The Tempe Police Department is hosting a DUI task force for Halloween.Cops from Tempe, Mesa, Scottsdale, and the Arizona Department of Public Safety will be in Tempe starting today (Halloween), through Saturday night…
Witches of the Tea Party showed up at Governor Jan Brewer’s office this afternoon, supporting her executive order keeping DREAMers from getting Arizona driver’s licenses.So maybe they weren’t actually witches, but they were activists from Citizens for a Better Arizona dressed as witches, sarcastically thanking Brewer for “turning the dreams…
After the Tempe Police Department released the autopsy report on Tempe teenager Adrienne Salinas, local media accounts concluded that the report didn’t say much.However, the autopsy report indicates that Salinas’ entire body was not recovered from the Apache Junction wash where it was found in August, nearly two months after…
Welcome to Courthouse Update, a weekly rundown of goings-on at the Maricopa County Superior Court.This week, a former corrections officer pleads guilty to murdering his wife, and more:…
Senator John McCain, trying to win back some of the right-wingers who’ve been mad at him lately, claims he’s a “Reagan Republican.”The definition of “Reagan Republican” appears to be open to interpretation…
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:…
In case it wasn’t abundantly clear that the Phoenix Suns would be horrible this season, it’s even clearer now.The Suns traded center Marcin Gortat and guards Shannon Brown, Malcolm Lee, and Kendall Marshall to the Washington Wizards for center Emeka Okafor (who’s injured) and a 2014 protected first round draft…
For the second time this week, a Valley police agency has started a search for a double-murder suspect.Two people were shot and killed this morning in Youngtown this morning, according to the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office…
An armed home invasion in Peoria yesterday ended when one of the victims wrestled away a gun from one of the intruders, and shot him.The three suspects in the case were found when one of them called 911 for the gunshot wound…
Senator Jeff Flake thinks the public should know how many people have enrolled in the health insurance marketplaces created by Obamacare.Flake released a letter he sent to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, asking for reports on enrollment in the federal and state-run exchanges…
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, most of our offenders are kind…
Yesterday, Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin announced that he had the endorsement of Pinal County Sheriff Paul “studboi1” Babeu for his run for Congress.Given Babeu’s record, it had us wondering whether it’s better to have your campaign endorsed by Babeu, or slices of deli meat stuffed between a couple slices…
Pinal County Sheriff Paul “studboi1” Babeu has endorsed Arizona House Speaker Andy Tobin for Congress.Perhaps Babeu’s serious that he’s not considering a run for Congress himself…
A mistrial was declared in the retrial of Johnathan Doody, who’s been accused of massacring nine people at a Buddhist temple more than 20 years ago.Jurors had been deliberating for nearly two weeks in the retrial, which came about the conviction was overturned in federal court several years ago, on…
Today in Found at the Border: Officers at the border busted the old weed in the tortillas trick yesterday in Nogales.U.S. Customs and Border Protection says a 37-year-old Tucson man had 384 pounds of pot hidden among a shipment of fresh corn tortillas…
Public-opinion research of people in Mexico shows that most people there aren’t interested in moving to the United States.According to surveys from Pew Research, 61 percent of Mexicans said they wouldn’t move to the United States even if they had the means or opportunity to do so…
Some congressional Republicans think U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius seems to have a lot of reasons to delay testifying before Congress on problems with the healthcare.gov website.Republican Congressman David Schweikert suggests Sebelius answer some questions during her visit to Phoenix…
Although it was just a month ago that Senator John McCain hinted that this might be his last term, he’s walked back on that one (of course).McCain, who made his first trip to Congress in 1983, now says he’s “seriously thinking about maybe” running for reelection in 2016…
U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius will be in Phoenix today to promote Obamacare.Sebelius isn’t exactly in everyone’s good graces right now, since her agency is responsible for rolling out the health insurance exchange website that’s been a world-famous failure so far…
A guy who offered to “crop” the ears of a dog-owner’s pit bull ended up hacking off the puppy’s entire ear flaps with scissors and a box cutter, police say.Police haven’t been able to identify the man, but a reward of up to $1,000 is being offered…
A man convicted of seven murders was executed today at the state prison in Florence.Robert Jones, 43, is the second inmate to be put to death in the state this year…
Senator John McCain’s not too eager to go away.McCain said on a KFYI show that he’s “seriously thinking about maybe” running for reelection in 2016 — the year he turns 80 years old…
