Just when we thought the whole Chicago Cubs spring-training situation was sorted out, the Goldwater Institute has reared its head to rain on the city of Mesa’s parade.While the agreement between Mesa and the Cubbies to keep the lovable losers’ spring-training facilities in Mesa is almost a done deal, Goldwater…
When you’re too drunk to drive, it’s a great idea to call a cab. However, if your plan is to steal the cab, crash it into some parked cars, and then try and run from police, you may want to consider another ride home.Try telling that to 24-year-old Genevieve Pflug…
Yavapai County Attorney Sheila Polk said in court today that she was “shocked” last September by the arrest of Maricopa County Supervisor Don Stapley. She had personally told Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his chief deputy, Dave Hendershott, the Friday before the Monday arrest that the second criminal case against…
Sources inside the search for Gabriel Johnson, the Tempe baby who went missing just before Christmas, say police combing through the trash at a San Antonio landfill are focusing on finding a missing diaper bag.Of course, they’re also focused on finding the baby, but they feel the diaper bag may lead…
Police in Gooding County, Idaho, arrested two men suspected of murdering a man and assaulting another in Aguila, an unincorporated section of Maricopa County last week.It wasn’t all that difficult tracking the men down, either, police say. They turned themselves in.Corey Ainsile, 25, and Quinn Messersmith, 22, are believed responsible for…
Courthouse News Service was the first to catch notice of two lawsuits just filed in federal and state court, respectively, by a Hispanic mom whose jaw was busted during an MCSO immigration raid, and a man allegedly run over by an MCSO deputy. The first case is one you’re familiar with…
A man suspected of murdering two people in Oregon who was last seen in Mesa will be featured on America’s Most Wanted this weekend if authorities can’t track him down before the show airs on Saturday night.Police in Bandon, Oregon, have been looking for 34-year-old Gabriel Morris since February 8,…
It’s one thing to “just walk away” from that upside-down mortgage and let your home sink into foreclosure. Some folks, though, like to hitch up a flatbed trailer and drive away with every toilet seat, cabinet, and AC unit. Chandler police say that’s what Daniel Clark, 35, tried to do with his former…
A day after former Congressman J.D. Hayworth officially kicked off his campaign to unseat Senator John McCain as the GOP’s candidate for U.S. senator, “The Maverick” has received an outpouring of support from 31 Arizona mayors.Hayworth, on the other hand, has the endorsement of Sheriff Joe Arpaio.McCain picked up the endorsements…
Ben Quayle, son of former Vice President Dan Quayle and the latest addition to the jam-packed list of candidates for the District 3 congressional seat, hasn’t voted in a municipal election since registering to vote in Arizona in 1997, a new report claims.According to voting records dug up by the Arizona…
An Arizona Senate committee has approved recommended passage of Senate Bill 1334, which would ban drivers from sending text-messages while driving. If it passes, the law will go into effect January 1, and motorists caught texting will have to pay a $50 fine. If the driver is involved in an…
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: Joe Arpaio a Liability in Orange County Sheriff’s Race, and His Photo-Op with Hispanic Hater…
Thanks to the work of a horde of Cottonwood crackers, the enchanting Mago Earth Park sculpture representing the Korean version of Mother Earth will be dismantled by February 24, according to Jennifer Sing, a spokeswoman for the Tao Fellowship, which built the park as part of a planned retreat. Already,…
A Phoenix man was arrested this afternoon after robbing three stores in 20 minutes, getting his car stuck in the mud, and leading police on a foot chase that ended in a nearby lake.According to Phoenix police Detective James Holmes, 20-year-old John Michael Krol robbed a Kentucky Fried Chicken, a…
The father and step-mother of the 14-year-old girl who was forced to live in a tiny bathroom for nearly two months have been indicted, authorities announced today.A grand jury decided that Scott Bass, 33, and Andrea Bass, 31, will be charged with three counts of child abuse and one count of…
So far this session, the Arizona Legislature has considered or partially approved legislation that would allow people to build their own guns and ammo, allow university faculty to bring guns into the classroom, and allow anyone with a gun to conceal his or her weapon without a background check or self-defense…
If it wasn’t a sure thing that the University of Arizona men’s basketball team will have to win the Pac-10 conference championship next month to keep its streak of 25 consecutive years in the NCAA tournament intact — it is now. That’s because the Wildcats stunningly lost at home to…
Carlos Mendoza, the justice of the peace who “retired” under questionable circumstances in May 2008, appears to be exploring another run for office.Mendoza filed paperwork in December suggesting that his long dormant campaign-finance committee is again active, according to county records. The paperwork indicates that Mendoza has yet to collect…
Just because Tiger Woods is (ahem) no longer a sex addict, it doesn’t mean the rumors of his now-famous philandering will be coming to an end anytime soon. That being said, the latest tale of Tiger’s legendary libido includes two Phoenix women, a possible sex tape, and an alleged payout by…
Former Congressman J.D. Hayworth made it official today that he will run against Senator John McCain in a Republican primary for the U.S. Senate.Flanked by Sheriff Joe Arpaio and Minutemen co-founder Chris Simcox, Hayworth made his announcement from his Phoenix campaign headquarters.Hayworth kicked off his campaign with the announcement and will…
I’ve blogged previously about Sheriff Joe’s stumping for right-wing candidates for sheriff in Southern California, specifically for Jay LeSuer in San Diego County, and for Bill Hunt in Orange County. Now at least one of Hunt’s fellow candidates regards Arpaio’s endorsement as a liability in the OC race.According to a…
Joe the Plumber, a.k.a. Samuel Wurzelbacher, the “everyman” campaign tool from John McCain’s 2008 presidential campaign, says the notoriety he’s received as a result of McCain has ruined his life.”I don’t owe him shit. He really screwed my life up, is how I look at it,” Joe the Plumber tells…
