Dan Saban, the Democrats’ only hope to unseat Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio this fall, sent a photo to the media today showing him behind the wheel of a tiny Smart Car, branded with his campaign logo and slogan: “American Lawman.”

Celebrate our state’s 101st birthday at Rockin’ R Ranch, where they’re dishing out a cowboy dinner, a musical variety show from the Rockin’ R Wranglers and a live Arizona Gunfighters’ reenactment of the battle at the O.K. Corral.

Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio, the lawman known for bringing back chain gangs and pushing the bounds of local immigration enforcement, says he has decided against running for governor.

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers who accuse Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio's office of racial profiling are expected to rest their case Tuesday at a trial aimed at settling allegations over whether the lawman's immigration patrols disproportionately single out Latinos.

PHOENIX — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says he's definitely seeking a sixth term as the county's top lawman.

CHICAGO - A deputy U.S. marshal was convicted Tuesday of violating the secrecy of the federal government's witness protection program by leaking information about a key witness cooperating in a Chicago mob investigation.

Could there be a more unlikely Hollywood sex symbol than Edward Norton? The drained complexion, the stooped shoulders, the nonexistent jawline.

July 24, 2004

A group seeking a recall election against Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio says it's facing difficulties in raising money in its bid to oust the lawman.

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The Arpaio publicity machine long ago fashioned the disarming "Sheriff Joe" moniker as a crafty way to subliminally and successfully insinuate a huckster into our lives. The "Joe" part particularly induces misplaced comfort and familiarity. He has become the Sheriff Joe teddy bear - clever product marketing which conjures up the false impression of one who is benevolent, approachable, trustworthy and our very own. In fact, Mr. Arpaio is a self-created (with our taxes) celebrity, lacking the overriding concerns for Constitutional rights and due process which define a true lawman. He shares nothing with police chiefs who are appointed and retained based on their professional merits, not elected on the base appeal of outrageous, headline-grabbing stunts and TV commercials.

Valley playwright and actress Terry Earp is in serious condition after being hit by an SUV while she was riding a bicycle Saturday.

You can’t get Wyatt Earp to say anything bad about Terry “Ike” Clanton. One hundred and twenty-five years after animosity between the Clantons and the Earps sparked the infamous gunfight at the O.K. Corral, their descendants are friends.

For the past 16 years, Wyatt Earp, the great-grandnephew of one of the most familiar names of the West, has portrayed his famous relative in one-man plays.

John Goodie: Police Chief George Gascón was indeed one of Mesa's most celebrated and high-profile individuals, and many were delighted that Mesa finally went outside the box to acquire new leadership and direction. City Hall knew early on Gascón needed to shake up things, which he wasted no time in doing. Many grumbled about the changes but stayed the course and realized after time that this new direction was needed.

March 7, 2005

A procession of cars drove by a gaggle of speed camera protestors Saturday, honking at signs denouncing the traffic monitoring system.

Our View: Maricopa County Attorney Andrew Thomas is definitely right about one thing — these are extraordinary times for one of the nation’s largest county governments. A few other descriptions include unprecedented, breathtaking, disheartening and downright perplexing.

Actors Theatre's production of the fantastical drama "The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow," the Hale Centre Theatre and injured Valley playwright Terry Earp were big winners at the 2006-'07 AriZoni Awards, the Valley theater community's version of the Tony Awards.

A group supporting metropolitan Phoenix's sheriff filed a lawsuit Thursday aimed at halting an effort to recall the lawman from office.

If you can accept the notion that Tom Hardy, Shia LaBeouf and Jason Clarke could be brothers during this century or any other, you might be able to immerse yourself in the artfully pulpy allure of "Lawless," based on the true story of the bootlegging Bondurants.

PHOENIX (AP) — Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is leading campaign fundraising efforts by a large margin over challengers vying for his office in November, and a recent analysis of contributions shows that the incumbent lawman received about 80 percent of his funds from out-of-state donors.

Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Friday that he isn't aware of a federal grand jury investigating him and his office, despite claims from two officials that such a panel is examining alleged abuses by the sheriff.