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On the night of Sept. 9, 2025, a white C8 Corvette went over the Mill Avenue Bridge above Tempe Town Lake fast enough that the car's own camera recorded triple digits. Tempe police described the footage as showing the car "hitting 140 mph and blowing through red lights." Arizona's Family, which aired the clip, read the number as 142. A motorcycle officer tried to pull the driver over. According to police, he ran the red lights and was gone.

PHOENIX — Arizona is taking its fight over the future of the Colorado River to court. The Arizona Department of Water Resources announced on Friday that they are joining Nevada's lawsuit against the Federal Government over the new Colorado River cuts. The legal action comes after years of failed...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police say a wrong-way driver was drinking hard seltzers before hitting a vehicle near downtown Phoenix earlier this week, killing a daughter and leaving her mother critically hurt. Richard Blackstar, 59, was released from the hospital on Thursday and booked into jail. The crash happened on...

Phoenix faces increasing shower chances by midweek as temperatures gradually fall into the 70s.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — One person was stabbed, and another was shot at what police called a “group home setting” in Chandler on Friday morning. Chandler police responded to the home on Monterey Street, near McQueen and Ray roads, and found two people hurt. Their conditions and relationship were not immediately known.

The city of Tempe is ramping up its efforts to address opioid overdoses with new expansions in Narcan access for the community. Cases of fatal overdoses are on the rise again in Arizona after previous years of decline. Data from the Arizona Public Health Association show an increase in overdose deaths of 18% for the state, while national rates have dropped by nearly 14% in the last year.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A shooting investigation has closed an freeway off-ramp in the East Valley, causing a large traffic backup for morning commuters early Friday morning. Details remain extremely limited. Ofc. Erica Jakupi, public information officer with Salt River Police Department, told Arizona’s Family that officers are investigating...

Phoenix, Tucson and Flagstaff could see changing rain and snow patterns from November through January.

Emberance plans to open in late fall 2026 at Hilton Phoenix Resort at The Peak, at 7667 N. 16th Street, according to a press release shared with What Now Phoenix. The restaurant will occupy a freestanding, 7,366-square-foot building and serve breakfast, lunch, and dinner. An exact opening date has not been set.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Drivers who use Interstate 10 through central Phoenix are getting a chance to weigh in on a plan to fix one of the Valley’s most congested stretches. The study focuses on I-10 from the Deck Park Tunnel to the I-10/Interstate 17 split near Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT).