The top-ranked Arizona State women’s softball team takes the field this afternoon against the Oklahoma Sooners in a first-round game at the NCAA World Series in Oklahoma City. The 4 p.m. game will be nationally televised on ESPN2 (Channel 32). It should be a tight low-scoring affair that comes down…
Shamed former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas’ strategy for his upcoming state Bar ethics hearing is becoming clear: he’s going to attempt to vindicate himself by trashing County Supervisor Don Stapley.County sources tell New Times Thomas’ attorney, Don Wilson, has subpoenaed Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores, asking that she turn…
TATMAN Aviles a testament to hardworking immigrants: I know people who have gotten work done by the subject of your excellent cover article, and I can attest that he is a unique artist (“Marked Man,” Niki D’Andrea, May 19). His work is beautiful, and he is exactly what immigrants to America…
I’m new to the San Antonio area and am enjoying exploring the many wonderful aspects of its history and culture. One thing has become incredibly bothersome to me, though: the plight of pet overpopulation. With so many resources that are available for spay/neuter assistance, I’m not certain as to why this continues…
Other than a simple slate-rock sign before it that reads “Quan Yin Family,” there’s little to distinguish the one-story house from any other in this rural patch of Buckeye, where horseback riders and children on motorized mini-bikes share the area’s unpaved roads. “Quan Yin” refers to the Quan Yin method…
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:…
As disgraced former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas continues to piss away taxpayer money preparing for his upcoming state Bar ethics hearing, his apparent defense is becoming more clear: attack Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley.County sources tell New Times Thomas’ attorney, Don Wilson, has subpoenaed Gila County Attorney Daisy Flores,…
Emergency medical responders at Arizona prisons have had a busy week — four inmates have died while in Arizona Department of Corrections custody in four days.One of the deaths, DOC spokesman Barrett Marson tells New Times, is a suspected homicide.Marson says the other three deaths are currently under investigation, but…
An arrest has been in the 2010 murder of a man fatally shot as he tried to thwart a beer theft at a Phoenix convenience store.Manuel Salazar III was arrested in Durango, Mexico, over the weekend for the February 2010 murder of 23-year-old Lance Taylor.Salazar was trying to steal beer…
Four of the seven Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office employees suspected of having ties to a drug-and human-smuggling operation have been cleared of any criminal conduct following an investigation conducted by an outside agency.The four unidentified employees have returned to work, and now face an internal investigation.No other officers are being…
With the ouster of now-former Executive Director of the Arizona Republican Party Brett Mecum, Thayer Verschoor, a veteran of the Arizona Legislature and short-lived communications director for the AZ GOP, is getting a promotion.Sources tell New Times Verschoor has been slated to take over for Mecum as executive director of…
Dirty D-bag “Nik Richie,” a.k.a. Hooman Karamian, a.k.a. “Corbin Grimes,” a.k.a. “Nik Lamas-Richie,” is getting sued — again.The latest to file a suit against the leader of the “Dirty Army” is Memphis, Tennessee, TV reporter Lauren Lee, who claims a nude photo of her posted on Richie’s website Dirty.com isn’t…
Dejuan Donaldson, the alleged south Phoenix rapist, was in Maricopa County Superior Court yesterday, where he pleaded not guitly to charges he sexually assaulted three young girls as they walked to school.The 18-year-old Donaldson, who was placed on suicide watch shortly after his arrest, has been hit with a laundry…
Ian Kennedy had a three-game winning streak snapped last night and the Arizona Diamondbacks lost for the first time in seven games in a disappointing 5-2 loss to the Florida Marlins last night at Chase Field. Kennedy had been outstanding since April 20, shedding two and a half runs off…
Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has refused to answer any reporters’ questions about a home she was rumored to have recently bought in Scottsdale. But Fox News’ Greta Van Susteren apparently isn’t any reporter.Despite the former vice presidential candidate’s recent media silence, Van Susteren scored 20 minutes with Palin last…
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:…
If you checked the KPHO website this afternoon, you might be thinking a child who mysteriously vanished from Canada seven years ago turned up over the weekend with a strange woman at a laundromat in Chandler.Here’s a link (although, the story has since been changed from its original version).That’s kinda…
Brett Mecum, the now-former executive director of the Arizona Republican Party, has been given the ax by the state GOP, multiple sources within the Party confirm to New Times.Frankly, we’re shocked. Not that Mecum got canned, but that it took as long as it did given his long list of…
We reached out to the Maricopa Community Colleges Governing Board after last week’s board meeting to ask if they plan on reconsidering their tuition hike targeting undocumented students. We also asked board members to address the criticisms levied against the board last Tuesday night that they were misinterpreting state…
A Mesa man considered killing his girlfriend early this morning, but opted to shoot her in the foot instead.According to court documents obtained by New Times, Mesa police were dispatched to the Arizona Regional Medical Center about 12:30 a.m. today. Hospital staff called to report a woman had been brought…
A drunk Gilbert man was arrested Saturday after a fight with his wife prompted him to blast a shotgun at his own house.Gilbert police were called to the 3500 block of South Buckaroo Trail early Saturday morning where Jeffrey Finkbeiner, 26, and his wife had been arguing.A neighbor tried to…
Russell Pearce, have a heapin’ helping of freshly baked humble pie.Citizens for a Better Arizona, the group spearheading the effort to recall the powerful state Senate President, made history today, turning in 18,315 signatures to the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office, more than double the 7,756 signatures required by law…
