Despite Phoenix police recommending that he be charged with assault for a February freeway fight with his then gal-pal Aubry Ballard, the prosecutor handling State Senator Scott Bundgaard’s case has yet to file a charge — and he says a decision on whether to file charges at all probably won’t…
Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords continues to make tremendous progress in her recovery after getting shot through the brain during the January 8, Tucson shooting rampage, and her closest friend in Congress, Florida Congresswoman Debbie Wasserman Schultz, says the wounded congresswoman will return to Congress. “I do think she’s going to come…
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A 57-year-old California man convicted of brutally murdering a Phoenix woman was sentenced to death today by Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Arthur Anderson.In addition to the death sentence, Anderson added 42 years in prison to Stephen Douglas Reeves’ term for armed robbery, assault, kidnapping, and theft charges stemming from the…
HBO has released promotional images from the upcoming film Game Change, and one thing is clear: A Beautiful Mind star Ed Harris is a dead ringer for “The Maverick.”Harris is signed on to play the role of Senator John McCain in the upcoming film, which is based on John Heilemann and…
Courtesy of the Three Sonorans blog. Now here’s a quiz: What do all these people have in common? Just a coincidence, I’m sure…It’s the easiest thing in the world to label someone a Marxist, a commie or un-American. You don’t need any real evidence. All you need to do is…
Phoenix Suns President and CEO Rick Welts has done something courageous for a guy in a macho-dominated industry: he came out of the closet.In an article in the New York Times yesterday, Welts, 58, announced that he is gay — a fact his colleagues had suspected but never felt comfortable asking…
Charges against an Arivaca woman who admitted to violations of the Endangered Species Act for her role in the death of “Macho B,” the nation’s last known wild jaguar, will be dropped — as long as she stays out of jaguar or large-cat studies for a year and does not…
The results of a campaign to curb underage drinking and drunk driving during Arizona State University’s commencement weekend are in, and the Tempe Police Department reports of 141 arrests over the course of the campaign.Of the 141 arrests, 119 were alcohol-related.”Our goal is to promote safe celebration practices,” Central City Bureau…
According to a recent poll, Arizonans mirror much of the country and can’t stand billionaire reality TV bozo Donald Trump, and he’s apparently taken the hint — Trump announced this morning that he will not run for president, ending months of speculation that his candidacy was a publicity stunt to boost…
A Phoenix woman apparently wanted a little cuddle time after having sex with a man at the apartment of 19-year-old Paul Katoa over the weekend. The friend, Andrew McConnell, however, just got up and left the room — which caused her to return to the apartment with a friend carrying…
Yahoo! Sports Saunders is 0-5 to start the season. Except for a few innings thrown by struggling Joe Saunders, the Arizona Diamondbacks had a perfect weekend of pitching en route to a series win over the Los Angeles Dodgers. The Diamondbacks lost Saunders’ start Friday, 4-3, then cranked out a…
Former Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas already has ripped through much of the $100,000 he was granted by the Board of Supervisors to fund his defense against an ethics complaint filed against him with the Arizona State Bar Association, which has prompted discussion about whether he should be granted more county…
A top aide to Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio doesn’t believe his boss was “out of the loop” of information in his own office. The opinion by Deputy Chief Paul Chagolla, made to investigators probing the misconduct allegations of some of Arpaio’s other top men, fuels the idea that Arpaio knew…
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:…
Members of the Arizona Tea Party have firmly rejected the idea of the state’s new Tea Party license plates. The plates symbolize big government and seem counter to Tea Party principles, a spokesman for a local Tea Party group told the Huffington Post today. You’d think the tea-baggers would have…
A kitchen manager at Desert Canyon Golf Club in Fountain Hills was fired — twice — because he complained that female workers were being sexually harassed, says a federal complaint. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the suit (see below) yesterday, demanding that the club’s parent company, Golf International, stop illegally…
Following the January 8 Tucson shooting rampage, during which Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords was shot through the brain, her husband, astronaut Mark Kelley, told reporters that the “low point” of the whole ordeal was, naturally, hearing a false report that his wife was dead. Now, one of the reporters responsible for the false report is…
Following our earlier post about a video making its rounds on the Interwebs this week, in which two Arizona State University wrestlers are seen attacking another student during the school’s annual “Undie Run,” the ASU police department got back to us and says it was just made aware of the…
Arizona Congressman Ben Quayle introduced a bill this morning that would give U.S. Customs and Border Protection agents unrestricted access to federal lands in the southwestern borderlands region.The bill has been co-sponsored by Congressman Peter King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, and Arizona’s House Republican delegation, including congressmen…
I hate to be that guy, but we told you so. Last night Channel 12 aired news hound Joe Dana’s interview with Sheriff Joe Arpaio’s Chief Financial Officer Loretta Barkell concerning the $100 million Arpaio and his upper echelon pilfered from two protected funds. The money paid for witch-hunts of Arpaio’s…
Arizona State University’s annual “Undie Run” is all fun and games — until a guy gets knocked out by a couple of college wrestlers and somebody has the bright idea to post video of the assault on Yotube.The video has been making the rounds on the Internet the past few…
