We messed up and we admit it. Our blog post yesterday about the Yellow Sheet Report contained a factual error — it wasn’t Phil Riske who broke the story last year about the connection between Captain Joel Fox and the SCA. It was Jim Small. Fox pointed out the error…
Good news for those who missed watching local playwright James Garcia’s newest play: Due to overwhelming popularity, Tears of Lives will have four more shows this weekend. Ripped from the headlines of stories about recent raids and deportations, the play adds a third dimension to the much-reported immigration story: Humanity. Tears…
The Arizona Diamondbacks barely made it out of Philadelphia alive Thursday after enduring a three-day whipping by the defending world champion Phillies. The D-Backs, who had been playing relatively solid baseball since the All-Star break, were simply overmatched in every facet of the game — pitching, hitting, defense — in…
State school superintendent Tom Horne has received half a dozen speeding tickets in the past 18 months, including one for speeding in a school zone. Horne says he’s paid all the tickets he’s aware of, and said he is interested in running for attorney general next year…Chandler has barred the…
According to local news reports, Arizona’s office of tourism is all worked up about Arthur Frommer’s blog comments regarding Arizona wackos carrying AR-15s outside events where the President of the United States is speaking. This is part of what Frommer had to say: “For myself, without yet suggesting that others…
In the 24-hour news cycle it can be difficult to keep up. We have the solution. Check back on Valley Fever every evening for highlights from each of New Times’ blogs. Today’s entries: Feathered Bastard: Levi Johnston’s Druggie Mom Gets the Joe Arpaio Pink Handcuff Treatment Up on the Sun:…
Run and hide! The Phoenix bee invasion has claimed yet another victim.Just hours after an 81-year-old woman was attacked yesterday by a swarm of Africanized bees near 33rd Avenue, south of Cactus Road, a 72-year-old man, on the other side of town, was also attacked.Phoenix Fire Department officials say the…
Glendale Mayor Elaine Scruggs was convinced that Channel 12 reporter Brahm Resnik misquoted her in a July 17 post on www.azcentral.com, city records show. In fact, Scruggs was angry enough to tell other city officials she wanted to demand a retraction.But the tale of the tape scuttled that idea.At issue…
The Phoenix police cold case squad, in conjunction with the U.S. Marshals Office, arrested an elderly man at a long-term care facility in connection with a 1987 murder. Cops say that on October 20, 1987, Roger Cook (pictured) pointed a .357 Magnum at two young men who had jumped a fence (UPDATE -…
Reading the full transcript of Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords’ August 10 interview with the Arizona Daily Star, it’s easy to see why people are so frustrated with plans to launch government-run healthcare insurance. The costs, the potential savings, the type of coverage, the potential taxes to cover the plan –…
President Obama popped into a meeting today between government officials and immigrant advocates, saying he wants local 287(g)-authorized agencies “held accountable,” a pro-immigrant group said today. Reform Immigration for America stated in a news release that the president wasn’t expected at the meeting in Washington D.C. on immigration reform, which was…
So what’s this deal about hockey-stud Levi Johnston’s druggie ma having Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s pink handcuffs slapped on her in an Alaska courtroom after pleading guilty for illegally possessing OxyContin, aka, “The Rush Limbaugh Drug”?You’ll recall that Levi is the 19-year-old who impregnated Bristol Palin, Wasilla-wackjob Sarah Palin’s kid. During…
Scottsdale apparently had its very own version of Steve Martin’s Ruprecht in the 1988 film “Dirty Rotten Scoundrels.”…
Thankfully, there’s just one Trent Franks. The conservative Arizona Congressman from District Two, which includes Maricopa County, apparently believes human beings should multiply like rabbits until the entire Earth is covered. Why else would he take issue with the following piece of writing from President Obama’s science czar, John Holdren:…
We’re not suggesting he’s off to a galaxy far, far away or anything, but we can report that David Leibowitz is on the move.Leibowitz, a former Arizona Republic columnist and KTAR talk show host, has limited his journalism lately to freelancing. His main gig has been serving as the…
Not only does the state of Arizona have a $3.5 billion budget gap to close, it’s also apparently about $400 million in debt due to internal loans .State Treasurer Dean Martin to the rescue.Our liable Legislature has been borrowing money from about 1,800 government funds just to pay bills.”It’s like…
Veteran Arizona Capitol Times reporter Phil Riske has been fired from the Yellow Sheet, a paid-subscription politics rag, says an Arizona Republic blog post by Matthew Benson. Riske had been with the Cap Times for seven years and planned to retire at the end of August, but he got in…
The state’s having a bit of a yard sale right now, and what’s on the lawn? How about a hospital, a state park, and, oh yeah, the state capitol.We reported on this a few weeks ago, and believe us, we can’t believe this is actually happening either.In the last few…
Phoenix cops call the murder of Terry Neely, 46, one of the most heinous they’ve ever seen — and indeed, these details can make the most jaded news reader shudder. Even the beginning of the attack was cruel: The suspect, Angela Simpson, 33, lured the disabled man into an apartment near…
Arizona State University is “leading the pack in improvements and innovative changes,” according to the latest issue of U.S. News and World Report magazine. Though ASU was only as the 121st best national university — same ranking as last year — the Valley institution ranked fifth out of 77 of…
Check out the photo and caption that ran along with an article on an Irish Web site about an upcoming solar energy project: …
Hard Luck got his ticket punched during the third inning when his first pitch to four-time All-Star infielder Chase Utley became a two-run homer. His nightmare continued in the fifth as Jimmy Rollins smacked a line-drive double and Shane Victorino hit a grounder single before watching Ryan Howard clear the bases from…
