In the past year, the Phoenix area has been compared to other cities around the country in many different studies and rankings.From best places to live to traffic and economic outlook, here are some of the best ways Phoenix beats out the rest of the country:…
A Tempe police officer was arrested this weekend after allegedly driving drunk at more than 120 mph in a bid to outrun on-duty officers.Then, authorities say, Tempe Police Officer Garrett Peterson posted $10,000 bond and led law enforcement on another high-speed chase, this time near Yuma…
The head of the team tasked with watching and helping Child Protective Services process more than 6,500 ignored cases says 119 cases that were previously sitting on the shelf actually necessitated an “immediate response.”Charles Flanagan, the director of Arizona’s juvenile corrections, who’s been assigned by the governor to run a…
In a precursor to a lawsuit, several residents of Yarnell have filed notices of claim with the Arizona Attorney General’s Office, alleging their homes were destroyed due to inept and negligent firefighter management earlier this year.The notices come from the Scottsdale law firm Knapp & Roberts, the same firm that’s…
2013 hasn’t been the greatest year for Sheriff Joe Arpaio.From getting roughed up by a sidewalk to being on the losing end of a huge civil-rights lawsuit, check out our top-10 Arpaio stories of the year:…
A video that captures the Granite Mountain Hotshots’ last radio transmissions has been released, among other documentation from the Yarnell Hill Fire.The radio transmissions are captured by another firefighter’s helmet camera…
Newly released documents from the investigation released by the Arizona State Forestry Division describe widespread confusion among those at the scene of the deadly Yarnell Hill Fire.Although the report itself has been widely discounted for investigators’ refusal to assess any blame for the events that led up to the deaths…
This year was an important year for marijuana-related issues in Arizona.Some of the most important battles of the Arizona Medical Marijuana Act were fought this year, and there appears to be a future for legalization. Check out the top 10 marijuana stories from New Times this year:…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, former Phoenix cop Richard Chrisman pleaded guilty to manslaughter, a teacher got probation in a student-sex case, and more:…
In case you missed any news action this week, we’ve got you covered.Here’s our recap of the most-read news stories of the week:…
The U.S. House of Representatives easily approved a bipartisan budget agreement yesterday that, as advertised, would prevent a potential government shutdown for the next two years.Despite the House voting in favor of the bill by an “overwhelming margin,” if the vote were left to Arizona’s nine House members, it would…
News production isn’t a perfect science, as evidenced by some of our fellow Fourth Estate-ers of Phoenix.From an accidental C-bomb, to racial insensitivity, to slow news days, to a guy who’s just makin’ it up, and more, we bring you the 10 worst local media 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, it looks like we got the…
A study found that abuse of migrants by border authorities in this country is a “systemic problem.”Or maybe we should say, another study came to that conclusion…
Since the week of Thanksgiving, nearly 1,000 people around Arizona have been arrested for DUI by one of the DUI task forces around the state.These task forces operate from late November through the end of the year (as they have in previous years), and stats from the Governor’s Office of…
If it sounds like the viral story of a Pinal County man getting a lifetime ban from Walmart for price-matching is too good to be true, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says that’s because it is.ABC 15, which ran the story this week of a man named Joe Cantrell, who…
Arizona State University was in the news often in 2013.Outside of academic achievements, ASU was highlighted for its battle against the party-school reputation, its renovations and expansions, as well as some athletic success. Check out our picks of the top 10 ASU stories of 2013:…
The police detective who helped reveal the thousands of ignored Child Protective Services hotline calls revealed the apparent reasoning for the shelving of the cases in a month-old memo to Governor Jan Brewer.Gregory McKay, a Phoenix police detective who’s currently overseeing CPS’ Office Child Welfare Investigations, said CPS administrators’ designation…
Last week, we told you about how Sheriff Joe Arpaio was cutting back on inmate visitation at the county jails, just in time for the holidays, so a new video-visitation system could be installed.It turns out that the new video-visitation system will be the only way to visit with inmates…
More than 2,800 Arizonans picked out a health insurance plan last month through the federal marketplace established by Obamacare.In October, the first month the marketplace became available, just 739 Arizonans picked a plan, although well-publicized troubles with the healthcare.gov website kept people from completing the entire process…
A convicted felon is accused of murdering a 14-year-old Claudia Ann Lucero, whose body was found in a Mesa dumpster on Friday.Mesa police announced the arrest of 31-year-old Alex Madrid, an ex-boyfriend of Lucero’s mother. Mesa Police Chief Frank Milstead said detectives believe Madrid sexually assaulted the girl and strangled…
