HistoryCardinals Sin: The Shady Roots of the NFL’s Oldest Team
Dawson FearnowSeptember 17, 2020
The surprisingly shady roots of the NFL’s oldest team, our Arizona Cardinals.
History
Four major highways coalesced in a neon spectacle to create Phoenix’s most exciting street. Then Van Buren went dark.
FeaturesHistoryCopper State, Red Lines: The Long Battle Against Racial Injustice in Phoenix
Douglas TowneAugust 19, 2020
The African American experience in Phoenix has been a long battle against racial injustice involving school, housing and business segregation.
A disc jockey lived in a car atop a flagpole in Phoenix for seven months, seeking fame and fortune.
FeaturesHistoryDeja Virus: The 1918 Spanish Flu’s striking parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic
Douglas TowneJune 24, 2020
The 1918 Spanish influenza hit Arizona in four waves, shut down Phoenix twice and had striking parallels to the COVID-19 pandemic.
HistoryThe Maître d’ Mob Hit
Dawson FearnowApril 30, 2020
How the killing of a 73-year-old waiter in Arcadia came back to haunt the Chicago mob.
HistoryChandler’s Champ
Douglas TowneMarch 20, 2020
Boxer Zora Folley fought Muhammad Ali for the heavyweight title only to later die under mysterious circumstances while serving as a Chandler city councilman.
HistoryStarlight Screens
Douglas TowneFebruary 20, 2020
Valley residents flocked to drive-in theaters after World War II, but movies weren’t necessarily the main attraction.
HistoryThe Best Little Hitchin’ Post in Arizona
Douglas TowneJanuary 23, 2020
The Grand Canyon State’s marriage laws once made Yuma a popular round-the-clock wedding destination for California couples.
History100 Years of Encores
Douglas TowneDecember 26, 2019
The Phoenix Theatre Company celebrates its 100th anniversary as Arizona’s oldest arts organization with an enticing 2020 program.
HistoryHooved Homecoming
Douglas TowneNovember 21, 2019
The Winslow Elks Lodge led an effort to import elk from Yellowstone National Park in 1913 after Arizona’s native species became extinct.
HealthHistoryRun Down Memory Lane
Helena WegnerOctober 24, 2019
Paradise Valley physician Art Mollen looks back on more than 40 years of his Phoenix 10K and half-marathon, which returns to the Valley this month.
HistoryThe Dead Fed
Dawson FearnowOctober 24, 2019
Ninety years after federal lawman Paul E. Reynolds was fished out of a Phoenix canal with a bullet hole in his heart, the FBI still refuses to say who killed him – officially, the only unsolved murder of a bureau agent in U.S. history.
HistoryDesert Resurrection
Douglas TowneSeptember 26, 2019
Notorious Hollywood evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson reappeared in Douglas, Arizona, after “drowning” weeks earlier in the Pacific Ocean in 1926.
HistoryUniversity Club
Douglas TowneAugust 22, 2019
Elevating a humble state college in Tempe to university status – and creating the educational juggernaut we know today – ended a decades-long battle with a certain “old pueblo” to the south.