Peoria officials are looking at dropping residents monthly garbage fees by 13 percent — from $15.06 to $13.10. Hey, every penny counts. But it’s likely that wouldn’t be the case if the city hadn’t forced its residents to embrace curbside recycling a few years back…
A Maricopa County jury convicted Harold “Bud” Lee Jr. of three felony counts related to gambling on Friday, including conspiracy and illegal control of an enterprise. The 68-year-old Lee, who once served as a Phoenix Justice of the Peace, was allowed to remain free from custody until his sentencing, now scheduled for…
Peoria police are filing animal cruelty charges against a Peoria woman who allowed her pit bull to walk around on a bloody stump for about a year without treating its injuries. Cops contacted Michelle Busse, 22, on January 7, after someone complained that she had not gotten medical treatment for…
Phoenix Mayor Greg Stanton posted on his Facebook yesterday that “heaven has another angel today,” referring to his mother, Mary Ann Stanton. He writes: My dear mother, Mary Ann Stanton, passed away peacefully in her sleep this morning. She committed her life to her family and serving others, especially those…
Authorities have begun searching a landfill south of the Valley for the remains of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley.Shockley was reported missing in October. Glendale police suspect the girl is dead — and that her mother, Jerice Hunter, killed her and threw her dead body into a trash can in Tempe…
The Phoenix Suns split their road-home series this weekend with a 99-81 loss on the road to the Houston Rockets on Friday and a 95-89 home win over the lowly Charlotte Bobcats. After the weekend’s action, the Suns stand at 9-14, which is 3.5 games out of a playoff spot…
Last week, we asked readers to come up with their own caption for the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer sticking her finger in the face of Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu — an image that’s remarkably similar to a photo that went viral the previous week of Governor Glug-Glug…
If only 57-year-old Larry Walters had heeded the advice explained in the above clip from A Bronx Tale, 51-year-old Lonnie Raines might still be alive.But he didn’t, and now Walters is accused of murdering Raines — over 20 bucks…
A story we wrote a few years ago about a Bullhead City couple accused of killing their newborn baby during what’s described by authorities as a “brutal” sexual attack has been getting a lot of attention as of late — and we have no idea why.Regardless, we figured we’d provide…
No happy hours at topless clubs for you — not if State Rep. Steve Court, R-Mesa, has his way.Court, the Legislature’s majority leader, introduced a bill today that targets strip clubs and other adult-oriented businesses with a ban on alcohol and private rooms. The proposed law also aims to regulate…
Authorities have reportedly made an arrest in the murders of a Paradise Valley couple found bound in their burning home earlier this week.The Paradise Valley Police Department did not immediately return our call for confirmation, and authorities have refused to confirm the rumor to other publications, but KPHO is reporting…
Shamed former state Senator Scott Bundgaard has found himself in a new fight — and this time it isn’t taking place on the side of a Valley freeway.Bundgaard is smack-dab in the middle of a Twitter showdown with David Leibowitz, former Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon’s old PR flack/pal of Aubry…
A 30-year-old man was rushed to a hospital Thursday evening after a serious accident while jumping at the newly opened Skypark Indoor Trampoline Park in Phoenix’s Arcadia neighborhood.”He was not breathing and had no pulse,” says Captain Scott Walker of the Phoenix Fire Department.Walker expects to get an update on…
The news that former state Senate President Russell Pearce is positioning himself to run again for the state Senate should surprise no one.To be clear, Pearce hasn’t yet announced his intention to seek that office. He’s merely filed paperwork with the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office that would allow him…
The emerging Latino vote in Arizona is the focus of the Arizona Latino Research Enterprise and Raul H. Castro Institute’s annual Town Hall gathering at Phoenix College. Panels of experts and speakers at the Town Hall will examine the increasing influence of Latino voters at a national, state and local…
The Arizona Wildcats’ triple-overtime road win last year over California-Berkeley was one of the best college games we’ve seen in awhile, and not just because our alma mater came out on top by a score of 107-105 We were looking forward to last night’s rematch (the only time the two…
By popular demand, we submit to you the above photo of Governor Jan Brewer fingering Pinal County Sheriff/Congressional candidate Paul Babeu for this week’s New Times You Write the Caption contest.Adding to the fun is the (ahem) hil-arious caption added by Fox News host/Brewer’s BFFF Greta Van Susteren, which is…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office admitted yesterday that it asked the Arizona Attorney General’s Office to “contact” Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer — Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s opponent in this year’s election — and ask him about “inside information” he received about the December death of Marty Atencio in one of Arpaio’s…
Jerald Newman, the grandpa whose bloody arrest at a Walmart on Black Friday made national headlines, hasn’t yet been charged on allegations of shoplifting and resisting arrest.Buckeye police Lieutenant Jared Griffiths tells New Times that his agency did submit the charges to prosecutors. But the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office sent…
Sorry, Lisa Aubuchon.Yesterday, we published a blog post stating — incorrectly, it turns out — that Aubuchon had filed a motion to stay her appeal to get her job back as a Maricopa deputy county attorney. We compounded the mistake by suggesting Aubuchon thought she might be disbarred when a…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s office demands — again — that the federal government turn over more proof of its claim that the office has practiced routine racial profiling. In a letter sent to the U.S. Department of Justice today (see below), a private attorney hired by the sheriff’s office says…
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office currently is investigating Scottsdale Lieutenant Mike Stauffer at the directive of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office over last year’s jailhouse death of Marty Atencio (the MCSO disputes it’s an “investigation,” but we got our hands on a recording of a voicemail a special agent from…
