Last week, we asked our readers to offer suggestions for a caption for the above photo we snapped of Governor Jan Brewer for this week’s New Times’ You Write the Caption contest.Once again, you didn’t disappoint.We had more than 50 responses in the comment section of the post, which you…
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:…
A Mesa man who claimed he had no idea what caused his on-again-off-again girlfriend to “turn purple” and die in December of 2009 was sentenced to 22 years in prison, Maricopa County Superior Court officials announced this afternoon.According to court documents obtained by New Times, a family member of Dartanion…
The kennels of Maricopa County Animal Care and Control are now only slightly overcrowded — rather than bursting at the seams — thanks to a tremendous community turnout to this month’s MCACC’s $17 adoption sale. Since July 12, shelters have seen about 1,200 adoptions –more than double the adoption rate…
It was a close one, but Jeffery Hendershott won out on Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Mugshot of the Day.The 29-year-old son of Arpaio’s fired chief deputy, David Hendershott, beat accused probation violator Carla Atkins for the honor, seemingly proving that no favoritism exists on Arpaio’s automated, online version of a public…
A former teacher at a Mesa elementary school was sentenced to 15 years in prison today after pleading guilty last month to charges that he attempted to molest a 7-year-old girl in the band room of the school where he worked, court officials announced this afternoon. The girl was a…
The father of a 10-year-old Phoenix girl who was tortured and murdered by members of her own family earlier this month is trying to raise money to bail his daughter’s killers out of jail, a source who knows the family tells New Times.The source asked not to be identified out…
During the summer months Flagstaff, Arizona, draws a great many people seeking to escape the blazing heat of the low desert. Some stay in hotels, others have cabins. For the homeless, there’s also a lure, as they’re able to camp comfortably in the woods outside town, enjoying mild weather in…
Anonymous porn “star” Eric Whittaker, from the sleazy, Scottsdale-based website Backroom Casting Couch, is apparently pretty hard up for talent now that his top recruiter, Antonio Gonzalez, is up on kiddie-porn charges.Whittaker, who never shows his face in his porn movies, has turned to Craigslist to lure girls into porn…
With some 1.4 million people, Phoenix is the sixth biggest city in the country — so it only makes (gulp) sense that hunting pigeons within city limits is totally legal.The Arizona Game and Fish Department recently released its 2011-12 Arizona Dove and Band-tailed Pigeon regulations, and has opened up about…
According to a Glendale man, Satan forced him to sexually assault his maid. That’s what he told police, anyway.On June 21, the victim was cleaning 77-year-old Bobby Guyton’s Glendale trailer home when he grabbed her hand and forced her to touch his penis on four separate occasions.. The victim told…
We are huge fans of modern gospel music, having been turned onto it many years ago by one Buddy Strong, then a South Mountain High music wunderkind and now one of the most sought-after and respected sidemen in the biz. (Here is our long-ago story on Mr. Strong, who still…
California Governor Jerry Brown did as promised during his 2010 gubernatorial campaign and signed his state’s version of the DREAM Act on Monday.Assemblyman Gil Cedillo, a Democrat from Los Angeles and author of the bill, has championed the pro-immigrant legislation since 2005. But ex-California governor and Guatemalan-immigrant-housekeeper-impregnator Arnold Schwarzenegger kept vetoing the bill.The state’s…
A three-game sweep would have been nice, and it was there for the taking, but the Arizona Diamondbacks faltered midway through yesterday’s 4-3 road loss to the San Diego Padres. The D-Backs led 2-0 before starting pitcher Daniel Hudson imploded with two outs in the sixth and no one on…
You Write the Caption’s pretty self-explanatory. Here’s how you play: we show you a picture, like the one above we snapped of Governor Jan Brewer.You — in the comment section of this post — then write what you think would be an appropriate caption for the photo.On Monday, we’ll announce…
The Arizona Cardinals made it official: untested quarterback Kevin Kolb will be the team’s new quarterback.The pick, however, is not necessarily a popular one.Kolb reportedly has agreed to a five-year deal worth up to $63 million, with about $20 million in guarantees. In exchange for Kolb, the Cardinals have sent…
It’s been a year since Arizona’s infamous immigration law, Senate Bill 1070, went into effect, gutted though it was, by the federal court.While this could be cause for celebration by nativist politicians and their supporters, a community will gather in Phoenix to celebrate the fight against the state’s bigoted immigration…
In this week’s column, I addressed the claims of Arizona Tea Party members, and some Republicans, concerning the Arizona Independent Redistricting Commission. One of these claims is that the AIRC may have violated Arizona’s open meetings law, as well as state procurement procedures in the pick of the commission’s mapping consultant…
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…
We got our hands on the arrest reports for the four monsters charged with the torture and murder of 10-year-old Ame Deal, who suffocated after she was locked in a footlocker and left overnight by family members earlier this month.If you ever want to smile again, stop reading right now…
We’ve already heard about Senator John McCain calling tea party politicos hobbits yesterday as he ranted before Senate members about debt ceilings and balanced budget amendments.Well, Wes Harris, the leader of those beloved, hairy-footed small people who live in Middle-earth Phoenix, is backing Wes Gullett, a former McCain operative and…
The story of discrimination faced by an Egyptian Muslim couple who once lived in Tempe is a troubling one.The couple, Soha Abdelrahman and her husband, Hany Ibrahim, were paid $197,500 by the owners of the apartment complex they used to live in, thanks to a settlement negotiated by the office…
