An American bulldog attacked its owner violently while the two were on a walk last night in Mesa, police say, then ran away after taking a bullet from a cop’s gun. Just before 7:30 p.m., neighbors in the area of 11300 block of East Contessa saw the large, brown-and-white dog…
Bill Stokely is explaining a few things about chopper envy. The 69-year-old Oklahoma ad man lives in the posh Forest Highlands Golf Club in Flagstaff half the year, his hometown of Tulsa the other half. Billboards are the main business of Stokely Outdoor Advertising, the company he and his wife…
The summer sky drizzles rain as Arden Kucate and Theresa Pasqual drive toward a nondescript field in eastern Arizona. On this overcast day in August, they are heading to a place their ancestors called home centuries ago. There, an adobe compound, known as Amity Pueblo, toppled by time, is a…
Lately, I’ve noticed a few bands, como Voodoo Glow Skulls, have embraced ska music in both at home and in Mexico. I was curious what the appeal is for Mexicans to ska music? Also, if you had to turn people to Mexican ska, what would be your top five recommendations?…
According to what we’re sure was a real thorough analysis by CNBC, Democratic Congressman Raul Grijalva can flush the Dow Jones Industrial Average straight down the toilet just by appearing on television and speaking about things…
Irish wolfhound Tom Ryan lets the Pearces have it, and Judge Pearce nearly scraps with Dennis Gilman (@ 3:32) in this classic video from 2011 Add another scalp to the lodge wall. Recalled, disgraced former state Senate President Russell Pearce’s brother, ex-supervisor’s candidate and one-time Justice of the Pearce Lester…
It’s been a while since Senator John McCain has talked about a White House “coverup” of details in the attack on the U.S. consulate in Benghazi, Libya — although his spokesman wouldn’t tell us if he’s given up on that theory — but McCain still has complaints.One of these new…
Arizona’s economy is really shaping up, based on an independent ranking of the 50 states’ financial situations — the Grand Canyon State is now the 47th best out of the 50 states, which is an improvement over the previous ranking of 48th.The financial-news website 24/7 Wall St. has been doing…
An eighth state prison inmate in Florence is receiving medical care for the suspected bad batch of prison wine some inmates consumed over the weekend.Pinal County officials said seven inmates were hospitalized by noon Sunday with botulism, and it’s believed that the homemade “pruno” is what did the inmates in.See…
Erasmo Ledezma, a 26-year-old Phoenix scofflaw, might have felt hope on the day he was released from prison last year after having served four years for theft. Though he’d been convicted of theft, Department of Corrections records show he’d been released a couple of years early in a 2004 program…
Gilbert resident Holly Solomon pleaded not guilty today to charges related to what was quite possibly the nation’s biggest overreaction to President Obama’s re-election — allegedly running over her husband with her Jeep for not voting against the president.Daniel Solomon — who may have “permanent disfigurement” as a result of…
An inmate at the Arizona State Prison in Tucson has filed a federal lawsuit against himself, claiming he has violated two of his own constitutional rights.The lawsuit filed Monday by Levi Moses alleges that he violated his own religious rights by not being aware of the Holy Bible, and that…
Republican Senators Jon Kyl and Kay Bailey Hutchison have offered a plan for some people brought to the United States illegally when they were young, and it’s totally not the DREAM Act.Instead, it’s the ACHIEVE Act, which the senators contend creates “no special pathway to citizenship.” Based on how they…
UPDATE: An ADC spokesman tells New Times that Castro’s a corrections officer.An Arizona Department of Corrections worker is accused of ramming into an SUV with six passengers — five of them kids — on Interstate 10 last week, causing some of the children to be ejected from the vehicle.The reason…
The Arizona Cardinals will be keeping Ryan Lindley at quarterback on Sunday, a week after he threw zero touchdowns and four interceptions in his NFL debut.Cardinals writer Darren Urban says quarterback Kevin Kolb — who led the team to a 4-1 record before sustaining a rib/chest injury during week six…
A Mesa man spent his Thanksgiving managing to steal about $10,000 worth of stuff from a Fry’s grocery store.If you’re wondering how it was even possible for 48-year-old Robert Lheureux to allegedly grab $10,000 worth of loot from a grocery store, that’s because this particular store had a lot of…
Now that outgoing Republican Senator Jon Kyl doesn’t have to rely on votes from the anti-immigrant crowd, he and Texas Republican Senator Kay Bailey Hutchison have introduced a bill that’s kind of, sort of, similar to — but definitely isn’t — the DREAM Act.Whereas versions of the DREAM Act have…
Attention Charles Sheen, Tomás Cruz, Bartholomew Simpson, and other people with near-celebrity names: it’s time to run for public office.One example of why that may be a good idea is Bill Maher. No, not Bill Maher, but Bill Maher — the Green Party’s state House candidate in Legislative District 16,…
Above is a picture of Governor Jan Brewer in front of a Christmas tree inside the Capitol…
Maricopa County Recorder Helen Purcell and Elections Director Karen Osborne presented the official 2012 canvass to the Board of Supervisors today, and the BOS approved it after a discussion of the controversy over the late vote count. Overall, turnout was slightly down this year compared with 2008, with 76.51 percent…
As you may know, or should know, Arizona State University beat the University of Arizona on Friday to win back college football’s oldest trophy, by a score of 41-34.Since you probably either saw the game, or heard about it, we’ll give you some of the finer points you may have…
A 14-year-old child is dead, and two other children were injured after being ejected from a vehicle that was rear-ended on Interstate 10 on Friday by a driver hopped up on anti-anxiety pills, police say.John Morken was driving the car that slammed into the SUV that had six occupants, and…
