The Arizona Cardinals have apparently found their quarterback: soon-to-be former Philadelphia Eagles backup QB Kevin Kolb.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 Pro Bowl cornerback Dominique Rodgers-Cromartie and a second-round…
Jeffery Hendershott, who was arrested on suspicion of hit-and-run and DUI two days ago, is in a close race with an alleged probation violator for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Mugshot of the Day contest.Someone out there seems to really want Carla Atkins, a 43-year-old blonde, to win. She’s been staying ahead…
The suffocation death of a 10-year-old girl found in a footlocker at her family’s home earlier this month has been ruled a homicide — and members of her own family are believed to be responsible, Phoenix police announced this afternoon.Initially, the July 12, death of Ame Deal was suspected to…
We had a chance this morning to grab a cup of coffee with Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer, who is currently campaigning to unseat Joe Arpaio as the Republican nominee in next year’s race for Maricopa County Sheriff.In short, what we took away from our hour-long chat is this: Stauffer wants…
“Cowards.” That’s how Karen Dory described the people who snuck into her Tempe home and stole her husband’s ashes last month. On June 2, Dory’s East Fairmont Drive home was burglarized. The unknown suspects stole what she referred to as “memories’ — family heirlooms and jewelry. But what mattered most…
The storm that pummeled the Valley last week delivered a knock-out blow to KO Boxing Gym in South Phoenix.Michelle Rosado, a Valley woman who promotes boxing through Face II Face Events, is hoping that Valley residents and boxing fans will pitch in to help rebuild the gym…
If you’re planning to cast a ballot in Phoenix’s August 30 election and haven’t yet registered to vote, get signed up now because time is running out.August 1 is the last day to register.Phoenix voters will choose a Mayor, and those living in council Districts 1, 3, 5 and 7…
Have you seen this bracelet?It came off one of two men who attacked a woman and her 18-year-old daughter in the driveway of their Peoria home as they unloaded groceries from their car.Peoria police say that on July 23 at about 9 p.m., two men accosted the women, threw them…
Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder Justin Upton put two in the seats last night, helping the D-Backs to a 4-3 win over the San Diego Padres.Upton’s first jack came in the fourth inning off Padres rookie pitcher Cory Luebke, giving the D-Backs a 1-0 lead heading into the fifth.Luebke, it seems, got…
It appears the Twitter account of former Arizona Attorney General/Current Mayor of Twitter-town Grant Woods has been hacked.Woods currently holds New Times” coveted “Best Twitterer” award, so, of course, he took the hacking in stride.”Sorry. Twitter account hacked. Anthony Weiner told me this could happen,” Woods “tweeted” last night, obviously…
“The Mav” had quite the day for himself yesterday.Aside from calling Tea Partiers “hobbits” while addressing the Senate, Senator John McCain also managed to bash Nevada Senator Harry Reid, President Barack Obama, Reid’s opponent in last year’s Senate race Sharon Angle, one-time Delaware Senate candidate/possible witch Christine O’Donnell, and even…
The Arizona Cardinals are rumored to be considering four quarterbacks to hopefully fill the void left by Kurt Warner.Cardinals brass have discussed trade options with the Philadelphia Eagles for Kevin Kolb and with the Denver Broncos for Kyle Orton. According to Arizona Republic sports writer Kent Somers, the team also…
A few years ago, my girlfriend and I visited the beautiful city of Mérida in the Yucatán. We were surprised to see a sentence in our guidebook warning us to be on the lookout for Mennonites pedaling queso in the mercado. Sure enough, we bumped into a bearded, light-skinned Mennonite…
POT STICKLERS So much for “will of the people”: Arizona Governor Jan Brewer and Attorney General Tom Horne are huge hypocrites. You can bet your ass that if medical marijuana weren’t the thing that voters approved — and, instead, it was one of their pet right-wing issues — there would…
The guys should be here somewhere. Last time Nick Wood saw them, they were just past a clearing where the power lines hum, tucked into the pine forest on the other side of a downed section of barbed-wire fence. Their firewood still is stashed there, neatly covered with a green…
More than anything, the Tea Party movement in Arizona reminds me of the assorted wackjobs who believed that the 9/11 attacks on America were an “inside job” by the administration of President George W. Bush, a moronic contention now thoroughly debunked and discredited. Like the so-called 9/11 “truthers,” Tea Baggers…
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…
Six years after construction began, and following nearly three years of inactivity, one of the towers at Sixth Street and Maple Avenue in Tempe will welcome its first residents on Monday.The project began in 2005 as the overly ambitious Centerpoint Condominium towers, a brainchild of developer Ken Losch and his…
To escape the hellish Valley heat, thousands of homeless men and women make the uphill trek to sunny Flagstaff during the summer months. This week’s New Times cover story looks at the relationship between the hordes of backpacking homeless and the picturesque city that is trying to deal with them…
Poor Linda Ruiz-Rodriguez. All she wanted was a little attention, and now she’s charged with multiple felonies.Since January 1, 60-year-old Ruiz-Rodriguez has called 9-1-1 129 times to report various emergencies in her 36th Street Phoenix neighborhood. The problem, however, is that in none of those 129 instances was there an…
Turns out, Erik Grumpelt — the Mesa man accused of murdering his girlfriend and living with her decomposing body in his apartment for more than two months — is a meth head.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Grumpelt tested positive for amphetamine while hospitalized earlier this week, and…
Police have identified the two men who were found dead in an Apache Junction trailer park over the weekend, and now have three people in custody for the drug-related double murder.Edward L. Reagan Jr, 40, of Apache Junction and 22-year-old Jamie G. Mountain of Mesa were found Sunday night in…
