The latest book in the “we-love-Pat-Tillman” saga, Where Men Win Glory, by John Krakauer, features a photo of the former Arizona Cardinal staring heroically into the distance while standing on top of a mountain in Afghanistan. It’s enough to make any football fan weep.. One problem — the guy who took the photo…
A Maricopa County detention officer made a choice last night to defy a judge, and now he faces jail time for contempt of court. The officer, Adam Stoddard, held a news conference Monday but did not apologize for taking papers from a defense attorney’s file, as Superior Court Judge Gary…
A cat that was described by Colorado shelter workers as “half-frozen,” has thawed out and may be coming to find a home in Arizona. The cat, appropriately named Icee, was found under a deck in Teller County, Colorado, last month just a day after a heavy snowfall. When police found Icee, they…
Members of the Arizona Legislature are working on a, umm, great idea to help bridge the state’s now $1.5 budget gap — they want to start taking donations from you. As if the taxpayers are the ones who got us into this mess. Legislators are drumming up support for a…
Three people were found dead inside a Tucson home yesterday. Police say the bodies of a man, a woman, and a child were found inside the home but are not releasing any details about the case, other than that it is being investigated as a homicide…The body found below in…
Call it the cost of clapping. Five anti-Arpaio activists were awarded legal fees Monday by Justice of the Peace C. Steven McMurry in a case that involved four of them being arrested for applauding at a Maricopa County Board of Supervisors’ meeting in December 2008.The five activists — from the groups…
Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s circus came to ASU’s Cronkite School of Journalism Monday night, only to be cut short by the sounds of a pro-immigrant ditty, sung to the tune of Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody.The evening was filled with protest signs, serious journalism, civil disobedience, and Arpaio wearing funny hats. It was…
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: Feathered Bastard: CBS 5’s Joe Arpaio Follow-Up, and the Pressure on the ASU Profs to Perform Tonight…
County leaders want to know: What part of illegal doesn’t Sheriff Joe Arpaio understand? America’s self-described Toughest Sheriff won’t tolerate tamale-selling illegal immigrants, people who honk their horns or costume-wearing political pundits. But, according to Wesley Baysinger, (below) the county’s chief procurement officer, the Sheriff’s Office committed a felony when…
Authorities in seven Arizona cities have been looking for the people responsible for the theft of hundreds of iPhones and other expensive cell phones over the past few months. Today, the Glendale Police Department announced that it has arrested three people in connection with the thefts.Lucky for the three men…
An apology ordered by a judge in the case of a detention officer who took papers from a defense attorney’s file doesn’t appear to be coming in time for a December 1 deadline. Instead, the judge may receive only a few words tonight from Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio. The Sheriff’s Office…
People say the holiday season should be about giving, and local law enforcement seems to be taking that to heart by giving out DUIs like they’re going outta style.As part of the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety’s Holiday DUI Task Force, with the clever catch phrase “drive hammered…get nailed,” law…
The state Board of Cosmetology threatened in April to pull the license of a Gilbert spa because of a treatment the owners were calling “doctor fish.””Doctor fish” is a pedicure treatment where people dip their feet in tanks of water that have hundreds of live imported Garra Rufa fish that want…
Here’s a new way to potentially beat the dreaded photo-radar cameras: Buy a novelty license plate.This method apparently worked for one Arizona speeder, whose large white Dodge pickup truck went speeding past a photo radar station and the camera snapped a shot of the license plate that says, “N Joy…
Construction on a second lane into Mexico at the U.S. Port of Entry in Lukeville, the gateway to Rocky Point beaches, will begin by the middle of next year, state officials say. The easier cross-border access will be among the topics discussed this weekend at the Arizona-Mexico Commission Plenary Session…
A new “extreme Beer” that has been outlawed in 13 states is coming to Arizona, and in the words of Dave Chappelle, “It’ll get ya drunk.”…
If CBS 5’s follow-up to its October Joe Arpaio special didn’t pack the combination punch of the first episode, it did bring home the notion that anyone can get caught up in Arpaio’s web of cynical, trumped-up investigations. Indeed, ordinary clerks, secretaries, and functionaries have become the targets of Joe’s…
After the Cardinals 20-17 loss to the Tennessee Titans Sunday, Matt Leinart is officially worthless. Frankly, he’s worth even less than that — Matt Leinart is worth a negative $50 million dollars over six years. Leinart got a chance to step out from behind the clipboard Sunday, after Kurt Warner…
It simply stated, “see u above the rim buddy.” While the Suns superstar may not have made good on the friendly jibe by slam-dunking over the 6-foot-10 power forward during Phoenix’s battle against the Raptors on Sunday at the Air Canada Centre, Nash was plenty busy helping to lift his…
A possible extension of the Valley Metro light rail that would extend through Mesa probably will get federal funding, according to Mesa Mayor Scott Smith. Smith presented the project to officials in Washington D.C. last week and claims that federal officials are all but sold on helping fund the project…Motorcycles…
Like you needed further evidence of Joe Arpaio’s involvement with far right extremists, Arpaio recently stated on his Twitter account that his contributions to wing-nuttery will be acknowledged this December 3 in D.C. by the ultra-conservative Let Freedom Ring think-tank, one of the orgs behind the tax day tea party…
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: Feathered Bastard: Tater Tots and a Video from the Nativists Featuring Yours Truly Joe Arpaio to be…
