Republican Congressional candidate Vernon Parker’s photo in an Arizona Democratic Party has several African-Americans upset from both sides of the aisle.The ads targeting Parker — who’s running against Democrat Kyrsten Cinema in CD9 — are in full color, except for Parker’s picture.See also:-Vernon Parker’s Photo in Democrat Mailer Has Jarrett…
A political superstar and one in the making are on the bill this Wednesday, 8 p.m., at ASU’s Sun Devil Performance Lawn. That’s when former President Bill Clinton will be in Tempe to stump for fellow Democrat and U.S. Senate candidate Rich Carmona. See also: -Paul Penzone Can Beat Arpaio,…
Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever was driving drunk at the time of his fatal crash a little more than two weeks ago, according to a toxicology report.The Coconino County Sheriff’s Office relayed the results from the medical examiner, saying that preliminary toxicology results “indicate a level of alcohol associated with…
Following in the footsteps of our sister papers of South Florida, Miami New Times and Broward-Palm Beach New Times, we bring you the weekly roundup of visitors to the desert’s own Fourth Avenue Jail.This week, the jail saw some happy campers and not-so-happy campers, so this week’s collection of mugshots…
After skewering Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s fabrications in a recent political ad, we’d be remiss not to mention how a new anti-Arpaio ad bends the truth. The powerful ad by Valley musician Devin Fleenor and Citizens for Professional Law Enforcement, which aired on TV for the first time yesterday,…
More than 100 members of Adios Arpaio, the union-funded movement of Latino high-school students looking to drive Sheriff Joe Arpaio from power, rallied on the lawn of the state House in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon to announce that they’re closing in on surpassing their goal of registering 30,000 new county…
Soon-to-be-former state Representative Ben Arredondo pleaded guilty today to two felony charges, including one that wasn’t even mentioned in the original indictment.Arredondo pleaded guilty to one count of “honest services mail fraud” — related to the ticket-bribery exchange he had going on with undercover FBI agents — but also pleaded…
The Arizona Democratic Party has sent out a couple of mailers targeting the Republican candidate in CD9, Vernon Parker, and they’re bright any colorful ads — except for Parker’s picture.Not only has Parker made it known that he thinks the ad is an offensive shot at his race, it also…
The Arizona Cardinals are no longer undefeated, and they did not go down gracefully.Kevin Kolb spent more time playing assault victim that he did playing quarterback, the Cardinals’ run game continues to be essentially non-existent, resulting in a 17-3 loss in St. Louis…
The past few days have been exceptionally crappy ones for Arizona sports.The Cardinals lost their first game of the season (recap coming momentarily), the Coyotes and the rest of the NHL teams are already seeing their games canceled, the Diamondbacks missed the playoffs, and the team announced that neither member…
Pete Kosednar, a Scottsdale window-cleaner and blogger, pulled out his video camera this morning when he saw a hiker walk by on Camelback Mountain with her dog unleashed. Then, he says — and as the video below appears to show — he simply reminded the woman that her dog was…
The murder trial of Joseluis Marquez started today, as the 22-year-old faces charges of first-degree murder and robbery the 2010 death of 21-year-old Arizona State University student Kyleigh Sousa.Sousa, 21, was dragged by a car in an attempted robbery of her purse in an IHOP parking lot just south of…
Arizona Diamondbacks fans will be hearing some new voices calling the action on television when the team takes the field next year. Say goodnight, Gracie. You too, Daron. Derrick Hall, the team’s CEO, informed the media earlier today that the D-backs’ longtime commentary team of Daron Sutton and Mark Grace…
A change-of-plea hearing has been scheduled for tomorrow in the bribery case involving state Representative Ben Arredondo, meaning he’s scheduled to plead guilty.Arredondo was indicted in May on charges of bribery, fraud, attempted extortion, and making false statements for allegedly getting the tickets from a company — a fake company,…
Wednesday’s report from Biscobing… Kudos to ABC 15 and its reporter Dave Biscobing for the yeomanlike work they’ve done in bringing to Phoenix viewers the civil trial in Pinal County over the MCSO jail death of diabetic mom Deborah Braillard. See also: -What’s Mom Worth?: When a Woman Became Deathly…
After canceling part of the pre-season, then the entire pre-season, the NHL has announced that it’s starting to cancel some regular-season games.The NHL released a super-short statement saying regular-season games would be canceled through October 24, which includes 82 games league-wide, four of those including the Phoenix Coyotes…
A little more than a year after one of the recruiters for the Scottsdale-based porn website Backroom Casting Couch was arrested on child-pornography charges, another associate of the website has gotten himself in trouble with law enforcement.Kevin Kelsch, 30, was arrested in Paradise Valley in late August after his ex-girlfriend…
The following post was written by Sam Levin, an editorial fellow at New Times’ Denver-based sister paper, Westword. Although Senator John McCain easily won Arizona in the 2008 election, team Obama believes Arizona is in play this time around. Read on for observation and analysis from last night’s debate. President…
Joe practically begs viewers to let him keep his job in this new ad Sheriff Joe looks like a worried old man in his new TV commercial, the latest in a series of pricey ads that his re-election campaign has been inundating county boob tubes with. “Despite all the criticism,”…
After a woman complained that the City of Phoenix was trampling on her religious rights by not letting her hand out free water without a permit, the city council has decided to create an exemption for water.Dana Crow-Smith complained after she, along with some of her Christian friends, gathered at…
It’s all over but the crying down at Chase Field as the Arizona Diamondbacks ended their dreadful year in dreadful fashion with a 2-1 defeat by the Colorado Rockies. While there’s much joy in cities with playoff-bound teams like San Francisco, Detroit, and Cincinnati, there’s nothing but disappointment and frustration…
Mark Bosworth, a former Valley real-estate maverick who once boasted he owned $50 million in property, claims he was conned into trying to cash a bogus, $4,500 check. The felony forgery charge he’s fighting could result in jail time. It’s an ignominious — though somewhat expected — turn of events…
