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 | Sep 7, 2021Arizona AG Brnovich says Tucson vaccine mandate violates state law
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said Tuesday that Tucson could lose state funding if it enforces a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for city employees.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 3, 2021Phoenix Union offers free on-campus and at-home COVID testing
Phoenix Union High School District is rolling out free on-site and at-home COVID-19 testing opportunities for staff, students and the community.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 2, 2021Many Arizona concert venues to require COVID vaccine or negative test
Proof of COVID-19 vaccination or a recent negative test will soon be required for fans to attend concerts at many venues across Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 2, 2021Phoenix ATF agents among first in federal body-worn camera program
Agents in Phoenix were among the first federal law enforcement officers to be equipped with body-worn cameras under a new Department of Justice program.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 1, 2021Maricopa County reports season’s first West Nile death, warns about mosquitoes
Maricopa County on Wednesday reported its first death of the season from West Nile virus, which typically spreads to humans via mosquito bites.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Sep 1, 2021Vaccinated Maricopa County employees to get $100, extra day off
The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors voted Wednesday to offer county employees cash and time off as incentives to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 31, 2021Woman seeks $300K in wrongful arrest lawsuit against Scottsdale police
A Valley woman is seeking $300,000 in a federal wrongful arrest lawsuit against the city of Scottsdale and its police department.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 31, 2021VA secretary says agency is ready to help veterans after Afghanistan withdrawal
During a trip to Phoenix, Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough said his agency is prepared help veterans who may be struggling in response to the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 28, 2021Gilbert OHSO Brewery imagines park on vacant lot behind restaurant
O.H.S.O. Brewery in Gilbert is looking to create a multi-use park on a vacant lot behind the restaurant in the town’s downtown Heritage District.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 27, 2021US Consulate driver caught trying to smuggle guns from Arizona to Mexico
A driver for the U.S. Consulate in Nogales, Mexico, was sentenced this week to nearly four years behind bars for trying to smuggle guns across the border from Arizona, authorities said.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 26, 2021AG Brnovich says Maricopa County must comply with audit subpoenas
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich on Thursday threatened to withhold state funding if Maricopa County doesn’t turn over everything listed in the state Senate’s election audit subpoenas.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 25, 2021Arizona hospital settles complaint over lack of sign language interpreter
A Flagstaff hospital agreed to pay $50,000 to a patient who accused the facility of discrimination for failing to provide a sign language interpreter, authorities said Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 25, 20213 years after his death, John McCain remains in thoughts of many
Three years after his death, tributes to Arizona political icon John McCain poured in from Vice President Kamala Harris in Vietnam, local leaders, family members and friends.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 25, 2021Old West Valley firehouse being repurposed as a library
A “wallbreaking” ceremony was held this week as the first step toward turning an old firehouse in El Mirage into a new library.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 24, 2021Phoenix police arrest suspects in 3 unrelated weekend homicides
A man, a woman and a teenager have been arrested for three unrelated weekend homicides in Phoenix, authorities said Tuesday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 13, 2021New lawsuit argues Arizona ban on mask mandates was passed illegally
A lawsuit filed Thursday argues that Arizona’s ban on face mask mandates in public schools should be invalidated because lawmakers violated the state constitution while passing it.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 13, 2021
MCAO releases results of 2nd investigation into bogus gang charges
The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office on Thursday evening released the findings of an independent investigation into bogus gang charges pursued against people arrested at a Black Lives Matter protest last year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 13, 2021Arizona Gov. Ducey calls for Homeland Security secretary to resign
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Friday called for U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to resign as southern border apprehensions soar.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 12, 2021Valley community colleges add mask mandates, joining Arizona universities
Following the lead of Arizona’s public universities, the Valley’s community college system on Thursday updated its policy to require face masks inside all campus facilities and offices.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 11, 2021Arizona GOP lawmakers want Ducey to penalize schools that require masks
A group of Arizona lawmakers from Gov. Doug Ducey’s own Republican party are pushing him take action against public school districts that have imposed face mask mandates.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 11, 2021Peloton plans to open member support center in Tempe, hire 350
Exercise-at-home juggernaut Peloton is planning to open a member support center in Tempe in October and hire 350 employees.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 10, 2021Grant Woods hired to review Mesa facility where 90-year-old died in van
Former Arizona Attorney General Grant Woods has been hired to conduct an organizational review of the Mesa long-term care facility where a 90-year-old resident died last month after being left in a transport van.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 10, 2021UArizona president urges vaccination, mask use with semester starting soon
The University of Arizona is urging students to get vaccinated against COVID-19 and wear face masks indoors when the fall semester begins with full in-person classes in two weeks.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Aug 9, 2021Arizona Senate’s top GOP, Dem leaders issue joint call for Navarrete to resign
Republican Senate President Karen Fann and Minority Leader Rebecca Rios issued a joint statement on Monday calling for Sen. Tony Navarrete to resign in the wake of his arrest last week on charges of sexual conduct with a minor.