Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week was a bit light due to the holiday, but former Phoenix Suns player Richard Dumas gets a day in court, and more:…
Year after year, Arizona’s elected officials continue to amaze us with a never-ending stream of stupidity, hypocrisy, and failure.The year’s been no exception — check out our picks for the 10 worst local political moments of 2013:…
Drunk driving is bad.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:…
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 bring you our favorite mugshots…
No matter how many police reports we read through on a monthly basis, the criminal creativity, stupidity, and craziness never ceases to amaze us.Just when you think you’ve seen it all, there’s always something worse. From the legendary tale of vagina branding, to a B-list celebrity freak-out, to a torn…
There’s been no shortage of protests around Phoenix this year.Although most notable protests in 2013 were on the immigration front, there were a few others that caught our attention, including the protest of an alleged cat-killer, and a march for the right to go topless. Check out our picks for…
In case you’ve missed any of the New Times cover stories this year, we’ve got 10 that you definitely should read.Sorry to the munchies and music departments, but this is the news blog, so our picks are news-related, naturally…
If you’re in Phoenix right now (and you celebrate Christmas), we’ve got some reasons why your’re lucky.Check out our 10 reasons why Phoenix is the best place to celebrate Christmas:…
Convicted murder Jodi Arias is a student of the arts.In addition to her penchant for nude self-photography, Arias also sells her own drawings online, with help from the outside. We’re also into art here at New Times, which is why we created a series of Jodi Arias masterworks, in which…
In 1932, scores of people in Mesa watched Santa Claus jump out of an airplane over the East Valley.Children and adults watched Santa as he fell, and fell, and fell some more. Although the local weekly newspaper at the time, the Mesa Journal-Tribune, had hyped up a stunt in which…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, Debra Milke gets a break in her murder retrial, former Phoenix cop Richard Chrisman is headed to the can, an ambulance thief is also headed to prison, and much more:…
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors this afternoon voted unanimously to approve a $3.75 million settlement for New Times’ co-founders, whose false arrests in 2007 were orchestrated by Sheriff Joe Arpaio.Michael Lacey and Jim Larkin were taken from their homes in the middle of the night and jailed on misdemeanor…
In addition to providing the Arizona Department of Transportation with information about traffic conditions, the highway cameras throughout the state also capture some things you might not expect to see on the open road.From weird weather to strange items dumped on the highway, to odd crashes, and more, check out…
Drunk driving is bad.With that out of the way, here’s where police will be setting up “saturation patrols” around the Valley, looking for impaired drivers this weekend:…
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, the jail’s looking a whole lot…
Army Chief Warrant Officer 2 Joshua Silverman, a 35-year-old from Scottsdale, was one of six soldiers who died in a helicopter crash this week in Afghanistan, according to the Defense Department.Silverman is the 49th Arizonan to die in Afghanistan under “Operation Enduring Freedom.”…
The Arizona Forestry Division is contesting “serious” safety violations another state agency claims it made fighting the Yarnell Hill Fire.”On that day the fire burned over 8,000 acres of wildland, over 114 structures, and resulted in multiple instances of firefighters being unnecessarily and unreasonably exposed to the deadly hazards of…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio called a press conference yesterday at the new Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office headquarters in Downtown Phoenix for a prostitution bust, but we didn’t get past the lobby.Turns out, the $93 million building, at Fifth Avenue and Jackson Street, isn’t actually done yet, but we did get our…
There may be nothing more American than baseball and apple pie, but there’s nothing more Arizonan than guns and Governor Jan Brewer struggling to complete a sentence.Although the peak of Brewer-isms will likely always be her 2010 debate brain-fart, the nonsense and weirdness keep on comin’. Check out our picks…
Marijuana legalization in Arizona is either clearly supported by most people, or clearly not supported by most people, depending on which poll results you look at.Although two polls released earlier this year seemed to show most people were on-board with legalization, a poll released today says the opposite…
New campaign-contribution limits set this year by lawmakers will go into effect.Despite Arizona voters choosing to limit campaign contributions in 1998 by approving the Clean Elections Act, Republican lawmakers passed a bill raising the limits. That drew a lawsuit from the Arizona Citizens Clean Elections Commission and others, who argued…
On behalf of the activists from Citizens for a Better Arizona, Santa Claus delivered sacks of coal to the offices of Governor Jan Brewer and Department of Economic Security Director Clarence Carter.It looks like Carter didn’t make Santa’s good list for his leadership of Child Protective Services, which ignored more…
