A Maricopa County judge has ruled that there’s no constitutional right to running a pedicure business that utilized feet-sucking fish, in a legal battle between a salon owner and the state cosmetology board that’s been going on since 2009.The Goldwater Institute’s lawsuit claimed that salon owner Cindy Vong’s constitutional rights…
A radio host from a Tucson radio station that describes itself as talk from the “right” posted a photo online of what the host calls proof of “elitist hypocrisy”– former Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords holding a so-called assault rifle.That host, as well as the right-wing Breitbart.com posted the picture — both…
A retired Mesa cop is accused of molesting two kids, as well as sharing child porn with a man who was recently arrested in a Homeland Security investigation.Search warrants served in the case provided police with several allegedly smoking guns, like the picture of Millsaps ejaculating into Hello Kitty underwear…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s reportedly going back to, um, work after spending more than two weeks out of the public eye with a supposed broken arm.The last time the public saw Arpaio was on February 28, the date of the purported trip and fall on a sidewalk in downtown Phoenix, in…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s office is proud to announce that 11 taco shop employees are off the streets today, thanks to the boys in beige.This is the 72nd such workplace raid by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office branded as “employer sanctions operations,” “criminal employment operations”, and now, “operations targeting false identifications…
The Arizona Cardinals have released quarterback Kevin Kolb, and the replacement plan isn’t exactly reassuring.Former Indianapolis Colts backup Drew Stanton joins Brian Hoyer, John Skelton, and Ryan Lindley as the Cardinals’ quarterbacks — a group of guys we couldn’t say with 100 percent certainty would be starters at the Arena…
You may have noticed that Phoenix tends to get a bit warm, and the weather gets a bit weird sometimes (think “haboobs).According to one writer, though, Phoenix is in the “climate crosshairs,” and a future Superstorm Sandy-like or Hurricane Katrina-like disaster might not be unlikely.See also:-Climate Change May Lead to…
A Mexican national discovered on Tuesday that a bunch of bell peppers won’t conceal more than 2,000 pounds of marijuana from the authorities.U.S. Customs and Border Protection made the find while the man was attempting to enter the United States through a commercial facility in Nogales with the load in…
“Is Phoenix tap water safe to drink?” the City of Phoenix’s Water Services Department asks itself in a Q&A document.”Phoenix tap water meets or surpasses all federal and state requirements for health and safety,” it answers in the document revised last week. “More than five million tests and measurements are…
The end of Phoenix metro area may be nigh, at least, according to one guy.A writer who focuses mostly on environmental affairs in the Southwest says that Phoenix just keeps getting hotter, and among other problems, it could lead to a Superstorm Sandy-like or Hurricane Katrina-like disaster…
The convictions and death sentence of Debbie Milke — who’s been on death row in Arizona for more than two decades in her son’s murder — have been overturned by a federal appeals court.Milke’s 4-year-old son, Christopher, went “missing” in December 1989 after a friend and a roommate took the…
The Arizona Cardinals have signed quarterback Drew Stanton, and you might be wondering, “Who the hell is Drew Stanton?”Although there are several answers to that question, here’s one of them: Just a few years ago, he was the fourth-string quarterback on the absolute worst team in NFL history.See also:-Cardinals Quarterback…
Buying an AR-15 rifle is probably at the top of the list of things you would never expect former Congressman Gabrielle Giffords’ husband, Mark Kelly, to do.However, that’s exactly what Kelly did at a Tucson gun shop, and it looks like not everyone’s buying his explanation…
The Phoenix mom who spent Christmas ’11 choking one of her kids — and threatening both of her kids with a butcher knife — has pleaded guilty to a charge in the case.Jutrina Tillman, who was 32 at the time, had been drinking that Christmas and was mad at her…
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before — a man often accused of being a dictator is making sure the press shows up to his meetings with pseudo-celebrity Steven Seagal and claims they’ve been longtime friends.You can fill in the blank on who we’re talking about, because that fits…
After getting rid of their decent, but often-injured, number-one running back, the Arizona Cardinals have signed another team’s decent, but often-injured, number-one running back.Shortly after cutting Beanie Wells, the Cardinals have signed former Pittsburgh Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall to a one-year deal.See also:-Arizona Cardinals Cut Beanie Wells, Leaving Team…
In what appears to be another recall attempt motivated by the effort to recall Sheriff Joe Arpaio, some Arpaio supporters say they’re going to try to recall House Minority Leader Chad Campbell.As with the announcement by another set of Arpaio supporters, who claim to be attempting a recall of County…
Authorities’ scavenger hunt for guns, ammo, grenades, and “high explosives” that were poorly hidden in the the desert near State Route 87 has come to an end.Between the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office, ATF, and FBI, seven ammo cans were recovered, each containing a cache of explosives or a firearm.See also:-Hikers…
The first day of free agency was Tuesday, so of course there’s another rumor involving a quarterback and the Arizona Cardinals.This time around, it’s former Indianapolis Colts backup quarterback Drew Stanton. 910 XTRA’s Mike Jurecki reports that Stanton’s actually on his way to visit with the Cardinals.See also:-Cardinals Quarterback Rumor…
A Mesa woman who was spotted holding her 3-year-old son facedown in puddles on Friday claimed that Jesus told her to drown the boy, according to authorities.Perhaps not surprisingly, the woman, 30-year-old Victoria Soliz, eventually would tell a doctor that she uses crystal meth as medication, according to court documents…
It may or may not be hard to believe, but the individual pictured to the right — who has a criminal history that includes being an accessory to the murder of a cop — is accused of stabbing a woman.Frank Banashley, 31, has been out of prison (for a different…
Attention: if you hid your guns, ammo, grenades, and “high explosives” in the desert near State Route 87, you’re not very good at hiding things.Hikers found the aforementioned items in the past couple of days, and the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office and a pair of federal agencies are now utilizing…
