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 | 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.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 18, 2021Phoenix Mayor Gallego to seek creation of Juneteenth city holiday
Phoenix Mayor Kate Gallego signed a Juneteenth proclamation on Friday and said she will push for the city to follow the U.S. government in making it into an official holiday.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 18, 2021
Arizona reports 364 new COVID-19 cases, 13 additional deaths Friday
Arizona public health officials on Friday reported 364 new COVID-19 cases and 13 additional deaths from the disease.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 16, 2021Gilbert closing its town hall for about a year for major renovation
The metro Phoenix suburb of Gilbert is closing its town hall next week for a major renovation that is expected to take about a year.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 16, 2021Phoenix Children’s places high in pediatric hospital rankings for 2021-22
U.S. News and World Report ranked Phoenix Children’s as the best pediatric hospital in Arizona and the second-best in the Southwest for 2021-22.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 16, 2021Breakthrough COVID-19 cases like Chris Paul’s are extremely rare
Although Phoenix Suns star Chris Paul reportedly tested positive for COVID-19 in a high-profile case despite being fully vaccinated, such breakthrough infections are extremely rare in Arizona.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2021Tech giant Microsoft flips switch to on at new West Valley data centers
Nearly three years after Microsoft started buying land in the West Valley, the tech giant announced that its new data centers in El Mirage and Goodyear are up and running.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 2021Gov. Ducey issues executive order to block ASU COVID-19 vaccination policy
As promised, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey on Tuesday issued an executive order to block key elements of Arizona State University’s COVID-19 vaccination policy.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Jun 15, 20211 killed, another seriously injured in plane crash at Gila Bend airport
One person was killed and another seriously injured Tuesday morning in a plane crash at Gila Bend Municipal Airport, authorities said.