An F-16 fighter jet crashed in a field near Luke Air Force Base Wednesday evening, but both pilots were able to eject themselves from the plane and avoid injury.According to an Air Force spokesman, the pilots “were conducting a routine training mission,” and the cause of the accident is under…
There’s no doubt that many people have been disappointed by an in-person meeting with someone they met online, but a Glendale man didn’t just meet up with someone who fudged their stats a little on their online profile.Instead, police say the man — who planned on meeting with a woman…
After finishing this season with the crappiest record in the Western Conference, the Phoenix Suns are proud to announce that there are new logos for the team.If the starting lineup of Goran Dragic, Luis Scola, Jared Dudley, Michael Beasley, and Marcin Gortat just isn’t good enough for you, these new…
It has gotten to the point that the public is generally unfazed by Governor Jan Brewer’s monumental struggles with the English language.That includes earlier this week, when Brewer kind of expressed her support for the “Gang of Eight” immigration bill, and her press team spent the rest of the day…
After a pair of Supreme Court decisions on same-sex marriage yesterday, the group trying to get the issue on Arizona ballots in 2014 says it’s “go time.”The group of Republicans and libertarians that started Equal Marriage Arizona want Arizona voters to decide whether marriage should be defined as a union…
For the past several years, the city of Flagstaff has been arresting homeless panhandlers in what’s called “Operation 40” — named after 40-ounce bottles of malt liquor.After 135 arrests in one year for “loitering to beg,” including the arrest of a disabled 4-foot-8, 77-year-old woman asking an undercover cop for…
As the U.S. Supreme Court made a pair of decisions on same-sex marriage this morning, the Arizona group trying to get an “equal marriage” proposal on the ballot in 2014 is getting serious about its effort.”It’s go time,” Equal Marriage Arizona chairman Warren Meyer tells New Times…
The typical daylong intake of sun and alcohol at the Salt River is bound to cause problems every summer.A weekday afternoon of tubing on the Salt River did not turn out as planned for two groups last week, as an argument between two tubing parties led to one man being…
A Phoenix man who went for a jog around a neighborhood completely naked last week tossed shards of glass at people, police say.The nude jog for 22-year-old Jose Antonio Rodriguez-Caro came to an end after he tossed a river rock “wider than his head” at a police car, which led…
Black and Latino leaders in Phoenix think voting rights for minorities in Arizona are about to take a step back now that Arizona and eight other states no longer need federal approval on new voting laws.They may not want to hold their breath for what they’re demanding, though — that…
Due to Governor Jan Brewer’s apparent inability to speak clearly, people were under the impression that she endorse the “Gang of Eight” immigration-reform bill, because she kind of, sort of, said she did.”I think that what we’re seeing taking place in the Senate is a victory for Arizona,” Brewer said…
Major League Baseball has decided to lighten up on the horse manure of a suspension it gave to D-backs backup first baseman Eric Hinske, after the team’s scuffle with the Los Angeles Dodgers earlier this month.Hinske’s suspension is now one game, down from five, but the punk seen punching Hinske,…
The U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that a part of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which calls for Arizona and eight other states to get federal approval on new voting laws, is unconstitutional.The problem, however, was not that the states needed federal approval to ensure their voting laws aren’t…
An inmate at one of Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s jails attacked a detention officer Monday, biting part of her ear “completely off,” according to the MCSO.The officer was doing a cell-search Monday at the Lower Buckeye Jail when 21-year-old Bobby Ruiz jumped on her back and started attacking her, according to…
If you’ve ever wondered what’s most likely to put you in a body bag at the end of the day, then wonder no more.A recent report from the Arizona Department of Health Services includes a list of the top 10 killers for 10 age groups of people in Arizona, all…
Despite what you may have heard, Governor Jan Brewer did not endorse the “Gang of Eight” immigration-reform bill.However, it certainly may have sounded like she endorsed the bill, given her apparent inability to speak clearly…
Despite (false) claims that Obamacare killed all the available jobs, in addition to burdensome government regulations and red tape, former Republican Congressman Ben Quayle has found gainful employment.Quayle has joined the Clark Hill PLC law firm and will be the “Senior Director in the firm’s Government and Public Affairs Group,”…
Yesterday, we brought you a story about residents in the north Phoenix neighborhood of Moon Valley trying to fight a Goodwill store from opening nearby.”This is a great opportunity to let the city know we don’t appreciate what they have done to us and to demand that they do whatever…
An actual person has agreed to pay thousands of real, American dollars for Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s (likely) smelly and dead-skin-encrusted arm sling.The buyer, retired California cop Buck Dikes, won the eBay auction with a $2,600 bid…
If you speed through the streets of Scottsdale, here’s a heads-up: The city will be using two photo-radar devices that aren’t as obvious as the big white vans.The city has been testing two photo-radar units that are the size of phone booths, contained in tan metal boxes that kind of…
Well, it looks like the human-caused fire burning near Prescott might not burn down the entire city — or any of it, really.The Doce Fire was 50 percent contained as of Sunday night, and all the evacuations orders since have been lifted…
Paul Goldschmidt’s ass-kicking just doesn’t seem to end.Goldschmidt got at least one hit in each game — including two home runs on Friday — and set up a walk-off win on Saturday, as the Diamondbacks won two of three games in a weekend series against the Cincinnati Reds at Chase…
