News broke over the weekend that Phoenix Mercury star Brittney Griner was arrested in Russia in February after Russian Federal Customs Service found with vaping cartridges in her luggage. The vape cartridges in her carry-on luggage had cannabis oil reports said. Video has been released from the Russian Federal Customs Service shows Griner getting...
Read MoreAttorney General Mark Brnovich announced Friday that the State Grand Jury has charged 50-year-old Barbara Kay White of Casa Grande with one count of Theft, one count of Fraudulent Schemes and Practices, and one count of Perjury, for falsely claiming she was eligible to receive a $191,107.00 prize from the Arizona Lottery in order to...
Read MoreSilent Witness program helps capture Cottonwood fugitive in Iowa who has been on the run, charged with two counts of child molestation. Yavapai County Sheriff’s Office said Wednesday that Austin Fiser, 26, resident from Cottonwood, allegedly engaged in sexual activity with an 11-year-old girl and a 9-year-old girl in Rimrock in October 2018. Fiser...
Read MoreOn Friday, President Joe Biden made history by announcing his intentions to nominate the first Black woman to the Supreme Court. President Biden will nominate federal appeals court Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court. She will replace retiring Associate Justice Stephen Breyer. 51-year-old Jackson’s nomination is historic. She is first Black woman to...
Read MoreOn Tuesday, a part-time track coach at Mesa High School was arrested by Tempe police after he tried to pay a teen girl in exchange for sex. Angel Jesus Torres, 27, was arrested and booked into jail on one count each of child sex trafficking, furnishing harmful items to a minor and aggravated luring...
Read MoreArizonans who were looking forward to Tempe’s Big Surf Waterpark grand reopening after the pandemic and planned to spend hot summer days cooling off at the Waterpark are out of luck. Big Surf Waterpark’s website and social media have remained quiet for over a year and a half, and sadly the new activity buzz...
Read MoreArizona border agents discovered 600 pounds of cocaine hidden inside a large cucumber shipment at the Arizona border this week. Authorities say the cocaine was seized during a smuggling attempt at the Arizona border. “In a joint effort, HSI, DEA, and CBP prevent over 600 lbs. of cocaine commingled in a cucumber shipment from entering the US during a...
Read MoreThe popular Tucson-based fast food chain Eegee’s recently embarked on the Phoenix metro area and now have plans to open second Gilbert location. Eegee’s will open a restaurant at Val Vista Drive and Willis Road on Mar. 3rd, making it their third total in metro Phoenix. The restaurant’s normal hours of operation will be...
Read MoreAccording to preliminary data, nearly 50,000 Arizona high school students across grades 9-12 might not have access to certain courses currently required for admission to NAU. Northern Arizona University has made the decision to tackle this challenge head on with a pilot program that will ensure more highly qualified, hard-working students, who graduate from...
Read MoreNurse Practitioner Deborah Ann Cooney, 59 years old, has been indicted on 14 criminal charges related to her Nurse Practitioner Deborah Ann Cooney alleged illegal opioid prescribing practices at a clinic she operates in Mesa, Arizona. The investigation conducted by the Phoenix Office of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) developed allegations of improper prescribing practices...
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