Arizona State University made it official an hour or so ago, releasing a statement that everyone expected: Dennis Erickson is out as the Sun Devils’ head football coach, apparently effective after the team plays in a minor bowl game somewhere next month. Erickson’s record in Tempe is 31-30, and that…
If you’re in need of child-size crutches — and have some smokes to spare — you’re in luck: Someone in Chandler is willing to make a trade.The only catch is that the previous owner of the crutches — according to the person who posted the ad (pictured above) on Craigslist…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety will conduct an independent investigation of the bloody Black-Friday arrest of a Walmart shopper.Jerald Newman, 54, was knocked unconscious after a Buckeye police officer performed a “leg sweep” on him while arresting him on suspicion of shoplifting. (UPDATE: The officer’s name has been released:…
Jerice Hunter, the mother of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley — who is suspected in the girl’s disappearance — has been released from jail.Hunter, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says, was released about 10:40 a.m today.Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, tells New Times Hunter was released because…
A Tempe man and his baby-mama have each pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse after leaving their 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub earlier this year.Initially, Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, and Jasen Anchondo, 28, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. The couple was arrested in August after…
Beanie Wells had arguably the biggest game of his career yesterday, as the running back rushed for 228 yards during the Arizona Cardinals’ 23-20 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome. He nabbed a franchise record for rushing during the game, averaging 8.4…
Fresh from the Thanksgiving holiday, the jury in the Mark Goudeau serial killing case returns to work this morning, scheduled to hear closing arguments in the “penalty phase” of the high-profile case. The jurors’ choices are simple: Death, or life without possibility of parole.The 47-year-old already is serving a life…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man who’s made a career out of bootin’ brown folks back across the border, is reportedly going to endorse Rick Perry as the Republican nominee for president — which is more than a little surprising (if it’s true, that is), when you consider some…
A Democrat hasn’t held a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since 1995, but a recent poll suggests that the seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl is within reach for Arizona lefties.According to the pollsters at the left-leaning Public Policy Polling, Republican Congressman Jeff Flake — the presumed GOP…
Back about a hundred years ago (actually it was September 24) just after Arizona State’s high point of this lost football season, a 43-22 win over USC, team defensive coordinator Craig Bray spoke to an Arizona Republic reporter about “superstar” linebacker Vontaze Burfict. He vowed to keep himself under control…
Buckeye PD released its version of a shoplifting suspect’s bloody take-down during last night’s Black Friday event at a Walmart, saying the guy brought on his injuries himself.Jerald Allen Newman, 54, was arrested following a chaotic scene at the store in which a video-game display was destroyed by a mob…
A few hours from now, the Arizona State Sun Devils will take the field in Tempe against the equally mediocre California Golden Bears in what fairly can be called an “important” game. Remarkably, the Devils still have a very decent chance of making it to the Pac-10 championship game against…
According to a new survey by North Carolina-based Public Policy Polling, Arizona Democrats might actually have a shot at beating Republican golden-boy Congressman Jeff Flake in the 2012 race to replace U.S. Senator Jon Kyl. If they nominate former U.S. Surgeon General Richard Carmona instead of ex-Arizona Democratic Party Chair Don…
Police “body-planted” a man at a Buckeye Walmart’s Black Friday event after the man put a video game in his waistband while helping a grandson who was being jostled in a crowd. The take-down, which left the man bloody, was one of several violent acts reported across the country related…
GOP Senator Mel Martinez authored a decent compromise bill to resolve the growing illegal immigration problem in the United States. He broke up the group of 11 million illegals into three classes, depending on the amount of time they were in the country. Those in the United States for two…
EVIL THAT MEN DO A writer with insight: I never understood the intricacies of the Baseline Killer case until I read your article (“Waiting for Goudeau,” Paul Rubin, November 10). I always wonder whether cops are railroading some poor ex-con schmuck to [clear] a bunch of cases, but after reading…
Raven sleeps every night tucked away in an alley in East Central Phoenix. Each morning, he grabs his bedroll and his backpack and shuffles across a quiet street to a sprawling city park. After using the public facilities — “I don’t go on the ground; I go to the bathroom…
An airplane crashed into the Superstition Mountains about 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening, near the Flatiron formation. Witnesses saw an explosion and fireball, says Channel 5 (KPHO-TV). We tried to get in touch with Elias Johnson, spokesman for the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office — he’s on his way out there,…
Man, this drama is getting moldier than a rerun of 21 Jump Street. This afternoon, the Arizona Supreme Court — for the second time — handed Governor Jan Brewer a big fat loss on her attempt to remove Colleen Mathis, chairwoman of the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission, the panel charged…
Shawn Nau, Maricopa County’s general government director, was responsible for leaking records about former deputy Joel Fox to the press in apparent defiance of a court order.Though county spokeswoman Cari Gerchick told us last week that the leaker had received a written reprimand for his actions, it turns out that…
Dr. Andrew Weil, alternative medicine guru, will ask the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors to cover employees who choose to visit his pseudo-scientific health center. Weil is the founder of the Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Arizona, and has helped establish medical residency programs in some…
Just after midnight today, Armando Salazar heard someone knocking loudly on the front door of his west Phoenix home. He opened the door, but left closed the outer security door.Several bullets suddenly penetrated the security door and struck Salazar. His wife, also in the home at the time, was uninjured.Salazar,…
