Mesa ponders lawsuit against fire truck manufacturers
Mesa may join the growing number of municipalities nationwide filing antitrust suits against the country’s three predominant fire truck manufacturers, accusing them of colluding to drive up prices of much-needed safety apparatuses. Fire truck prices have doubled in the last 10 years and the wait time for new trucks...
Mesa Family Still Haunted, Killer On Loose Five Years After Teen’s Slaying
Five years after 19-year-old Kelly Roach was found shot in Mesa, his killing is still an open case and his family is still waiting for answers. Roach was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds, and investigators say some of his personal property and his vehicle were taken after the attack. The latest appeal from detec
April home sales rose in Ahwatukee
With predictions of uncertainty looming over the Valley’s housing market for the near future, April housing sales in Ahwatukee were brisk, though the median sales price differed in two of the community’s three ZIP codes, according to Phoenix Realtors. Data supplied by the Valley’s largest association of real...
Step Inside Arizona’s Sleekest Chandler Pizzeria Where You Can Watch Your Pizza Cook In...
There’s something oddly satisfying about watching your dinner get absolutely torched. Trust me, I just spent twenty minutes hypnotized by a wood-fired oven in the heart of Arizona, and I have zero regrets. This Chandler pizzeria figured out that people want entertainment with their entrees-that splitting dinner and a..
1 dead, 8 hospitalized after serious crash on Mesa highway
MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — One person is dead, and eight others are in the hospital after a rollover crash involving a passenger van in Mesa on Sunday morning. Two vehicles, including a large passenger van, collided on State Route 24 near Signal Butte Road. One of the vehicles rolled over and landed upside down, according t
Graduate is 2nd woman ever to be ASU’s Sparky
Sydney Lindon-Lake walked up to a fundraiser, duffle bag stuffed with equipment in hand, excited to work one of the first events with her new job. She approached the person coordinating her appearance and unzipped her bag to reveal its contents: the head, pads and jersey of Sparky, Arizona State’s mascot.
Ray: Let Arizona voters decide how to protect women’s sports
I grew up in Chandler, where volleyball became part of who I am. I started playing when I was 8. For years, I practiced, trained, traveled, sacrificed weekends, missed other activities and poured myself into a sport I loved. That work eventually gave me the honor of playing Division I...
Home sellers are cutting prices in 5 cities across the country in dire sign...
Home sellers across several major US cities are slashing asking prices at alarming rates as once red-hot housing markets continue to cool - raising fresh fears for homeowners.
Gilbert Council narrowly OKs strip mall rezoning
Big-box retailer Target will soon be coming to a 16-acre parcel on the southeast corner of Higley and Ocotillo roads after the Gilbert Town Council approved a controversial rezoning. Dubbing it the Higley and Ocotillo Retail Center, developer SimonCRE had requested to change the plot’s original zoning of “shopping cent
Arizona Woman Killed in Ostrich Stampede
In the early 1900s, ostrich farming was a booming and unusual industry in parts of the American Southwest. The birds were valuable for their feathers, which were used in fashionable hats and clothing, and large flocks were sometimes driven along roads much like cattle. But ostriches were not gentle barnyard curiosities

















