June 3, 2004

Members of the Salt River-Pima Indian Community will vote Tuesday whether to allow the sale of alcohol by the glass at restaurants along the Pima Freeway corridor.

Tempe police say their "Back to School" alcohol crackdown led to nearly 200 arrests.

BOSTON - Above all else, John Bauhs credits a drug for helping him stop drinking - a story line some alcoholics, doctors and drug companies hope will become more common as new treatment options emerge.

A man accused of first-degree murder and child abuse in the death of a 2-year-old Gilbert boy is scheduled to go on trial today.

Plenty of parents figure young adults are so determined to drink alcohol after the prom or a graduation that it's best to take away the car keys and host a supervised party for their kids and their friends.

The Arizona Medical Board is cutting costs by terminating required drug and alcohol therapy for 17 doctors with substance abuse problems.

PARIS - A spot of Calvados, the apple brandy, in the bottle to help baby sleep. Champagne for all at the family fete. And wine anytime, well, because we're French.

Parents of Coronado Elementary School seventh- and eighth-graders are invited to a Not My Kid Clear Choices parent presentation at 5 p.m. Wednesday in the school's Media Center, 4333 S. DeAnza Blvd., Gilbert.

Six women, the youngest probably in her late 50s, sat in a room at the Mesa Library on Tuesday morning.

The county’s failure to oppose a defense motion has resulted in a judge effectively dismissing a child abuse charge against a Scottsdale mother whose 4-year-old daughter died after locking herself in a car.

SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson committed "exploitation and sexual abuse," and his only defense has been to attack the credibility of his accuser's mother, a prosecutor said Thursday as closing arguments began.

FORT HOOD, Texas - Army Spc. Charles Graner Jr., the reputed ringleader of a band of rogue guards at the Abu Ghraib prison, was convicted Friday of abusing Iraqi detainees in a case that sparked international outrage when photographs were released that showed reservists gleefully abusing prisoners.

The little blue pill once promoted by Bob Dole has become a party pill in the Valley gay scene — one that could be leading to the spread of HIV here, according to local health workers.

PHOENIX - Prosecutors have filed negligent homicide charges against four people in connection with the death of a 13-year-old runaway Phoenix girl.

It was no surprise a 20-year-old man was arrested over the weekend for stabbing another man at the Country Thunder music festival in Pinal County. News reports tell of an argument escalating into violence. I’d bet excessive and criminal alcohol consumption played a part in this crime.

She’s young, tall-model-slender, beautiful and with a song bird voice. I’ll call her Annie. And, today she sits in jail, serving a lengthy term for her history with drugs. Like so many others, her road to trouble started with alcohol.

East Valley communities are seeing a tech-savvy young adults or teen “entrepreneurs” scoping out foreclosed homes, isolated locations or homes not under adult supervision to hold Friday and Saturday night parties where alcohol and drugs are available to young people, a Valley prevention agency says.

A Desert Mountain High School parent group, concerned over word a parent held a recent keg party, wants parents to stop serving alcohol to children not their own and urges all parents to investigate the parties their children go to.

Alarmed at the high number of teen drinkers, state officials launched a new preventative effort Monday with a different focus: convince adults to refuse to supply alcohol to those under 21 and to be more vigilant to keep alcohol away from teens.

The son of the Rev. Guy Davidson, founding pastor of two of Tempe’s largest community churches, has come forward to share his story of alcoholism and illegal drug use amid the pressure of being a “PK,” or “preacher’s kid.”

The burns on the 17-year-old girl’s legs will scar her forever.