The Cronkite News Service’s Rebekah Zemansky recently reported on efforts by several legislators to add more specialized license plates to Arizona’s already vast selection.Currently, you can pick a plate to show your support for the Arizona Cardinals or declare your membership in a Masonic Fraternity. You can purchase a plate memorializing fallen…
You might think a state as strapped for cash as Arizona’s been these last few years wouldn’t have pissed away nearly $5 million on things like bridges for sheep. You’d be wrong.The Arizona Republic this morning published an article about three bridges built across the Hoover Dam that are three…
Several bills that would place stricter regulations on abortions will be heard in the Arizona state Legislature later today, and pro-choice groups aren’t happy about it. In fact, one group calls the bills an “assault [on] a woman’s dignity.” Aside from forcing abortion doctors to offer patients the opportunity to…
When the Washington State Cougars rushed down the court down by two points with seconds to go on Saturday afternoon, just about everyone in the Wells Fargo Arena probably shared a similar thought: Oh, shit! The Arizona State Sun Devils had lost eleven Pac-10 Conference games in a row, many of…
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:…
Welcome to “West Sixth.” The Centerpoint Towers in Tempe have been sold, and construction on the unfinished project will resume “immediately” in order to have occupants living there by August. Zaremba Group, which came close to buying the towers and five-acre property, closed the $30 million deal today, confirms Mark…
While chatting with Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu today about border issues, we asked about his months-long investigation into allegations by Maricopa County deputy chief Frank Munnell. As Valley Fever reported on February 3, the report had been completed and was expected to be released no later than today. The situation…
We never thought we’d say this, but this Sedona couple could have learned a thing or two from Wesley Snipes.William Steiniger and his wife Diane Steiniger were convicted on tax evasion and conspiracy charges in 2009, and were sentenced Thursday to prison terms of a combined 50 months…
The Arizona Republic ran a story on its website yesterday vilifying a Tucson photographer for trying to get the Gannett-owned newspaper — and several other news outlets — to cough up some (a lot of) cash for using a photo of a 9-year-old girl killed during the January 8, shooting…
A couple of Chandler gangsters kept things extra gangsta this morning, when police say one thug shot another.Chandler Detective Frank Mendoza tells New Times that about 10:20 a.m. today, an 18-year-old male was shot at a home at 449 West Ray Road in Chandler. He took bullets to both his…
When you have the urge to break things, urinate, and smoke cigarettes, where better to do it than a Mormon church, right? Wrong — just ask Minnesota native Jacob Jeffrey Schwartz, who broke into a Mormon church Friday morning to do each of the aforementioned activities.Scottsdale police say Schwartz, 20,…
Tea Partiers from across the country will be flocking to Phoenix next week for the group’s first ever “American Policy Summit.” Sounds scary, we know, but it’s not as scary as it could be — Sarah Palin will not be in attendance.No, the former vice presidential candidate will not be…
So where are the Russell Pearce pinatas? Arizona’s state Senate President is the most powerful politico in Sand Land, and arguably an even greater foe of Latinos than Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who’s been “honored” in pinata form by his opponents on many occasions. But Pearce has yet to receive the pinata…
Dealing with the ruling royalty in far-flung parts of the globe could have possible benefits for Arizona, but these non-democracies can be brutal, as Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is finding out this week. Gordon inked a five-year deal with Bahraini government officials on Monday aimed at developing stronger economic ties. The same Bahraini government,…
Former Arizona governor and current Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano announced today that she will not seek the Senate seat being vacated by Senator Jon Kyl.Napolitano is the latest politico to announce she won’t be running. Congressmen Ben Quayle, and Raul Grijalva, as well as former Congressman John Shadegg, have…
Authorities continue to search for a U.S. Marine reported missing on Monday.Military officials initially thought 22-year-old Jonathan Kyle Ferguson’s disappearance was an unauthorized absence, but now believe it’s a missing person case.Ferguson was last seen at an IHOP restaurant in Yuma about 3:30 a.m. Monday…
The jury at the “honor killing” trial of Faleh Almaleki still hasn’t decided which degree of homicide to impose in the closely watched case. Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Roland Steinle sent the panel home for the long weekend after several hours of deliberation yesterday.It isn’t scheduled to report back…
Quintel Rich has a pretty infamous penis — and he’s not shy in showing it off.Rich, a convicted sex offender, spent the better part of 2009 exposing his penis to unsuspecting victims. After a little prison time, Rich got right back into the swing of things and whipped it out…
In the world of standing headlines, the above one is getting quite very tiresome for Arizona State men’s basketball fans. The Sun Devils lost last night 79-62 to the formidable Washington Huskies at Wells Fargo Arena in a game they never were in once it really got going midway through…
The Phoenix Suns scrapped and clawed, in the words of Head Coach Alvin Gentry, but just couldn’t get the job done against the Dallas Mavericks in a 112-106 loss last night. Dallas came out swinging, taking an early lead in the first quarter before expanding it in the second. At…
It seems Nicholas Kenneth Izzi didn’t learn too much after spending four years and four months in the Arizona State Prison at Kingman — or maybe he’s just hoping for a reunion with that orange jumpsuit. Police arrested Izzi just after noon Wednesday, less than a month after cops say…
What is it about certain former and current Maricopa County law enforcement officials that makes them think they’re a privileged class, entitled to make bank from county coffers whenever their feelings get hurt?We all know about the bloodsucking ways of ex-Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas, his erstwhile henchwoman Lisa Aubuchon,…
