PHOENIX (AP) — A teacher at an Arizona prison was alone in a room full of sex offenders before being stabbed and sexually assaulted by a convicted rapist, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press about an attack that highlighted major security lapses at the facility. The attack occurred Jan. 30 at the Eyman […]
KACHINA VILLAGE, Ariz. (AP) — Hundreds of firefighters are working to protect communities from a wildfire chewing up a scenic Arizona canyon, but some business owners worry that the blaze will keep customers away from the premier tourist area over the important holiday weekend. The human-caused Slide Fire started Tuesday and by Thursday had burned […]
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say a Northern Arizona teenager sporting a stolen tuxedo was arrested at a high school prom after the store owner spotted him in the formalwear. Police say Kyle Laderoot faces a felony charge after a business owner saw him wearing the tuxedo stolen from her Prescott Valley store. The […]
Things aren’t looking too well for former Saints safety Darren Sharper — and rightfully so. An Arizona police detective said that Sharper’s DNA was found on one of two young women who say he drugged and sexually assaulted them last November. NOLA.com reports: Police testified that one of the women who returned to the apartment after […]
Shanesha Taylor , the Arizona mother who left her kids in a car has generated support that she probably never expected. Taylor was arrested and is facing child abuse claims after police say she left her 2-year-old son and a 6-month-old son inside a hot car while she went to a job interview. Another young woman, sympathized […]
Some people just don’t respect the opportunity of a second chance. A man who was released from prison was sent right back in an hour.…
PHOENIX (AP) — Gov. Jan Brewer on Wednesday vetoed a Republican bill that set off a national debate over gay rights, religion and discrimination and subjected Arizona to blistering criticism from major corporations and political leaders from both parties. Loud cheers erupted outside the Capitol building immediately after Brewer made her announcement. “My agenda is […]
PHOENIX (AP) — Republican Gov. Jan Brewer faced intensifying pressure Monday from CEOs, politicians in Washington and state lawmakers in her own party to veto a bill that would allow business owners with strongly held religious beliefs to deny service to gays and lesbians. Senate Bill 1062 has set off a political firestorm since the […]
*A proposed bill in Arizona would offer protections to residents who refuse service to gays and lesbians because of their religious beliefs. *A North Bay Congressman (Mike Thompson) is introducing legislation requiring flags purchased by the Department of Defense be 100% “Made in America.” *A New Jersey man tried to force himself onto a Transit […]
PHOENIX (AP) — A passenger on a Greyhound bus traveling through Arizona “went berserk” and attacked the driver early Thursday, causing the bus to swerve violently and go off the highway before other passengers subdued him, witnesses and authorities said. People were thrown from their seats after the California man, who reportedly was hallucinating, screamed […]
Garret Wright (pictured) took being upset over a child’s poor grades to an entirely off-the-chart level! The Tempe, Ariz., man was arrested and booked on…
YARNELL, Ariz. (AP) — The 19 firefighters killed Sunday in Arizona were part of an elite crew known for working on the front lines of region’s worst fires, including two this season that came before the team descended on the erratic fire that claimed their lives. All but one member of the Prescott-based Hotshot crew […]
