A Mesa boy whose family won a major medical-marijuana court ruling in 2014 following threats from prosecutors has died at age 7. The life and legacy of Zander Welton will be celebrated at a service on Saturday that will be open to the public, says his mother, Jennifer Welton. “What…
Ahead of tonight’s second GOP primary presidential debate, a new poll conducted by the local consulting group, MBQF, confirms that Republican voters in Arizona overwhelmingly favor Donald Trump and Ben Carson. (29.9 percent and 21.3 percent respectively). Hundreds of Arizona Republican voters were asked over the weekend: “If the election…
Taxpayers pick up the tab for Sheriff Joseph M. Arpaio’s attorney’s fees, court costs and settlements in civil suits. Political contributors bankroll his campaigns. He and his wife Ava are millionaires, and own a number of pricey properties in the Valley. His salary with Maricopa County is more than $100,000…
Arizona Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan could give Rob Zombie and M. Night Shyamalan a run for their money when it comes to the production of sheer horror. Save for the fact that what Zombie and Shyamalan create is mere fiction that’s finished after a couple of hours in…
An active search and rescue mission continues along the Arizona-Utah border after a flash flood Monday afternoon killed at least eight people. Authorities from the Washington County Emergency Management Office say they are aware of five missing people in the Hildale, UT area — local news station KSL is reporting…
Whether or not you’re on team Trump, Wednesday night’s second Republican presidential debate should be very entertaining. Perhaps even more so than the first one August 6. The debate will feature the top 11 candidates — Donald Trump, Carly Fiorina, Ben Carson, Jeb Bush, Ted Cruz, John Kasich, Marco Rubio,…
A new tree-ring study from the University of Arizona shows that snow levels in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, the central-California mountain range that supplies much of that state’s fresh water, haven’t been this low for 500 years. The study’s lead author, Valerie Trouet, tells Californians to brace for more record…
Though online detractors claim they are more of a “Dolt Force,” the vigilante group calling itself “Bolt Force” is scoring international publicity from the freeway shootings in Phoenix that the Arizona Department of Public Safety is investigating. In fact, when the group’s leader, Tony “Bolt” Rowley, is not getting stopped…
Fifteen days into an investigation of a shooting spree on Phoenix highways, the Arizona Department of Public Safety announced Monday afternoon that it’s increasing the reward for information or tips that lead to the arrest of the person or people targeting vehicles. The reward, previously $20,000, is now $50,000, and…
Before raping her for the first time, the leader of the Islamic State terrorist group informed Arizona aid worker Kayla Mueller that she must marry him or die. Zeinat, a 16-year-old Yazidi girl who was held captive with Mueller, related the story to CNN softly, striking blue eyes looking out…
After years of struggling with her gender identity, 35-year-old Kandis Capri, a transgender Phoenix woman, was finally getting her life together. She had resumed attending church and was enrolled in classes at South Mountain Community College, intent on studying theology. And for the first time in years, Capri was living…
Thousands of people flocked to the state fairgrounds in Phoenix this weekend to buy and sell firearms, swap battle stories, and update their Second Amendment-inspired T-shirt collections at the Crossroads of the West Gun Show. For those of you who missed it, here are the 10 most interesting things we…
Three 18-year-olds were arrested Saturday night for using wrist rocket slingshots loaded with granite rocks to target a total of six pedestrians and seven vehicles in the Mesa and Queen Creek area. The damage, which occurred between 3 and 7 p.m., was initially investigated for any possible connection to the…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety and Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office will hold a joint press conference Sunday afternoon to discuss another incident possibly related to string of shootings along the Interstate 10 highway that’s terrorized Phoenix motorists for the last two weeks. This latest incident happened late Saturday night,…
About 48 hours before his lifeless body was found hanging by the neck from a blue rope tied to a pool table at his home, ex-MCSO deputy Ramon “Charley” Armendariz told a group of friends and neighbors that he was a planning a press conference where he would “expose the…
Special Agent Kurt Remus has seen some bizarre cases in his career with the FBI, but “we were all blown away by the audacity” of four men who were prepared last year to buy and house female sex slaves. This week, Steven Currence of Montana became the fourth defendant sentenced…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety is actively questioning one person of interest in association with an investigation into the ongoing Interstate 10 shooting spree. Shortly after 10:30 a.m. on Friday morning DPS pulled over a vehicle in a convenient store parking lot near 107th Avenue and Indian School Road…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety just announced officers have detained two “people of interest” they believe may be associated with the recent shooting spree along Interstate 10. According to DPS, the two individuals were apprehended at about 10:30 a.m. Friday morning near the intersection of 107th Avenue and Indian…
Necessity really is, as Plato said, the mother of invention. Arizona State University managed to earn the title “most innovative school” from the prestigious college rankers at U.S. News & World Report this year — despite the fact that Arizona leads the nation in higher education budget cuts. Number 2…
A week after the harrowing image of Aylan Kurdi, the 3-year-old Syrian boy whose dead body washed up on shore in Turkey, Arizona Senator John McCain took to the Senate floor to blame President Barack Obama’s administration for the Syrian refugee crisis. “Let’s be clear,” he said, “the current crisis…
Well, this is getting frightening, huh? The Department of Public Safety just confirmed that 11 vehicles have been hit by what looks what is now being called “the I-10 Shooter.” Beginning on August 29, vehicles on Interstate 10 seem to have become de facto target practice for an unknown individual…
In a sign that may bode well for legalization in Arizona next year, Colorado Governor John Hickenlooper sounds surprisingly upbeat about his state’s bold marijuana law in an interview with our sister publication, Westword. Opponents of planned ballot measures in Arizona for the November 2016 election often point to Colorado…
