During the 2010 Senate primary against former TV pitchman J.D. Hayworth, Senator John McCain insisted he wasn’t “the Maverick” — willing to cross party lines for crucial votes — he once was. According to a study by the National Journal, he wasn’t kidding.The study finds that McCain, once considered a…
Authorities from the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma say a Marine who’s been missing for nearly two weeks has returned to the base and turned himself in. The Yuma base says Sergeant Jonathan Kyle Ferguson returned to the base about 10:30 p.m. yesterday, after calling his family.Ferguson has been missing…
A Phoenix man upset with the quality of the work being done by a man he hired to fix his roof let the roofer know about it…with a bullet to the back.According to court records obtained by New Times, about 1:30 p.m. yesterday, police were called to a home near…
The Phoenix Suns kicked off the second half of their season last night in arguably the best fashion possible: By upending one of the Eastern Conference’s better teams and earning a much-needed win in their quest for a playoff berth. Buoyed by Channing Frye’s 20-point performance, Planet Orange defeated the…
Debra Kastner, 31, of Phoenix, wanted to show her baby-daddy and local police that she’s untouchable — so she called her 11-year old son over and punched him in the lower-back. According to police records, Kastner and the baby-daddy had an argument, which led her to hit the child and…
The perception that Mexico has a defective culture has come up in your column several times. It’s most important to point out the historical differences. The United States was invaded by settlers who came to live here permanently. Mexico was conquered by gold-seeking thugs who wanted to return rich to…
THE LEECHES Why can’t feds get these guys?: How can [State Bar of Arizona independent counsel] John Gleason come up with an incredibly detailed and well-documented 33-count complaint against former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas and deputy county attorneys Rachel Alexander and Lisa Aubuchon that fully implicates Sheriff Joe Arpaio…
The Mexican migrant workers who settled on the west bank of the Agua Fria River more than 70 years ago didn’t have an easy life, but it was a good one. They toiled in the fields, sowing seeds, pulling weeds, and picking watermelons, onions, and cotton. They carved out canals…
MARK SPINNER I have praised Channel 5 KPHO’s reporters and producers in the past. I consider them colleagues. In fact, in 2010, New Times went so far as to award KPHO newshound Morgan Loew and producer Gilbert Zermeno “Best TV Journalists” for their hard-hitting pieces on Maricopa County Sheriff Joe…
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:…
A Phoenix man has two problems: his neighbor, and throwing like a girl.According to court records obtained by New Times, 51-year-old Bruce Mueller had a dispute with his neighbor at an apartment complex at 1625 East Glendale Avenue in Phoenix. He responded by trying to set burn the neighbor’s house…
In the end, they all passed out of the state Senate Appropriations Committee, all of state Senate President Russell Pearce’s anti-immigrant bills, other hate-filled measures offered by his stooges, and cataclysmic proposed laws that can only be described as outright attacks on whatever civilization is left in Sand Land.I wish…
An employee at a Phoenix Safeway was arrested yesterday for allegedly setting fire to the store last week, causing more than $100,000 in damages.Eli Rabago, 18, was arrested yesterday for starting last Wednesday’s blaze at the Safeway near 32nd Street and Thunderbird Road.Rabago has reportedly worked at the store since…
The City of Avondale announced this morning that it will be naming a street after a man who is worshiped in trailer parks from Phoenix to Daytona: Dale Earnhardt.City officials announced this morning that the north entrance to the new Avondale City Center will be called “Dale Earnhardt Drive” in…
A bill that could potentially make Arizona the first state in the entire country to have an official “state gun” is one step closer to becoming law (that sound you just heard is the collective chuckle of the rest of the country).As we noted yesterday, more than 40 Arizona state…
Announcing that you’re considering running for U.S. Senate after telling a story about fatsos and their love of cream cheese is an interesting campaign tactic — and it’s one Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods pulled out this morning on live TV.Woods, a.k.a. the best “Twitterer” in Phoenix, said this…
Attention Valley residents: Stop driving around shitfaced with your kids in the car.For the second time this morning, we’ve been hit with a story about a person driving drunk with a child in the car. The latest: 34-year-old Carla Flanagan.Flanagan was arrested Saturday after drunkenly crashing her car near 45th…
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office announced this morning that multiple law enforcement agencies are responsible for the arrests of 102 people and the recovery of more than 3,200 pounds of weed in the Vekol Valley during a four-day operation aimed at cleaning up the drug-plagued smuggling corridor.The operation, which was…
A story about a Mesa man getting a DUI Monday night probably wouldn’t be news worthy… unless at the time he had three kids in the trunk of his car, which he did.Robert Soto, 23, was stopped by police Monday night after a police helicopter responding to a road rage…
According to a Maricopa County Sheriff’s Deputy, Isabel Beltran is one of the more-honest meth heads in the valley — even though she was using an ex-girlfriend’s ID and a forged prescription to buy drugs for a mysterious woman at Walgreens pharmacy last night.About 8 p.m., Beltran showed up at…
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:…
The U.S. Marshals Service released today another mugshot of Tucson shooting suspect Jared Loughner. In it, as you can see below, he looks far-less maniacal than he does in the now-infamous photo taken by the Pima County sheriff’s deputies shortly after the shooting.Loughner’s attorneys had fought to keep the unreleased…
