at bay. Thankfully, the electorate is going to get a chance in 2014 to chop that finger clean off. Metaphorically speaking, of course. Monday,…
About 9:30 p.m. Sunday, our iPhone — and perhaps yours, too — began buzzing like the bridge of the Enterprise just before a Romulan attack. Dashing to the kitchen counter, where the phone was plugged in and recharging, we discovered that no, North Korea hasn’t launched an EMP strike –…
The bodies of the 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire outside of Prescott arrived in Phoenix this afternoon.Cops, firefighters, employees of the Medical Examiner’s Office, and other people stood near the Forensic Science Center at Seventh Avenue and Jefferson Street, as plain white van after plain white van…
The 19 firefighters killed in the Yarnell Hill Fire southwest of Prescott were part of an elite firefighting crew called the Granite Mountain Hotshots.According to the Arizona Incident Management Team, the crew deployed its “fire shelters” — which a federal government manual describes as a “last resort” for wildland firefighters…
The Yarnell Hill Fire that killed 19 firefighters Sunday southwest of Prescott is still burning uncontained this morning.A time-lapse video of the fire, captured by Valley photographer Matt Oss, shows just how fast this fire is spreading…
We’d known Friday temperatures would break 115 for a some time and that it would be the hottest day of the year up to that point. And as the rest of us planned our weekends or accepted the reality of record-hot days with a shrug, Phoenix’s wiliest reporters plotted ways…
The Arizona Diamondbacks continued their streak of miserable play in June this past weekend, wrapping up a pretty unremarkable month by getting swept by the Atlanta Braves. And it was because of poor pitching (big surprise) and costly errors. The D-backs (42-39) are somehow still in first place in the…
Several Valley news stations have shown the above photo of a Tempe cop texting while driving his police motorcycle on a highway, although it appears the police department was not very forthcoming with the identity of the officer.New Times will let the cat out of the bag here, and tell…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From a mom shooting up her toddler with meth, to another woman trying to hide…
Republican state Senator Don Shooter has been charged with three misdemeanors for his outburst earlier this year at a Yuma school his grandson attends.Shooter was at the school trying to get access to his grandson’s teacher, and ended up barging into her classroom to confront her…
