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PHOENIX — Parents in the Washington Elementary School District are demanding answers this week after a convicted sex offender allegedly entered Orangewood Elementary School in central Phoenix, led a young girl into an empty classroom, and assaulted her. On Wednesday, Phoenix police say 25-year-old Abel Gblah slipped...

WASHINGTON – Federal food benefits have been flowing again since the government shutdown ended last week. But for millions of recipients nationwide and tens of thousands in Arizona like Mindy Torres, the restart is only a temporary reprieve. New work requirements could mean that her only reliable source of...

TEMPE, Ariz. — The Tempe City Council has recently adopted a development overlay for a project that includes constructing 400 new housing units at the site of a former Food City store. During a meeting last week, the council approved a change to the zoning map for property located...

1. ACEC Arizona recently issued its Excellence in Arizona Engineering Awards for 2025. Awards and winners included: The 2025 Clifford C. Sawyer Achievement Award, presented to J2 Engineering and Environmental Design, Town of Queen Creek, Frontier Family Park; and the 2025 People’s Choice Award, presented to AECOM,...

PHOENIX — An Arizona Attorney General’s Office division leader was arrested Wednesday, two days after she resigned amid an investigation into mail theft allegations. Vanessa Hickman, 49, was taken into custody while the U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS) served a search warrant at her Phoenix residence, according...

The Apache Junction Police Department has recently publicized body camera footage involving the fatal shooting of Officer Gabriel Facio, providing a more detailed account of the distressing June incident. The footage, stemming from a situation that began as a routine traffic stop, reveals the intensity of the...

The Mesa Design Review Board met Nov. 18 to discuss proposed elevations and landscape designs for a planned 24KSF office building at the NEC of University Drive and 80th Street. No action was taken. The building would be used as an office for the Arizona Department of Child Safety. According...

A Casa Grande man has been indicted by a Federal grand jury in Phoenix for his alleged role in setting a Jewish community center on fire. The 31-year-old suspect is accused of "Obstruction of the Free Exercise of Religious Beliefs by Fire."

They say there's nothing more American than apple pie. Though the U.S. didn't invent pie — that distinction falls to the Egyptians and a series of evolutions that carried the pie across continental Europe over the succeeding four thousand years — it still forms a fundamental aspect of the American national character....

Tempe could soon become the first Arizona city to pass a law to combat drink spiking. Why it matters: The crime is thought to be heavily underreported and is often associated with sexual assault. Danya Sherman, executive director of anti-drink-spiking advocacy group. , told Axios that about 90% of incidents...