About
Kevin Stone is KTAR’s Senior Web Content Editor. He is a seasoned journalist who was born in New York and grew up in Phoenix. He got his start doing agate for the Mesa Tribune sports section — remember newspapers? — in the 1990s while completing his print journalism degree. He went on to work for The Dallas Morning News as a copy editor and page designer for the paper’s award-winning sports section before spending nearly a decade in various positions with ESPN.com. He returned to the Valley in 2013 and joined the KTAR News digital team in 2018. His favorite activities are collecting records, going to concerts and sporting events, and dining out with his beautiful wife.
Expertise
- News and sports writing and editing
- Social media management
- Wordle wizardry
Education
- University of Arizona – Bachelor’s degree in general studies with minors in English, sociology and psychology.
- Arizona State University – Bachelor’s degree in journalism.
Social Media Profiles
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 8, 2022Man convicted in Arizona ceiling fan theft scheme sentenced to 5 years
One of three men convicted in a scheme to steal dozens of ceiling fans from Arizona home improvement stores and sell them online was sentenced to five years in prison on Wednesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 7, 2022Collectible toymaker Funko moving main US distribution center to West Valley
Collectible toymaker Funko is relocating its main U.S. distribution center to Buckeye, the company announced Thursday. The 958,000-square-foot facility is set to be operational this month and create 300 jobs.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 7, 2022Sens. Sinema, Kelly introduce bill to delay lifting of Title 42 border policy
Arizona’s two Democratic U.S. senators are part of a bipartisan group that introduced a bill Thursday to delay the Biden administration’s plan to lift the Title 42 border policy.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 6, 2022Ukranian official bringing ‘shopping list’ to Arizona Legislature joint session
Arizona House Speaker Rusty Bowers said a Ukrainian official is bringing a “shopping list” to a special joint session of the Legislature on Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 5, 2022Dark Sky Discovery Center in Fountain Hills moving closer to reality
Plans for the International Dark Sky Discovery Center, which will house the Phoenix area’s largest telescope, are coming into focus.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 29, 2022Arizona joins 21-state lawsuit seeking to end transportation mask mandate
Arizona joined a 21-state coalition in a lawsuit filed Tuesday seeking to end the nationwide requirement for face masks on airplanes and other public transportation.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 29, 2022Music legend Elton John adds 2nd Phoenix stadium show to farewell tour
Music icon Elton John is stretching out his long goodbye, with a second Chase Field show added to his Farewell Yellow Brick Road tour.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 28, 2022Location, location, location: Vacant Paradise Valley home lot sells for $9.4M
A vacant piece of land in Paradise Valley sold last week for $9.4 million, a record for a single-family residential lot in the state’s wealthiest community.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 25, 2022West Valley man gets probation after voting illegally in 6 elections
A West Valley man was sentenced Friday to probation and a fine for voting illegally in multiple elections, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 25, 2022Arizona schools leader urges Gov. Ducey to veto bills on transgender sports, surgery
Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman is urging Gov. Doug Ducey to veto two bills impacting transgender students that she calls “bigoted government overreach.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 25, 2022Every Arizona county now has low COVID-19 community level, CDC says
Every county in Arizona has a COVID-19 community level of low for the first time since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention revised its guidance system last month.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 25, 2022Firefighters battle early-morning blaze at Phoenix sushi restaurant
Firefighters were called early Friday to battled a blaze at a sushi restaurant in Phoenix, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 24, 2022Nearly 90% of Arizona voters plan to cast midterm ballots, most before Election Day, poll finds
Arizonans are eager to vote, mostly early, in this year’s hotly contested midterm elections, according to poll results released Thursday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 24, 2022Pottery Barn, West Elm parent to open huge distribution center in Glendale
Williams-Sonoma, the home furnishings company that counts Pottery Barn and West Elm among its brands, signed a lease for massive fulfillment and distribution center in Glendale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 23, 2022Pace of new COVID cases, deaths in Arizona slows in latest weekly update
Arizona reported declines of 26% in new deaths and 11% in additional cases in Wednesday’s weekly update of the state’s COVID-19 dashboard.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 22, 2022Ducey appoints 2 to Arizona Board of Regents, 7 to State Board of Education
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday appointed nine people to two boards that oversee public education in the state.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 22, 2022With election down road, Maricopa County officials ponder Adel’s interim replacement
With a special election for Maricopa County attorney set for later in the year, the Board of Supervisors can now start thinking about who will serve as metro Phoenix’s interim top prosecutor until voters pick Allister Adel’s replacement.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 21, 2022Republican Jim Lamon puts money where mouth is in Arizona’s US Senate race
Arizona businessman Jim Lamon said he’s pouring millions of his own dollars into his U.S. Senate campaign because he doesn’t think any other Republican candidate can defeat Sen. Mark Kelly.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 21, 2022Navajo Nation gets $1M federal grant to help power Arizona homes with clean energy
The U.S. Department of Energy announced a grant of more than $1 million for a Navajo Nation project to power 24 Arizona homes with clean energy.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 18, 2022Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signs 19 bills, including nursing home, botox, fireworks regulations
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey signed 19 bills into law on Friday, including legislation on nursing home background checks, cosmetic procedures and overnight fireworks.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 18, 2022‘Huge response’ for Arizona educational summer camps, new program’s leader says
Interest is high in a free summer camp program to help Arizona students make up academic ground lost during the pandemic, according to the state-funded initiative’s leader.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 18, 2022
COVID community level drops to low in most of Arizona, medium for 2 counties
The COVID-19 risk has fallen to the low range in all but two Arizona counties, according to the latest CDC update of community levels across the nation.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 17, 2022Roger Waters of Pink Floyd adds Valley show to This Is Not A Drill tour
In what might be his final time on the road, Roger Waters is bringing his legendary live act to the Valley this fall.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 17, 2022Ex-Sheriff Joe Arpaio files signatures in bid to unseat Fountain Hills mayor
Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said Wednesday he turned in the maximum number of nominating signatures as he takes aim at the office of mayor in Fountain Hills.