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 20, 2021Gov. Ducey declares border emergency, deploys Arizona National Guard
Gov. Doug Ducey declared a state of emergency over the border situation Tuesday and said he will deploy the state National Guard to support law enforcement efforts in southern Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2021Police searching for suspect in carjacking at Phoenix grade school
Authorities are searching for a man who stole a vehicle from a teenager at a Phoenix elementary school while fleeing from police Tuesday morning.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2021Forbes ranks 5 Arizona employers among best in nation for diversity
Four Arizona-based businesses and one university made Forbes’ 2021 list of the 500 best employers for diversity in the United States.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 20, 2021Pedestrian dead after hit-and-run collision with truck on Phoenix street
Authorities are searching for the driver of a pickup truck that struck and killed a pedestrian before fleeing in west Phoenix on Monday night.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2021UArizona president ‘strongly’ favors requiring vaccines for students, staff
University of Arizona President Robert Robbins said Monday he's "strongly" in favor of mandating COVID-19 vaccinations for students and staff.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 20212 new Phoenix City Council members take oath of office for first time
The Phoenix City Council will have a new look when it gets down to business this week after two new members were sworn in Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2021Wreckage of missing plane found near Flagstaff; 2 occupants killed
Authorities located the wreckage of a missing plane with two deceased occupants near Flagstaff early Monday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2021Arizona Gov. Ducey bans government-mandated ‘vaccine passports’
Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Monday issued an executive order barring government-mandated "vaccine passports" in the state.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 19, 2021
First lady Jill Biden to visit Navajo Nation in Arizona this week
First lady Jill Biden announced plans to visit the capital of Navajo Nation in Arizona on Thursday and Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 16, 2021Former officer at Phoenix prison sentenced for sexually abusing inmate
A former federal prison officer who pleaded guilty to sexually abusing an inmate in Phoenix was sentenced Thursday to eight months behind bars.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 16, 2021GCU to hold ceremonies for record graduating class next week
Grand Canyon University will honor a record graduating class of around 28,000 students with in-person ceremonies starting next week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 16, 2021Chandler tutor charged with fraud for allegedly concealing arrest history
A Chandler man with a history of child sex crime arrests was charged with fraud for allegedly misrepresenting his background in order to obtain work as a private tutor.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 15, 2021
Board approves ASU, UArizona, NAU tuition proposals for 2021-22
The Arizona Board of Regents approved tuition proposals that keep 2021-22 base rates unchanged for resident undergraduates at the state’s three public universities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 15, 2021Gov. Ducey signs Arizona gambling expansion, with legal sports betting
Gov. Doug Ducey signed a tribal gaming compact and associated legislation to authorize a wide-ranging expansion of legal gambling, including sports betting, in Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 14, 2021Tempe mainstay Rula Bula pub to close in June when lease expires
The final last call is approaching for Rula Bula Irish Pub and Restaurant, a downtown Tempe fixture for more than 20 years.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 14, 2021Memorial for Buckeye fire chief to include West Valley procession
A procession along West Valley streets and highways will be part of the memorial activities for Buckeye Fire Chief Bob Costello, who died last week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 14, 2021Phoenix-area Rage Against the Machine shows now set for 2022
If you’re wondering when Rage Against the Machine will make its long-anticipated return to the Valley, your wait is over. But you’ll need another year of patience before the show finally goes on.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 13, 2021Arizona AG Brnovich calls criticism of border lawsuit ‘pinnacle of hypocrisy’
Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich said opposition to his lawsuit over the environmental impact of the Biden administration’s border policies was the "pinnacle of hypocrisy."
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 13, 2021Phoenix high school teacher accused of messaging students has resigned
A Phoenix high school teacher who allegedly sent unsolicited messages to students on social media has resigned, but the former student who blew the whistle on him isn’t happy about how the Deer Valley Unified School District handled the case.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2021Book it: Phoenix libraries to start reopening doors next week
More than a year after closing their doors in the early stages of the COVID-19 pandemic, Phoenix Public Library buildings will begin a phased reopening process next week.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2021White House fact sheet highlights deficiencies in Arizona infrastructure
Thousands of highway miles and dozens of bridges in Arizona are in poor condition, according to a fact sheet promoting the Biden administration's $2.3 trillion infrastructure proposal.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 12, 2021Beating the heat: State-run COVID-19 vaccine site opens inside ASU arena
Arizona’s state-run COVID-19 vaccination program took another step out of the heat Monday with a new indoor arena site in Tempe.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 9, 2021Northern Arizona’s first state-run COVID vaccine site to open in Flagstaff
Northern Arizona is getting its first state-run COVID-19 mass vaccination site, officials announced Friday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Apr 9, 2021What you should know about snagging Arizona COVID vaccine spot Friday
Next week’s batch of appointments for COVID-19 vaccines at Arizona's state-run sites will be made available at 11 a.m. Friday. Here's what you need to know.