Cable adds black network in Dimension Services plan
Dimension Cable Services will add a nationally targeted black network within a year. During three months it will hire independent consultants to analyze audience preferences and plan upgrades in Phoenix areas Mesa Tempe and nearby. The World African Network aims to launch in fall and Dimension pledges to support at least one local black owned or operated production firm for cablecast.
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Dimension Cable Services
Dimension
Acco
Ivan Johnson
Mesa
Tempe
Johnson
Phoenix
Mesa teen held in Tempe bar shooting case
A 17 year old Mesa boy is jailed in the Southeast Juvenile Facility over a shooting outside McDuffy's bar in Tempe. Troy Bryans, 28, is listed in serious condition after a single .22 caliber shot damaged his kidney and bowel. Police traced the suspect via license plate, arresting him at his Mesa home.
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Mesa
Southeast
Los Angeles
Tempe
Longmore Street
Tom Ruff
Troy Bryans
Maricopa Medical Center
Phoenix
Bryans
McDuffy’s
Fifth St
Man Struck Dead On I-17 Near Peoria Avenue
An elderly man died Monday after wandering into the southbound traffic on Interstate 17 in Phoenix during afternoon rush hour and was hit by a van. DPS closed the southbound lanes near Peoria Avenue for 14 hours to investigate. Police withheld his name pending next of kin notification. He had been shopping with friends in the Metro Center area and disappeared for about an hour before friends found him near the Peoria entrance ramp at about 5 p.m. The incident remains under investigation.
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Phoenix
Department of Public Safety
Peoria Avenue
Metro Center
Bob Stein
DPS
Peoria
Stein
Woman Injured in Two-Vehicle Collision in Mesa
A Chandler woman, Patricia Rodriguez, 35, was seriously injured when her pickup collided with another vehicle at Greenfield and McDowell roads in Mesa around 6:15 p.m. Monday. She was flown to Scottsdale Memorial Hospital Osborn with chest injuries and was listed in serious condition. The other driver, Reese Hanes, 28, of Mesa, sustained a forehead cut and refused treatment at the scene.
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Greenfield
McDowell Roads
Mesa
Patricia Rodriguez
Scottsdale Memorial Hospital
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Cliff Puckett
Legislature in brief gains House approval for stupid motorist bill
The Arizona House approved a bill holding drivers liable for rescue costs when disobeying flood warnings. It passed 40 to 18 and moves to Gov. Symington after Senate concurrence on any House changes. The measure excludes motorists who obey warnings but still become stranded.
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House of Representatives
Senate
House
Fife Symington
Oks Defense Council
Constitutional Defense Council
Stan Furman
D-Phoenix
Symington
Arizona
Furman
Police arrest four at Mount Graham protest
Four protesters were arrested during a Tucson rally at the Research Corp. offices opposing the University of Arizona Mount Graham astronomy project and the Large Binocular Telescope. The Student Environmental Action Coalition claimed funding would divert funds from other research. Sea Officer Tammie Penta led others to stay.
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Tucson
University of Arizona
Mount Graham
Research Corp
Safford
The
Student Environmental Action Coalition
Sea
Tammie Penta
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