In the second such incident in six months, a Flagstaff teenager has committed suicide by laying down in front of a train, police confirm. Samuel “Spencer” Evans, 17, died after being struck by a BNSF train on November 8, says Sergeant Margaret Bentzen of Flagstaff PD. His death follows the…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we found the jail’s most…
I was reading the comments (big mistake) on an article I recently read regarding St. Charles, Missouri adopting Arizona-style immigration law. I was shocked at the amount of people who support this law and my question to you is: Why can’t people see the bad implications of that law? What…
Walmart workers around Phoenix are organizing a protest outside of a Phoenix Walmart store on Black Friday. The protest at the Walmart store near 36th Street and Thomas Road is one of 1,600 Black Friday protests planned nationwide, according to the groups backing the effort, Our Walmart and United Food…
This week, Democratic Congressman Ron Barber’s campaign filed a federal lawsuit over 133 votes that were cast, not counted, in the race for his congressional seat. The margin between Barber and Republican challenger Martha McSally is close enough — 161 votes — to require a recount, and despite the ongoing…
President Barack Obama’s pre-Thanksgiving executive action granting a temporary reprieve from deportation for up to 5 million undocumented individuals was a brilliant example of asymmetric warfare. Just two weeks after a major Republican midterm victory, with GOPers gaining control of the U.S. Senate, increasing their numbers in the U.S. House, and…
The Department of Veterans Affairs announced yesterday that Sharon Helman, the director of the Phoenix VA Healthcare System, finally was fired for the wait-time manipulation scandal that may have led to some veterans’ deaths. Pete Hegseth, the CEO of Concerned Veterans for America, a veterans’ advocacy group, declared “good riddance”…
Democratic Arizona lawmaker and former Navajo Nation President Albert Hale was arrested on Sunday night on suspicion of DUI. The state Department of Public Safety, which made the arrest, declined comment. The Navajo County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Hale, 64, was booked into jail in Holbrook and later released…
As parts of Ferguson, Missouri, burned and hundreds gathered in New York City’s Times Square, related demonstrations in the Phoenix area mostly fizzled. Following Monday’s announcement that no criminal charges would be forthcoming for a white Ferguson police officer who shot an unarmed black teen in August, the largest gathering…
A campaign to recall Diane Douglas, voters’ choice for the new Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction, has filed organizing paperwork with the state. Douglas won’t be sworn in to her new office until January 5. But the Republican, anti-Common-Core politician has already drawn plenty of criticism — and not just…
Opponents of Governor Jan Brewer’s executive order that prevents certain immigrants from getting driver’s licenses are claiming another court victory over Brewer this week. The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied Brewer’s requests for rehearings, after the court had previously but a temporary ban on the…
Lingering on a road median in Phoenix can now mean a possible fine or jail time, but police are required to give first-time warnings to offenders. In an apparent effort to limit a dangerous form of panhandling, the Phoenix City Council last week passed an ordinance that bans pedestrians from…
Democratic Congressman Ron Barber’s campaign has filed a federal lawsuit over 133 votes that were cast, not counted, in the race for his congressional seat. Republican challenger Martha McSally leads Barber by 161 votes, but with a recount imminent, Barber’s not giving up yet. “We are talking about 133 Southern…
Listen, we love Phoenix, but that doesn’t eliminate our urge to complain. There are some legitimate complaints to have about living in Phoenix — find our top 10 picks below:…
A Phoenix police detective was shot in the leg Thursday night by a convicted felon who committed suicide before he could be arrested. The detective, 10-year veteran Bryan Cuthbertson, was with another detective in the gang-enforcement unit Thursday night near 34th Avenue and Roosevelt Street when they tried to make…
Thomas “Pregnant Man” Beatie has been arrested in Phoenix on suspicion of stalking his estranged wife with a GPS tracker. Beatie, a woman who underwent a sex change in 1997, became famous a few years ago because of eyebrow-raising pictures of a pregnant body beneath a bearded, male-looking face. “He”…
If you do the math, you will understand why the mood at the Arizona Capitol in downtown Phoenix last night, where activists gathered to watch President Barack Obama’s historic immigration speech, was one of resignation, and for some, sadness. The White House estimates that Obama’s much-anticipated executive action will cover…
At the end of the week, we bring you a roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail. To be considered for our Maricopa County mugshots of the week, get arrested, strike a pose, and we’ll take care of the rest. This week, we found some inmates you’ll…
If the White House was betting that Republicans would overreact to President Obama’s impending announcement tonight on immigration, where he’s expected to outline a plan that will extend deferred removal to some 5 million undocumented immigrants, boy, were they right. For instance, Arizona Congressman Matt Salmon, proud representative of Sand…
The $2 billion Solana concentrated solar plant in the desert near Gila Bend is off to a slow start, producing less electricity than it might in the future. Now in operation for slightly more than one year, Solana has delivered about two-thirds of the annual amount of electricity expected to…
A pair of southern Arizona residents have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Border Patrol, claiming the agency is stifling its attempts to monitor and protest a Border Patrol checkpoint in their town. Peter Ragan and Leesa Jacobson are members of a community organization called People Helping People, which, among…
Truck driver Brian Knoll was under the influence of pain medication and showed no remorse after causing a deadly five-car freeway crash Wednesday morning, officials say. Knoll’s Freightliner — fully loaded with a trailer full of pavers — was traveling north on Interstate 17 about 6:45 a.m. when it plowed…
