By Ray Stern The St. Johns community in northeastern Arizona is trying to cope with a mind-boggling crime: An 8-year-old boy used a rifle to kill his father and another man. The more interesting story may yet be how the justice system treats this kid; he’s expected in court today…
By Ray Stern Following news reports in New Times and Channel 12 (KPNX) about the costs of a conference this week at the Pointe Hilton Squaw Peak Resort in Phoenix, AIG canceled a motivational speech by an NFL star. The insurance company also claims that more than 90 percent of…
By Ray Stern A 17-year-old driver killed in a car crash in the intersection of Pinnacle Peak and Cave Creek roads was found by police this morning — four days after the collision happened. The teen’s vehicle was stuck under thick desert vegetation on the intersection’s southeast corner, and was…
“It’s not to get rich,” Pochoda says of the lawsuit. “It’s to hold people accountable.”
“People are panicking,” Roux says of the crowds rushing in to buy firearms.
Pullen apparently wants people to think he’s a gullible idiot instead of a guy who got caught trying to hide a big donation.
By Paul Rubin Lots of calls and e-mails from folks wondering about the status of the Doug Grant murder case, which we recently wrote about in a two-part series. A 16-person jury (including alternates) has been picked, and opening statements are scheduled for Wednesday, November 12, in the downtown Phoenix…
By Ray Stern Look for a special session by Arizona lawmakers who overspent their account by $1.2 billion. Obama’s chief-of-staff pick, Rahm Emanuel, is becoming a target of criticism for his role in the Freddie Mac scandal. Elliot Spitzer, the disgraced former New York governor, squeaks out of criminal trouble…
Sheriff Joe celebrates his “10th win” in office, telling reporter Yolie Hernandez he wants to help “resolve” the immigration problem. Could ol’ Joe be getting soft? Or maybe he was just tired and needed to go beddy-bye as he spoke to Barriozona.com reporter Yolie Hernandez about his reelection win November…
By Ray Stern Barrett Marson, spokesperson for Republican legislators, called back to confirm an early report about the new House Speaker, Kirk Adams. Adams replaces Jim Weiers, who has been House Speaker since 2000. Adams is a considered strongly conservative by many pundits, (including the writers of the conservative blog…
By Ray Stern The conservative/Republican blog site Sonoran Alliance is reporting that its sources say State Representative Kirk Adams has been elected House Speaker. The short article also says John McComish has been elected Majority Leader and Andy Tobin elected Majority Whip…
By Ray Stern The Phoenix office of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency was expecting a record year of deportations in 2008, but the final numbers exceeded predictions. A news release just put out by ICE states the agency removed 72,955 illegal immigrants in its fiscal 2008, which ended in…
By Ray Stern It’s a work day for Barack Obama. The president-elect gets busy building his transition team today. And he faces his first international problem: Russia announces it’s putting a new missile system near Poland. The economy will also be on Obama’s mind, with news that worker productivity fell…
In Canada, we have a huge problem with illegals coming up from the south, mainly to escape Bush or for our free healthcare. The solution is inspired by the same damned Yankees that we need to keep out: build a big wall. Problem is, we could never get enough people…
COURTNEY’S TRAVESTY Incompetence galore in Maricopa County: Wow! Great article! You got it straight (“Nursing Injustice,” Stephen Lemons, October 30). The police officer, the defense attorney, the judge, and the County Attorney’s Office should all take a lesson from you. What a load of incompetence in Maricopa County. Lee Little,…
MR. DISINGENUOUS This ornery oriole’s given up on expecting candor from the new head of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Arizona office, Matthew Allen. Back in April, hard on the heels of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Hispanic-hunting sweeps in Phoenix and Guadalupe, Allen (who’d just inherited the job from departing AZ…
Michelle Farrow stands in one corner of an octagonal fighting cage, glaring at her opponent in the opposite corner. The 5-foot-7, 143-pound Farrow is no pushover — she’s got black belts in judo and jiu-jitsu, and her muscular arms look like mini-cannons — but her opponent resembles a tank in…
By Jonathan McNamara This week’s cover story from Staff Writer Niki D’Andrea focuses on a couple of hard-hitting women in the brutal sport of mixed martial arts. We’re betting you’d appreciate a chance to see these fighters in action so we’ve prepared the following videos and slideshow: Making the Cover:…
It would be an easy matter for her, presumably, to cancel the 287(g) agreement between ICE and the sheriff’s office that gives trained deputies the power of immigration agents.
Arizona Democratic Party spokeswoman Emily DeRose confirmed on Wednesday that the party wants Huppenthal charged with theft following the Republican’s Election Day tussle with a Democratic campaign worker.
Sorry, B-Rock, but I ain’t feelin’ it. Democrats were understandably ecstatic last night at the Wyndham Phoenix Hotel. They chanted, “Yes We Can,” along with Barack Obama on the wall-size TV screen as he gave his acceptance speech in Chicago. Afterward, they sang and clapped along with the Stevie Wonder…
By Ray Stern Few popular authors have achieved the greatness of Michael Crichton, who always made you feel like you were learning something in the middle of the awesome adventure unfolding in his novels. He was kind of like Stephen Hawking and Stephen King rolled into one. Crichton, 66, died…
