If your public relations firm happens to represent an organization that advocates for people with disabilities, it’s probably in your best interest to not make fun of people with disabilities. Just ask Valley PR honcho Jason Rose, who took to Twitter over the weekend to compare a “knucklehead” he saw at…
Judging by the latest information, a plane crash into the western flanks of the Superstition Mountains appears to have been the result of an “awful mistake,” says a flight-school instructor.Six people — three men and one of the men’s three young children — were killed when the twin-engine plane hit…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio today ended months of speculation about who he’d support in the GOP presidential primary by officially throwing his weight behind Texas Governor Rick Perry.Arpaio is currently in New Hampshire campaigning with Perry, which is where he gave his official nod. “I’m endorsing Rick Perry because…
The Arizona Supreme Court today will consider whether to issue an execution warrant for a man convicted of murdering his adoptive mother back in 1984. After murdering her, he chopped her body up into several pieces, and scattered them in dumpsters near the Florence Prison — where he was an…
The Red Mountain Tea Party bills itself as the largest weekly Tea Party meeting in America, and organizers were proud to get Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio to speak tonight.Arpaio blew the teabaggers off, though, because the sheriff had “an emergency that came up in his schedule that he could…
As you’ve probably heard, Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio will be in New Hampshire today where he’s expected to endorse Texas Governor Rick Perry in the Republican presidential primary.Arpaio’s nod could be a double-edged sword for Perry, though, who many far-right-wingers — a.k.a. the people who typically vote in Republican…
An Australian illegal immigrant and ex-heroin trafficker was sentenced today to two years in prison for buying guns at a Glendale gun show. Elie Malkoun, 53, of Victoria, Australia, is a veteran of his own country’s prisons, having served 10 years starting in 1989 for his role in a multimillion-dollar…
The trails on the Superstition Mountains near the site of last week’s plane crash are now open for business, even as wreckage from the crash — including human bone fragments, apparently — remains on the mountain.The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office says one hiker’s already found a bone fragment near the…
Lois Fraley, a former Arizona Department of Corrections officer, spent 15 days in early 2004 as a hostage inside a tower at the Lewis Prison Complex in Buckeye — the longest prison standoff in the nation’s history.On December 1 at 10 p.m., her story will be featured on the premier…
For the first time since 2009, former Arizona Cardinals quarterback/2004 Heisman Trophy winner Matt Leinart played in a professional football game. By halftime, Leinart was back on the bench, which is where he’s likely to remain for the rest of the season.In what was to be Leinart’s latest chance to…
Should anyone be surprised that Governor Jan Brewer will be one of the keynote speakers at the American Legislative Exchange Council’s big wingding in Scottsdale this week at the Westin Kierland Resort and Spa?I’m sure not. Even before ALEC posted the announcement to its website and the governor’s office noted…
Dr. Andrew Weil’s Center for Integrative Medicine has found a major new funding source thanks to a deal made this morning with the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors.The Tucson-based center, which controversially merges alternative treatments like acupuncture with conventional medicine, expects to open a Valley clinic sometime next year. (The…
Arizona State University made it official an hour or so ago, releasing a statement that everyone expected: Dennis Erickson is out as the Sun Devils’ head football coach, apparently effective after the team plays in a minor bowl game somewhere next month. Erickson’s record in Tempe is 31-30, and that…
If you’re in need of child-size crutches — and have some smokes to spare — you’re in luck: Someone in Chandler is willing to make a trade.The only catch is that the previous owner of the crutches — according to the person who posted the ad (pictured above) on Craigslist…
The Arizona Department of Public Safety will conduct an independent investigation of the bloody Black-Friday arrest of a Walmart shopper.Jerald Newman, 54, was knocked unconscious after a Buckeye police officer performed a “leg sweep” on him while arresting him on suspicion of shoplifting. (UPDATE: The officer’s name has been released:…
Jerice Hunter, the mother of missing 5-year-old Jhessye Shockley — who is suspected in the girl’s disappearance — has been released from jail.Hunter, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says, was released about 10:40 a.m today.Jerry Cobb, spokesman for the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, tells New Times Hunter was released because…
A Tempe man and his baby-mama have each pleaded guilty to one count of child abuse after leaving their 11-month-old baby in a running bathtub earlier this year.Initially, Summer Dawn Angelly, 23, and Jasen Anchondo, 28, pleaded not guilty to the same charge. The couple was arrested in August after…
Beanie Wells had arguably the biggest game of his career yesterday, as the running back rushed for 228 yards during the Arizona Cardinals’ 23-20 win over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday afternoon at the Edward Jones Dome. He nabbed a franchise record for rushing during the game, averaging 8.4…
Fresh from the Thanksgiving holiday, the jury in the Mark Goudeau serial killing case returns to work this morning, scheduled to hear closing arguments in the “penalty phase” of the high-profile case. The jurors’ choices are simple: Death, or life without possibility of parole.The 47-year-old already is serving a life…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, a man who’s made a career out of bootin’ brown folks back across the border, is reportedly going to endorse Rick Perry as the Republican nominee for president — which is more than a little surprising (if it’s true, that is), when you consider some…
A Democrat hasn’t held a U.S. Senate seat in Arizona since 1995, but a recent poll suggests that the seat getting vacated by retiring Senator Jon Kyl is within reach for Arizona lefties.According to the pollsters at the left-leaning Public Policy Polling, Republican Congressman Jeff Flake — the presumed GOP…
Back about a hundred years ago (actually it was September 24) just after Arizona State’s high point of this lost football season, a 43-22 win over USC, team defensive coordinator Craig Bray spoke to an Arizona Republic reporter about “superstar” linebacker Vontaze Burfict. He vowed to keep himself under control…
