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 | Jul 7, 2021
Sen. Sinema lauds Phoenix-area GOP officials who resisted pressure
Democratic U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona praised Phoenix-area Republican officials who didn't bend to GOP pressure on behalf of Donald Trump to prevent Joe Biden’s electoral victory.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 6, 2021
Maricopa County Republican official troubled by pressure from own party
Maricopa County Supervisor Clint Hickman knows politics can be a cutthroat business, but he never imagined that his own Republican party would be holding the blade against his neck.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 6, 2021Man on boat dies after jet ski collision on Colorado River in Arizona
A California man died after a Phoenix-area teen crashed a rented jet ski into his boat in Bullhead City on the Fourth of July, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 6, 2021
Passenger on flight to Phoenix area fined $10,500 for unruly behavior
Federal authorities said they levied a $10,500 fine against a man who allegedly refused to wear a face mask over his nose and brought a flight attendant to tears during a flight to the Phoenix area.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 1, 2021Luxurious Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Paradise Valley gets new owner
The Scottsdale Plaza Resort, 40-acre property at Scottsdale and Indian Bend roads in Paradise Valley, changed hands in a deal that closed this week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 1, 2021
Meghan McCain announces that she’s leaving ‘The View’ at end of July
Meghan McCain, daughter of late Arizona political icon John McCain, is leaving her gig as the primary conservative voice on “The View.”
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jul 1, 2021
Arizona political leaders react to Supreme Court ruling on voting laws
Reaction rolled in from Arizona political leaders Thursday after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld two state voting laws that a lower court had deemed discriminatory.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 30, 2021Arizona election audit moving out of Coliseum, but process will continue
The Maricopa County election audit is wrapping up operations at Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum, but the Republican-ordered project will carry on -- more than two months after it started.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 30, 2021Start of Van Gogh exhibit delayed a month; Scottsdale revealed as location
The start of a ballyhooed Van Gogh art exhibit in the Valley has been pushed back a month and will be in a different city than originally promoted.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 29, 2021Cow manure from West Valley dairy will be turned into natural gas
A sustainable energy company is setting up operations at a West Valley dairy to convert cow manure into a fuel source.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 29, 2021Ducey orders flags to half-staff to honor 19 killed in 2013 Yarnell Hill Fire
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has ordered flags on state buildings to be flown at half-staff on Wednesday to honor the firefighters killed while battling the Yarnell Hill Fire eight years ago.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 29, 2021Phoenix home prices continue to lead nation in rate of increase
Home prices are surging across the nation, and Phoenix continues to lead the wave with a whopping 22.3% rise over the past year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 29, 2021Arizona Democrat Rep. Aaron Lieberman joins 2022 race for governor
Another Democrat has joined the ever-growing field in the race to become Arizona’s next governor: state Rep. Aaron Lieberman.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 28, 2021Suspect flees after hitting Scottsdale officer’s motorcycle, taking ambulance
Scottsdale police are searching for a man who allegedly backed his vehicle into an officer’s motorcycle intentionally, hit another car and stole an ambulance Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 28, 2021Phoenix police arrest suspect in death of teenage girl killed by stray bullet
Police have arrested a suspect in the shooting death of a 15-year-old girl who was hit by a stray bullet while she was inside her Phoenix home last week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 28, 2021Jill Biden, Douglas Emhoff to tout COVID vaccines during Phoenix trip
The spouses of the nation’s two top elected officials are coming to Phoenix this week as part of the Biden administration’s nationwide tour to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 25, 2021Chandler agrees to pay more than $1M to parents of teen killed by police
The city of Chandler has agreed to settlements totaling more than $1 million with the parents of a teenager who died after police shot him in the back earlier this year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 25, 2021Phoenix scraps plan to add bike lanes, cut vehicle lanes on Central Avenue
City planners have scrapped a controversial proposal to make more room for bicycles at the expense of vehicle lanes on a prominent a stretch of Central Avenue.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 24, 2021Alice Cooper’s valuable Warhol on display Thursday at Scottsdale gallery
A valuable Andy Warhol painting owned by Valley rock legend Alice Cooper, who will auction it off this fall, will be on display Thursday night in Scottsdale.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 23, 2021Biden to nominate Cindy McCain as UN food and agriculture ambassador
In a long anticipated move, President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that he intends to nominate Cindy McCain to an ambassadorship.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 23, 2021Maricopa County approves $3.4 billion budget with reduced property tax rate
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors approved a $3.4 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year that includes a reduced property tax rate.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 22, 2021
FAA proposes $19,000 fine for unruly passenger on Phoenix flight
A passenger on a flight out of Phoenix is among eight fliers facing thousands of dollars in fines over unruly behavior while traveling earlier this year, authorities said Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 22, 202110 arrested during anti-filibuster protest at Sen. Sinema’s Phoenix office
Police arrested 10 people staging a sit-in at U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema’s Phoenix office Tuesday during a protest over the Democrat’s opposition to scrapping the filibuster.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 19, 2021Phoenix Public Library expanding hours, ending curbside service
In another sign of life getting back to normal as the COVID-19 pandemic subsides, the Phoenix Public Library is ending the curbside service it debuted last year and expanding hours at 16 branches next week.