NEW YORK (AP) – The daughter-in-law of New York City’s public advocate was found dead in a police holding cell in Phoenix.
Forty-5-year-old Carol Anne Gotbaum of New York was arrested yesterday after a conflict at Phoenix Sky Harbor with gate crews who refused to allow her to board a plane.
US Airways says the plane was [...]
One of the “persons of interest” in a shooting death earlier this month is being held on a related federal weapons charge.
Jose Antonio Sanchez, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm after his palm print was found on an assault rifle found near the body [...]
A Flagstaff resident will be able to continue manufacturing and selling T-shirts bearing the names of deceased soldiers after a federal court ruling Thursday.
U.S. District Judge Neil Wake in Phoenix issued a preliminary injunction sought by Daniel Frazier, an anti-war activist who owns and operates a Web site, carryabigsticker.com, where he sells T-shirts using the [...]
Steady production from local high-tech industries in the Flagstaff region has helped keep the metropolitan area on a list of the best-performing cities across the nation.
The Milken Institute, an independent public-policy think tank, recently ranked the Flagstaff metropolitan area 21st on its list of 179 small cities.
The Flagstaff Metropolitan Area includes most of northern Arizona [...]
Fall is in the air and there are plenty of places to take a drive to see Arizona’s beautiful colors.
Heather Ainardi of the Flagstaff Convention and Visitors Bureau said the next three weeks should be great for leaf viewing. “So, if you can get up here for a weekend in October, you should be able [...]
Officers say they’ve never investigated a burglary like this. They’re looking for someone who stole bras, lots of bras. According to police, about 15-thousand dollars worth of underwear from Victoria’s Secret was taken without tipping off employees.
Flagstaff police say they’re not dealing with the average caper. Those responsible were able to haul about 350 bras [...]
The University of Arizona will become the first state university to have a full-time director of gay and lesbian affairs.
In what is hailed by local gay-rights groups as “groundbreaking,” Cathy Busha will join the university as director of the newly created Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer Affairs Office.
“This represents President (Robert) Shelton’s strong commitment [...]
The Flagstaff police officers involved in the Sept. 10 shooting death of a mentally ill man have been cleared of any criminal charges.
Coconino County Attorney Terence C. Hance said the evidence presented to him did not indicate any basis for criminal charges in the death of Mark Steiger, according to a letter sent to Police [...]
Carl Muecke, a retired federal judge who handled many important decisions during his years based in Phoenix including desegregating Arizona schools before the U.S. Supreme Court made it federal law, died in his sleep Friday at his summer home in Flagstaff. Muecke, who had battled Alzheimer’s disease and other ailments, was 89.
“He had strong liberal [...]
The first inmate to successfully escape from the county jail since it opened in 2000 surrendered himself in the jail lobby Monday morning.
Emerson White, 27, is back in jail with an additional charge of second-degree escape, which is a Class 5 felony punishable upon conviction by up to three years in prison, according to information [...]
