After days of speculation and rumors, Josh Childress is officially a Phoenix Sun. The deal is a sign-and-trade with the Atlanta Hawks, who receive Phoenix’s 2012 second-round draft pick. Childress, who played four seasons with the Hawks from 2004-08, has spent the previous two seasons with Greek club Olympiacos…
As much as many folks despise our ancient geezer of a gendarme Sheriff Joe, you have to give him props for his quip to a nativist rally for SB 1070 author and Kansas Secretary of State candidate Kris Kobach in Overland Park, Kansas yesterday.The “Illegal Means Illegal” rally, attended by…
The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office seems to have a little egg on its face after one of its deputies crashed a police cruiser into a guy’s yard for — as far as we can tell — no reason other than he was driving recklessly. The officer and a passenger — in the car for…
For anyone unfamiliar with the physics of electricity and metal, swinging steel rods through the air during a storm is a great way to get yourself zapped by lightning. That, it seems, was the case for a Tucson man who died yesterday after he was struck by lightning while playing…
Note: Please see response from Governor Brewer’s office below.Back in May, I warned that a new racist, white nationalist organization out of California known as the American Third Position, or A3P, was attempting to gain a political toehold in Arizona with a quixotic effort to get on the ballot as…
Finally, the monkey is off the back of the National League. After 13 long and frustrating years, it finally notched a win in the Midsummer Classic in Anaheim, beating the American League 3-1. Arizona’s Chris Young didn’t contribute much to the win, much like his disappointing showing in the home…
Legislative budget analysts announced yesterday that they expect 66,000 people would qualify to get prescription weed if medical marijuana is legalized in Arizona.That number is based on a similar program in Colorado, which is already in place.If 66,000 Arizonans are prescribed weed, the question still remains: how many people will…
There’ve been a couple of oddball YouTube videos kicking around lately alleging that J.T. Ready, Arizona’s best known neo-Nazi, is an FBI informant. One of them, put up by the YouTube channel HOLLYWOODILLUSION received massive views, but has since been pulled by the user. The other, posted by the YouTube channel Warrior4god13,…
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:…
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s life got a little easier today when her last remaining credible opponent in the GOP primary for governor, Owen “Buz” Mills, suspended his campaign.Mills announced his decision today, saying the focus of the gubernatorial campaign is now immigration and border security and not economic issues — like job creation…
Chandler police are investigating the death of a 3-year-old boy found dead in his mother’s car outside of his home this afternoon.Because the deceased in this case is not of the canine variety, the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office decided to sit this one out…
The former leader of the Tucson chapter of the Hells Angels motorcycle gang — who goes by the name “Tramp” — was arrested this morning after deputies from the Pima County Sheriff’s Department found a dead body buried in his yard.Pima County Sheriff’s spokesman Jason Ogan tells New Times that…
If you’re a pregnant teenager in Arizona, congratulations! Not for throwing away your youth by lettin’ one slip past the goalie, but because your geographic location (and likely Arizona’s astonishingly-high teen-pregnancy rate) allows you to be one of the most fashionable pregnant teens in the country. The women’s clothing store Forever…
The Nogales International ran a story this past Friday on yet another mysterious shooting of an unarmed migrant nearby Rio Rico in Santa Cruz County, Arizona. The shooting, which occurred July 2 according to the report, wounded Jose Enedion Acosta-Amaniego in the back. Acosta-Amaniego survived the incident and was treated…
There’s a bank robber on the loose, and unlike the vast majority of bank robbery suspects, this one’s a chick.Phoenix police Detective Mike Fischer tells New Times that the robbery occurred yesterday at the Chase Bank at 6000 North 19th Avenue in Phoenix around 2:30 p.m.Fischer says the suspect (that’s…
If medical marijuana is legalized in Arizona, 66,000 people would register to be recipients of prescribed pot — says a legislative budget assessment of what the effect would be on the state. Analysts predict that 39,600 people would register and that another 26,400 designated caregivers would bring the number of medical…
Senate hopeful J.D. Hayworth apparently has jumped the gun in his public thank-you to Major League Baseball Commissioner Bud Selig for opting to keep the 2011 MLB All Star Game in Phoenix, despite pressure from immigration advocates to move the game in protest of Arizona’s controversial, new immigration law. We got…
Well, that was a major dud. Chris Young, the only player representing the D-Backs at the All-Star Game, produced one measly long ball in the State Farm Home Run Derby. It sort of sums up the Snakes’ season thus far, doesn’t it? The effort is there, but the results are…
The District 3 Republican Congressional primary is one of the most crowded races in the country. According to an article in the Arizona Capitol Times yesterday, Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is a “top-tier” candidate in the race, despite his lack of experience and his failure…
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 Tempe Police Department needs your help in tracking down the person who drove a car into a Mesa bicyclist, killing him, and then fled the scene.Police Sergeant Steve Carbajal tells New Times that while the victim was from Mesa, the incident happened in Tempe, near the intersection of Southern…
Embattled former minuteman leader and ex-J.D. Hayworth advisor Chris Simcox has come out swinging against estranged wife Alena Simcox and former minuteman associate (now nemesis) Stacey O’Connell. You’ll recall, from a story I broke in early June, that Alena Simcox claimed in a petition for an order for protection granted in…
