A couple got out of an SUV and then embraced before surrendering to pursuing sheriff’s deputies after a chase for miles across part of metro Phoenix. Officers converged on the pair and ordered them to the ground after the SUV crashed into a ditch Wednesday evening. Thirty-five-year-old Dustin Perkins was […]
Joe Arpaio’s Senate candidacy is already WINNING
Former Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he plans to run for a U.S. Senate seat now held by Republican Jeff Flake. His 24 years as sheriff of metro Phoenix were defined by a series of tough-on-crime tactics and legal problems that cost the area millions of dollars. He opened the […]
McCain too sick to vote on crucial GOP tax bill
Republican Sen. John McCain has returned to Arizona to celebrate Christmas with his family and will miss the vote on the GOP tax bill. The 81-year-old senator was admitted last week to Walter Reed Medical Center and treated for a viral infection. A doctor says he is also “responding positively” […]
Revenge? Sheriff Joe Arpaio convicted by Clinton appointee
The political defiance that made Joe Arpaio popular and seemingly untouchable as metro Phoenix’s sheriff of 24 years ultimately led to his downfall — and it has some of his supporters openly questioning if his conviction was an act of political revenge. Arpaio was convicted of a misdemeanor crime for […]