And now it’s time for the next edition of our new series here on The Show: Second Acts. Every so often, we’ll bring you stories of Arizonans who are starting over, trying something new, turning a new leaf, so to speak. Maybe it’s midway through life, maybe it’s in retirement, or maybe just as they’re getting going.
And today’s second act features a name and a face you might recognize — if you ever watched the news in Phoenix in the ’70s or ’80s.
That is, of course, Mary Jo West, a trailblazer in Phoenix television. In 1976, she became the first female news anchor on local TV…