Avondale Police investigating ‘suspicious’ missing family case at Litchfield Park
PHOENIX - Avondale Police are investigating the suspicious disappearance of three family members from a home in Litchfield Park. The home is near Litchfield Road and Wigwam Boulevard. Police say they started an investigation on Tuesday, Aug. 4, after family members requested a welfare check for a husband, wife, and the
Preston Lord defendant asks to have October trial date pushed back
The first Preston Lord defendant set to head to trial in October but is asking the court to push back the date.
Phoenix hotel guests fight $500 smoking fees they say they shouldn’t have been charged
Two women say the Holiday Inn & Suites Phoenix Airport North charged them $500 smoking fees after staying there. They insist they did not smoke — and their fight to get those charges reversed took months. Leslie, a hairdresser from South Carolina, says she traveled to Phoenix in April...
Cottonwood man drove to Phoenix to buy half-pound of meth, busted by pair of...
Camp Verde officers seized nearly 200 grams (almost half a pound) of methamphetamine during an early morning traffic stop on SR 260 after two narcotics K9s alerted to hidden drugs. George Krekelberg of Cottonwood was arrested at the scene after reportedly admitting he had traveled to the Phoenix area to...
Cheap Asian knockoffs passed off as authentic Native American jewelry in $92K eBay scam
A San Francisco woman was sentenced in Phoenix federal court after netting over $92,000 selling counterfeit Native American jewelry on eBay. Molly Breivis, 57, imported knockoffs from Asia and falsely marketed them as authentic pieces by Apache, Laguna, Navajo and Zuni artisans—ignoring multiple federal warning letters
The Best Pie In Arizona Is Hiding At This Humble Little Roadside Cafe
Somewhere along the desert highway between Phoenix and Prescott sits a rustic little cafe that road-trippers keep circling back to, sometimes after driving past it dozens of times. It draws crowds not with flashy signs but with fruit baskets, fresh-baked slices, and a countryside setting that turns a quick fuel stop in
Valley Fever’s lasting grip on Scottsdale Physical Therapist
SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Monsoon dust storms can bring dangerous driving conditions and poor air quality, but the threat of Valley fever is often impossible to see. For Scottsdale physical therapist and golf fitness professional Dan Swinscoe, an infection linked to the fungal spores found in desert soil led to years of medical
Treasure Hunters Can Spend An Entire Day Exploring This Giant Arizona Thrift Store Without...
Tucked away at 1255 W Guadalupe Rd in Mesa, Arizona, White Dove Thrift Shoppe is not your average secondhand store. With a sprawling layout that stretches across several connected rooms, shoppers often lose track of time wandering through endless aisles of furniture, clothing, books, and household treasures. Every doll
Phoenix Haboob Hits Category 5 as Air Quality Apps Showed Safe Readings
Phoenix dust storm earns rare Category 5 on ASU's PHX Dust Storm Scale, only the fifth such rating in 16 years of storm tracking, as a High Pollution Advisory blanketed the Valley and experts warned that most smartphone air quality apps gave misleadingly safe readings because they measure smoke, not the coarser desert
Local Italian chain bets big on downtown Mesa
We're in the final stretch of our summer campaign. Our goal is to raise $15,000 by August 9 to support the journalism our community relies on. Reader support is helping shape the future of local news. After years of developer delays, a popular East Coast-style Italian restaurant has opened its...

















