Silver Alert issued for missing Maricopa man whose car was last seen in Gilbert
PHOENIX – Authorities issued a Silver Alert early Friday for a missing 77-year-old Maricopa man whose car was last seen in downtown Gilbert. Richard Bird’s cellphone was tracked to Casa Grande before its ran out of battery or was turned off, the Maricopa Police Department said. Later, around...
New Tempe traffic cameras catch thousands of offenders in first two weeks
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Fourteen intersections throughout the city of Tempe have new traffic cameras meant to force people to slow down. So far, police said these cameras are catching a lot of bad drivers. “Coming from California, I feel like Arizona definitely has like a speeding problem and...
Phoenix officers rescue starving infant after mother’s death
PHOENIX — Phoenix police rescued an infant from a south Phoenix apartment on May 14 several days after its mother died, authorities said Friday. The infant was “visibly emaciated” when found, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Police had arrived to the apartment near Central Avenue and...
APS and SRP are expecting record-breaking demand again this summer
Phoenix-area utility providers are expecting to see record demand for electricity this summer. Arizona Public Service and Salt River Project are both projecting that sometime in the next few months they will see peak loads about 3% higher than records set last summer. APS forecasts a new record of about...
Arizona man sentenced for pointing laser at Air Force fighter jets
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona man has been sentenced to nine days in prison and three years of supervised release for pointing a laser at Air Force planes in 2021. According to the U.S. Attorney’s Office, 56-year-old Glenwood Arthur Bringle of Bagdad, Arizona, entered a plea deal back in February that included...
54-year-old motorcyclist dies after crash in Phoenix
A man was killed in a motorcycle collision in Phoenix on Monday, according to authorities. Arnold Ramey, 54, was traveling east on Thunderbird Road when an unknown vehicle turned in front of him, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Ramey lost control of his motorcycle while braking and crashed into...
Jungle Boys dispensary opens in historic recording studio building
Forget “Welcome to the Jungle.” It’s time to welcome the jungle to Phoenix. On June 21, Jungle Boys, the Valley’s newest dispensary, Jungle Boys, opened at Seventh Street and Fairmount Avenue, just south of Indian School Road. The dispensary chain has five stores in California — it was founded in Los Angeles — and 14...
Arizona’s eviction-to-prison pipeline criminalizes poverty instead of addressing homelessness
In Arizona, we are witnessing a dangerous pattern that cycles people between eviction, homelessness, and incarceration. It’s a system we call the Eviction-to-Prison Pipeline — and it’s tightening across the state through city ordinances, ballot propositions, and court decisions that make it a crime to be poor instead...
Gilbert Public Schools issues phone ban for K-8 students
GILBERT, Ariz. - Hold the phones! Gilbert Public Schools (GPS) is banning cell phones in K-8 classrooms following a Tuesday board vote. In April, Governor Katie Hobbs signed a bill into law requiring public schools to adopt policies that will limit phones in classrooms. GPS says several schools are already...
‘Why did we move here?’: What Phoenix residents remember about the 122-degree day
On June 26, 1990, Phoenix posted the highest temperature ever recorded in America’s hottest big city — 122 degrees — and no one who lived through it has forgotten. Those who endured that brutally hot day wear it like a badge of honor, sometimes literally with “I Survived 122 Degrees” commemorative T-shirts. As...
