The Life of a State: A Timeline of Arizona's History

8 February 2012, 2:12 pm

Long before we were officially a state, Arizona was making history — and not all of it bad, though some of it certainly borders on the unbelievable. In 1910, a Maricopa County Sheriff by the name of Carl T. Hayden took part in the first known automobile chase. He caught the bad guys and use...... Read More »

Mesa officers support bill that keeps police dogs on job

8 February 2012, 8:28 am

A proposed new law would exempt police dogs from quarantine requirements.... Read More »

Arizona court rules candidate with weak English can be barred

7 February 2012, 7:46 pm

PHOENIX, Feb 8 — Arizona’s Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a candidate for city council with limited English language skills can be kept off the ballot in a largely bilingual town on the Mexico border. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touched off a furore when he disqualified Alejandrina Ca... Read More »

Arizona court keeps candidate off ballot over English skills

7 February 2012, 7:16 pm

(Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court ruled on Tuesday that a city council candidate with limited English skills could be kept off the ballot in a predominately Spanish-speaking town on the Mexico border, and her lawyers said they lacked resources to appeal. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touc... Read More »

Court says woman with limited English can be kept off ballot

7 February 2012, 3:59 pm

(Reuters) - Arizona's Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled that a city council candidate with limited English language skills can be kept off the ballot in a largely bilingual town on the Mexico border. A Yuma County Superior Court judge touched off a furor last week when he disqualified Alejandrina C... Read More »

High-speed chase car linked to murder case

7 February 2012, 3:05 pm

The woman arrested here late last month after a high-speed chase on Interstate 8 was driving a car owned by a man whose death is being investigated as a murder.According to Levi Gunderson of the Yuma County Attorney's Office, the car 27-year-old Maricela Sanchez of...... Read More »

Police Look for Shooter in Yuma

5 February 2012, 2:46 pm

Police are on the hunt for the person responsible for a shooting in southwestern Arizona.... Read More »

U.S. border cops nab go-kart hauling Mexican pot

2 February 2012, 7:08 am

(Reuters) - U.S. border cops in far-west Arizona have seized an off-road go-kart and trailer packed with marijuana, in the latest bizarre attempt by Mexican smugglers to beat beefed up border security. The Border Patrol's Yuma sector said agents and officers from the Cocopah Tribal Police Depart... Read More »

Arizona sting catches 2 officials in drug smuggling

20 January 2012, 3:47 pm

PHOENIX (Reuters) - A U.S. Border Patrol agent and an Arizona jailer trapped in a sting operation have been arrested on charges they conspired to help traffickers smuggle drugs from Mexico, authorities said on Friday. Ivhan Herrera-Chiang, 29, a Border Patrol agent in Yuma, Ariz., and Michael Lopez-... Read More »

Arizona police lieutenant accused of stalking woman

13 January 2012, 1:09 pm

A police lieutenant in southwest Arizona was arrested after being accused of stalking a 19-year-old woman, authorities said.... Read More »