Portraying all the day’s news in such a way to make it all agreeable to people who hate “liberals” seems to be an exceedingly difficult task for the folks at Fox News.This seems especially true with Arizona issues, which the network seems to butcher in one way or another every…
Some homeowners in the North Phoenix country-club enclave of Moon Valley can’t believe that Goodwill is trying to open a retail store in their neighborhood.A few of the residents, like former Republican U.S. Congressman John Shadegg, are rallying others to demand City of Phoenix officials not allow Goodwill to open…
Ousted Senate President Russell Pearce is a believer in the old adage that “good people do stupid things sometimes.”The problem is, Pearce was talking about Chris Simcox being the “good people,” and allegedly molesting multiple children being the “stupid things.”…
Paying someone to star in your own porn movie appears to be frowned upon by the Phoenix Police Department, especially when the “studio” is providing the “model” you’ll be having sex with.The cops raided “Self Serve Porn Studios” Thursday, alleging that the whole business is just a classic brothel and…
An officer-involved shooting Thursday evening in Glendale left bullets in a police officer, his police dog, and the man they were tracking down.Police spokesmen say they won’t be releasing the identities of anyone involved until later today, but the dog and suspect both died, and the cop is in stable…
A 29-year-old charter school teacher in Gilbert had sex with a student, according to police.Andrew “A.J.” Teaters, a sixth-grade teacher at the school, Gilbert Early College, admitted to having sex with a 17-year-old student at the school in his classroom, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
The Doce Fire burning northwest of Prescott is now 10 percent contained, authorities said this morning.Although only part of one neighborhood was evacuated Thursday — while previous evacuations remain in place — officials are estimating that the fire is seven miles northwest of Prescott, which is a mile closer than…
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, all of our alleged offenders look…
It’s hard not to notice, but a few of the people who have seemed to be extremely concerned about migrants crossing the United States-Mexico border have also been accused of being involved in serious criminal activity.The latest, of course, being Minuteman Project co-founder Chris Simcox, who has been arrested on…
Danny Davis, a 53-year-old Florence racist, er, resident, is tired of minorities having jobs in the area.So, Davis, allegedly liquored up shortly before noon on a Monday, drove to a construction site and started shooting at construction workers, missing each and every one of them, according to the Pinal County…
Governor Jan Brewer signed an elections bill into law that fixes things that never really seemed to be broken.Brewer’s signature on House Bill 2305 will help keep third-party candidates off ballots, will help prevent people from getting early-voting ballots, and bans political groups from picking up early-voting ballots from people…
The Doce Fire burning about eight miles northwest of Prescott is still zero percent contained, but the fire’s not as large as officials estimated Wednesday.Though estimates reached 7,500 acres Wednesday afternoon, the latest update from the Prescott National Forest, released at 8 a.m. today, says infrared imaging Wednesday night showed…
A Child Protective Services employee was arrested in a plot to hinder the prosecution of her boyfriend, a Mexican Mafia gangster, who was convicted of second-degree murder last month.The employee, 62-year-old Elida Perez, “has a long history of association with criminal street gangs,” according to court documents obtained by New…
Between showing a Phoenix man blow his brains out on live TV and labeling the state of Arkansas as Arizona, it’s safe to say that Fox News sucks at covering Arizona issues.That includes Wednesday, when host Neil Cavuto suggested that the only reason people care about the extremely bigoted comments…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s boys found a guy on the Internet who said he “want[s]” to blow Arpaio’s head off — a “death threat,” as Arpaio calls it.It was just the latest in a long line of questionable “death threats” against Arpaio, which never seem to put the elderly sheriff in…
Dale Hausner, one of the two serial shooters who combined to kill six people in the Valley between 2005 and 2006, died today at age 40 from “unknown causes.”An Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman says Hausner was found unresponsive in his cell at the state prison complex in Florence just…
Jonathan Mattox, a 30-year-old Phoenix resident, claims to be the “baddest motherfucker alive.”At least that’s what he told the cops after security guards at Talking Stick Resort’s casino prevented him from driving away from the casino plastered, according to court documents obtained by New Times…
If you’re a Fox News viewer, you may have noticed that the Supreme Court apparently ruled against a voter ID law in Arkizonasas earlier this week.A few people who have seen a map of the United States before noticed that Fox ran a graphic of “AZ” during a segment on…
A fire that started yesterday just outside of Prescott has now burned about 7,000 acres, and has caused evacuations in the area.According to officials from the Prescott National Forest, the fire is human-caused…
Deputies from the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office are taking a vacation tracking down a wanted man in Southern California this week, after yet another non-credible “death threat” was directed at Sheriff Joe Arpaio.It appears that saying you “want” to blow Arpaio’s head off is the same thing as threatening to…
The national media (and rest of the local media) have finally discovered the lawsuit we wrote about last week, resulting from Fox News airing a man’s suicide on live television last year.According to the lawsuit filed in Maricopa County, two of JoDon Romero’s kids heard at school about a suicide…
Anti-abortion fanatic/Congressman Trent Franks’ bill to create a ban on abortions 20 weeks after conception has passed the House of Representatives.That’s not to say it’s any closer to becoming a law, because it’s really not.See also:-Abortion Bill Now Includes Rape Exception-Franks: Not Many Rapes Result in Pregnancy-Franks Submits Another Abortion…
