"Mud" has the feel of a classic, although it's perhaps not enthralling enough to be one. The third and most elaborate feature to date from writer-director Jeff Nichols seems to have been adapted from a novel that doesn't exist -- something by James Lee Burke, perhaps, or Cormac McCarthy, or some other specialist in frequently violent tales about the challenges to masculinity and the forging of new identities that face rural people who belong to a sprawling modern world -- who might be hanging out in a supermarket parking lot one moment and falling into a creek full of deadly cottonmouths the next.

Arizonans who have to seek protection from creditors in bankruptcy court soon will be able to hang on to more of what they own.

I’ve heard quite a bit lately about how “our grandpa and grandma’s guns don’t cut it anymore.”

ALBANY, N.Y. — 

"Blood-drenched" barely begins to describe Fede Alvarez's remake of "Evil Dead," a gore-for-broke affair that strips the flesh off Sam Raimi's cult-beloved comic-horror franchise and exposes the demons at its core. The presence of Raimi, original collaborator Rob Tapert, and star Bruce Campbell as producers should give the faithful permission to attend what would otherwise smell like a shameless exploitation of the 1981 film, but the high production values and nonstop action offered here should also please younger genre fans who've never bothered to rent it.

Gilbert police responded to a neighborhood near Guadalupe and Lindsay roads after a 5-year-old fired a handgun in the front yard Saturday morning, said Sgt. Jesse Sanger, Gilbert PD spokesman.

Christ the King Catholic Church of Mesa will host its 6th Annual charity golf tournament and luncheon this Saturday that will benefit the only shrine in Arizona dedicated to those who are affected by cancer.

“I can sum up the Jodi Arias trial in one word: Boring! What’s worse is that they’re trying to make it scandalous (and making a lame attempt at making her seem like a victim) by talking about sex and religion, which only makes it more boring. Watch ‘Criminal Minds’ instead. It has better plot lines and better-looking people.”

The head of the House Judiciary Committee wants to update Arizona's dated and sometimes anachronistic bankruptcy laws.

Now that his reign as The Governator is officially over, Arnold Schwarzenegger is ready to shoot bad guys, sell one-liners, and butcher the English language again.

Tucson residents lined up outside a police substation Tuesday morning to surrender guns in exchange for gift cards under a gun turn-in program organized by a City Council member, as gun-rights advocates mounted a counter effort to buy guns no longer wanted.

I am a registered Republican and I vote in every election. I have an MBA from Arizona State University and I am retired from AT&T after a career of 32 years. I have been married for 49 years, have two grown children and three granddaughters with a fourth one due later this month.

“President Obama can set an example by disarming his secret service entourage and declare his upcoming taxpayer-funded Hawaiian holiday a gun-free vacation.”

Ask Santa for new tech stuff and, most importantly, ask for a techno-wizard elf to keep your stuff running.

Rotary Club of Superstition Mountain is inviting local community members to hit the links at Gold Canyon Golf Resort once again, as it hosts its 12th annual charity golf tournament on Saturday, Jan. 13.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m. There will be a live auction, a silent auction and raffle. All the proceeds go the Desert Vista baseball booster club.

I am so tempted to write the words “I told you so” over and over again up to the 500-word limit allowed for a commentary in this newspaper. It would be so easy to gloat about how liberals won and conservatives lost. It would make me giddy to point out how Arizona is so out-of-touch with the rest of the Left Coast.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m. There will be a live auction, a silent auction and raffle. All the proceeds go the Desert Vista baseball booster club.

A Mesa man who fired a shotgun into the forest, sparking a nearly 18,000-acre wildfire, has pleaded guilty to a pair of federal charges.

I am so tempted to write the words “I told you so” over and over again up to the 500 word limit allowed for a commentary in this newspaper. It would be so easy to gloat about how liberals won and conservatives lost. It would make me giddy to point out how Arizona is so out-of-touch with the rest of the Left Coast.

The Desert Vista baseball program will be hosting its sixth annual golf tournament fundraiser on Jan. 26 at The Foothills Golf Club, 2201 E. Clubhouse Drive, with a noon shotgun start and a dinner and banquet to follow at 6 p.m

A Mesa man accused of starting a nearly 18,000-acre wildfire in the Tonto National Forest is set for a change of plea hearing.

With Hamilton, Brophy and Peoria Centennial still alive in the postseason, there are plenty of powerhouse programs aiming for yet another state title.

The second Kenneth A. Spinato Golf Classic will be on Nov. 17 at Orange Tree Golf Resort, 10601 N. 56th St. in Scottsdale, at 7 a.m.