Chandler AZ

In 1990, I moved to Phoenix and built a life here with my three children. For 44 years, I was proud to focus my career on advocating for disabled and deaf children, a mission I continue today as a volunteer. Now at 66, I am blessed with 11 wonderful grandchildren, and much of my time is spent making sure my family...

Chandler Unified School District is already planning for 2026–27 as enrollment keeps sliding and that could mean eliminating 2.2% of staff. District leaders say housing costs, lower birth rates, and charter competition could mean 1,100 more students gone next year, triggering 122 position cuts and role mergers....

PHOENIX – One of the largest public school districts in Arizona is cutting dozens of jobs as it works to close a $12 million budget deficit. The Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) Governing Board authorized the loss of about 90 positions during a meeting Wednesday night. It was part...

More than two years after dozens of dogs were removed from a "house of horrors," a Chandler woman has been sentenced for animal cruelty and fraud charges.

TEMPE, AZ — A 41-year-old Indiana man was arrested after allegedly beating a hotel guest with a metal lamp at a Tempe hotel, leaving the victim with life-threatening injuries, including brain damage and skull fractures. The Indiana man was arrested early Wednesday morning at Metro Tempe Extended Stay on...

Eventually, after two dozen viewings, you whittled down the questions created by the Minneapolis video of an ICE agent killing 37-year-old Renee Good, to a single query. Not: Was this a murder in cold blood, or was it a federal agent acting in self-defense? Not: Could the ICE agent have stepped out of the way? Not:...

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — A Chandler woman learned her sentencing Thursday morning for an animal abuse case that involved dead dogs found in her home’s freezer. April McLaughlin—who used the alias Sydney S. McKinley—received a 3.5-year prison sentence Thursday. Accounting for time already served, she will spend...

CHANDLER, Ariz. — A person in the East Valley just hit a six-figure lottery jackpot. According to lottery officials, a lucky winner won $100,000 in Wednesday night's Powerball drawing. The winning ticket was reportedly sold at a Bashas' in Chandler. Here's the address:. 4940 S. Gilbert Road. Chandler, AZ.

GOLD CANYON, AZ (AZFamily) — Hikers who like to explore a certain part of the Superstition Mountains east of the Valley will have to go elsewhere because of dangerous wildlife, officials said Thursday. The Peralta Trailhead in Gold Canyon is closed to all visitors because of an “aggressive” bobcat...

As the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) begins the arduous process of analyzing the wreckage of a Jan. 2 helicopter crash near Telegraph Canyon, the investigation has moved beyond the mechanical state of the aircraft. The focus is now squarely on the legality and visibility of a kilometer-long recreational...