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PHOENIX — St. Mary’s Food Bank on Wednesday completed its third and final day of Thanksgiving Holiday Food Distribution. Over the past three days, 11,876 families were served at their Phoenix and Surprise locations. Across their statewide network, a record 25,523 families received a turkey, holiday food box and...

COTTONWOOD, AZ (AZFamily) — A Mesa woman was arrested and is accused of posing as a nurse and treating patients using another woman’s nursing license. Christine Muturi Lewis is facing multiple counts of forgery, fraud schemes, practicing nursing with a fraudulent license and computer tampering. According to court...

A man accused of crimes against children died after an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound during a traffic stop by Mesa detectives on the U.S. 60, causing an hours-long closure, according to police officials. Detectives spotted 42-year-old Justin Meritt driving on the U.S. 60 near Silly Mountain Road in Apache...

PHOENIX — Forgot the stuffing?. Several major Phoenix-area supermarkets are open on Thanksgiving, but the shopping will have to occur by mid-afternoon or early evening. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. Those wanting to purchase a large pumpkin pie at...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A weeklong federal border security operation earlier this month resulted in dozens of people in custody and nearly 50 pounds of illegal drugs found on public land in southern Arizona, the Department of the Interior announced on Wednesday. During the effort led by the Bureau of...

PHOENIX — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Wednesday that the agency has issued a detainer on the suspect who allegedly gained access to a Phoenix elementary school and assaulted a 10-year-old girl. The federal agency said it lodged a detainer with the Maricopa County jail for 24-year-old Abel...

Two men were shot Tuesday night in Phoenix, with one dying at the scene and another hospitalized with serious injuries.

Tuesday morning, the Mesa Police Department arrested longtime Phoenix advocate Martin Hernandez for trespassing while he was filming immigration enforcement activity. Nearly five hours later, after an outcry over the arrest and a protest in front of a Mesa police facility, Hernandez was released. In a statement to...

Officers responded to the area of Roosevelt and 19th streets around 10 p.m. on Tuesday for reports of a shooting. Gibby Parra has the latest.

GOLD CANYON, Ariz. — All lanes of US 60 have reopened following a death investigation near Gold Canyon on Tuesday, officials said. Sky12 footage showed a large police presence at the scene and Mesa police said its homicide unit was on scene to conduct a death investigation. “There was...