Steve Moak is one of 10 candidates in the GOP primary for the District Three Congressional seat. But before his bid to be the District’s next congressman, he was a businessman and philanthropist.The line between profit and charity appears to have been blurred for Moak, who, according to tax records…
Despite significant gains in almost every poll taken over the last month, Senator John McCain’s campaign continues to hammer away at The Maverick’s opponent in the GOP Senate primary, J.D. Hayworth.This primary has been one of the uglier political contests in the 2010 campaign season and, in its final stages,…
Officials at the Arizona Department of Corrections confirmed this morning that one of the two Arizona prison inmates, who escaped from a privately run prison near Kingman on July 30, has been captured.Corrections officials announced this morning that Tracy Province, a convicted murderer, was arrested in northern Wyoming this morning,…
The Arizona Diamondbacks 2010 season hasn’t provided too much to cheer for. So fans must dwell on the little victories — no matter how futile they may be.Chris Young provided two little victories on Saturday night in the Arizona Diamondbacks 6-5 win over the San Diego Padres.The D-Backs took two…
Congressional candidate Vernon Parker decided to pull out the race card last week, asserting that a phrase used by one of his primary opponents is racist.The phrase in question: “national poster boy.”The term was used by Ben Quayle in statement his campaign released in response to a different far-reaching attack…
Whether Vernon Parker’s assertion that the term “national poster boy” is racist warranted a response, the Quayle campaign is offering one.We contacted the campaign earlier today to see if it wished to respond to the charges made by Parker. Nobody immediately got back to us.Since our last post about “boy-gate,”…
Straight from the you-gotta-be-kidding-me files, a Valley civil rights advocate is calling on Congressional candidate Ben Quayle to apologize — or at least explain — his comment that one of his opponents, Vernon Parker, a black guy, could become a “national poster boy” for Democrats. As we explained earlier, Parker…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth’s latest TV ad has given the John McCain campaign an opportunity to re-package the old “wrestling match with a pig” analogy. As the saying goes, getting into one is a bad idea because “you both get dirty and the pig likes it.”The McCain campaign would argue…
A pedestrian walking near train tracks in downtown Flagstaff is dead after trying to run across the tracks as a train passed by.The Flagstaff Police Department says the man, who has not yet been identified, was walking southbound near the tracks last night as the train approached…
Get out your race cards because Congressional candidate Vernon Parker wants to play.Parker released a statement a few minutes ago claiming the term “national poster boy” is racist.It’s not so much the “national” or “poster” that put a blip on Parker’s racial radar, it’s the word “boy,” which his campaign has…
A French teenager apparently got a little bold with his camera yesterday afternoon and took a tumble into the Grand Canyon while trying to take a picture.The 18-year-old teen was near the canyon’s southern rim when witnesses say he took the fall…
Arizonans owe a California judge a thank-you. In what some are calling an act of “judicial activism,” the Golden State has taken the national spotlight off Arizona and the immigration debate — for the moment, anyway.You’re probably aware that a federal judge in California ruled to overturn Prop 8, a voter-approved…
Tempe Police Department If you know this guy, call the cops. Today is a day that ends in the word “day,” which tends to mean one thing here in the Valley: police need help finding someone who robbed a bank.As Valley crooks have proven recently, there’s no shortage of banks…
A former superintendent at the Gadsden Elementary School District near Tucson was sentenced to some prison time today for a vacation he planned last year and some photos cops found at his house.The vacation 52-year-old Albert Thomas Rogers planned wasn’t to an exotic beach — it was to a Mexican…
SB 1070 has gone into effect, albeit a neutered version, and the sky didn’t come crashing to the ground, the streets didn’t fill with blood, and Latinos haven’t been rounded up like cattle — yet, anyway.Despite the world not coming to an end when Arizona’s controversial, new immigration law took…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio isn’t one of the cool kids — at least in the all-important world of Facebook.A Facebook group dedicated to putting an end to Arpaio’s reign over Maricopa County hit its latest milestone yesterday — the group’s membership is now 75,000, and that’s only after being in…
The Tempe Police Department has identified the body of a girl who was murdered 40 years ago.Tempe police say the victim, Surette Clark, was murdered by her step-father, Wayne Clifford Roberts, in November 1970. Surette was 4 years old at the time.The body was found buried in a shallow grave in…
It isn’t uncommon for police to release details about certain physical characteristics of a suspect involved in a crime. A tattoo, a scar — things along those lines.According to the Phoenix Police Department, one of the characteristics that might help track down the guy who robbed a bank in Phoenix…
On Tuesday, the Arizona Capitol Times ran a story with the headline “Quayle Mailer Not Actually What Meets the Eye.”The article bashes District 3 Congressional candidate Ben Quayle for distributing campaign literature showing a picture of him with two toddler-age girls. The criticism is that Quayle doesn’t have kids and…
Emmett Trapp, 2, was found dead near his home earlier today. This morning, Prescott Valley police discovered the dead body of a 2-year-old boy who went missing earlier this week.Cops have been looking for Emmett Trapp since he was reported missing Monday.Authorities were being fairly tight-lipped on the details of the discovery…
Jan Brewer got a chuckle out of us this afternoon, and it wasn’t caused by her cigarettey-voice, her new BFF status with Greta Van Susteren, or even the sadly hilarious fact that she’s somehow the governor of an entire state. It was her birthday wishes for President Obama in the form…
Fear not Arizona. It appears two convicts, who escaped from a state prison over the weekend, have decided to bid the Grand Canyon State adieu in their attempt to evade capture.We just spoke to Barrett Marson, spokesman for the Arizona Department if Corrections, who says prison officials believe the two…
