Republican Congressional candidate Vernon Parker claims he actually sent a letter to Arizona State University President Michael Crow to tattle on his opponent, Kyrsten Sinema, for calling ASU a “party school.”Parker also tells Crow that Sinema must think the students are “stupid” in the most unintentionally hilarious piece of campaign…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery put out a press release to tell foreigners to keep their distance from polling places on election day, consistent with state law.That friendly reminder is in response to the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe sending observers to watch the election process here in…
One of five men charged in the 2010 shooting death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry pleaded guilty today to first-degree murder.Three of the four other people charged in Terry’s death — which has been linked to the “Fast and Furious” operation — are still fugitives, while another was…
Now that Halloween is upon is, it was only a matter of time before someone wearing a costume was escorted to the Fourth Avenue Jail for booking.This year, it’s Juan Jose Morales, who was dressed up as — something…
The Arizona Cardinals lost their fourth straight game last night with a whooping by the San Francisco 49ers, and the Red Birds aren’t looking any better.The Cards scored three whole points in the 24-3 loss, while picking up a grand total of seven rushing yards — seven yards.See also:-Arizona Cardinals…
Yesterday, our colleague Stephen Lemons put together his list of the top 10 Arizona political ads of 2012.If you’ve turned on a television set over the past several month, then you’ve probably seen several of these — over, and over, and over again, if you gaze into the TV often.See…
David Aranda got a bit rowdy at a Phoenix bar Saturday night, based on what the cops say — he got kicked out for being disorderly, then came back to threaten people with a screwdriver.According to court documents obtained by New Times, employees at the MVP Sports Bar said Aranda…
Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has his own version of Clint Eastwood’s “empty chair” routine, and although the Montgomery video is kind of creepy, it’s a lot more accurate than the Eastwood performance.See, President Obama actually exists, whereas Montgomery’s Democratic opponent does not…
Alleged “South Side Chandler” gangster Josiah Weisman, apparently known on the streets as “Baby Jo,” did not have an incredibly gangsta day on Friday.Police say Weisman went with his mother to buy weed, and ended up pulling a gun on a woman during an argument, all while tossing up his…
The best hitter in baseball watched a 2-2 fastball go right down the middle with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning last night, as the San Francisco Giants swept the Detroit Tigers to win the World Series.For fans of the Arizona Diamondbacks, Los Angeles Dodgers, and perhaps…
Online retailer Amazon will no longer be Arizona’s duty-free store.Amazon noted in its latest FEC filing that it’s going to start collecting Arizona sales tax on purchases in the state, which currently stands at 6.6 percent…
After some uproar was caused with the Maricopa County Elections Department printing the wrong election date in Spanish on a few materials, it’s now spending money on a Spanish-only campaign to tell voters the correct election day.Two items distributed by the elections office listed Election Day as November 6 in…
Former Arizona Department of Public Safety officer Roger Forney did not do such a good job getting rid of his alleged collection of child porn depicting boys “in bondage and sexual torture situations,” according to details laid out by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office.Forney’s first problem was that he decided…
The NHL season’s still fading away, as the league announced today that the games have been canceled through November 30.For the Phoenix Coyotes, that’s 20 games — half of them home games — that have been lost this season because the NHL Players’ Association and the NHL can’t reach a…
Now, we’re not trying to start a duel here, but we tried to get an interview with the Metro Light Rail ninja earlier this week — and exposed his identity on this blog yesterday morning — but the man who likes to be called “Kairo” apparently likes TV.”Kairo” made an…
Every 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, our Fourth Avenue visitors are sending mixed messages, and it’s…
The Maricopa County Elections Department released some of the details this morning about the Spanish-language campaign it’s putting on, in an effort to set the record straight for any Spanish-speaking voters who may have been confused by errors made by the department.On two occassions, people noticed that materials distributed by…
Now that more than 500,000 people have seen the YouTube video of Phoenix’s light rail ninja “Kairo” breaking up a fight, it’s caused some debate.Some people think it’s pretty awesome that “Kairo” put the kibosh on the light rail fisticuffs, while others think it’s a really bad idea to be…
Believe it or not, the man pictured to our right is accused of committing a crime.Specifically, the Yuma County Sheriff’s Office says Dylan Escalanti allegedly beat a woman with a frying pan…
There are four names on the general election ballot for State Representative in District 27, and while two of those people will be elected, only one of those people was once accused of fatally shooting a woman in the face.That would be Dan Coleman, the lone Republican candidate in the…
Somehow, seven Mesa High School kids landed in the nurse’s office yesterday with the same symptoms, and four were taken to local hospitals.The mystery illness was apparently solved after one of the students told the cops they were all smoking the synthetic-chemical-laden substance known as “spice.”…
The man who broke up a fight on the Metro Light Rail using a samurai sword a few weeks ago goes by the name “Kairo.”It’s not his real name — at least, not the name that government entities would refer to him by — but he is a 26-year-old Phoenix…
