Former grocery store in Gilbert to become church after sitting empty for years
A former Fry’s grocery store that overlooks a desirable lakefront community in central Gilbert has sat vacant for the past five years.
Sun State Pools license revoked by Arizona ROC following 85 consumer complaints
Multiple Sun State Pools customers say the company took thousands of dollars for pool projects and left them with unfinished backyards. The Arizona Registrar of Contractors website lists the company's LLC license as revoked following 85 complaints received since September. Impacted homeowners have formed a Facebook gro
Phoenix police release video of shooting that killed wanted man in north Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix police released new video showing the tense moments leading to an officer-involved shooting that killed a man wanted by police in north Phoenix earlier this month. The shooting happened near 23rd Avenue and Pinnacle Peak Road on June 11. Police said they were following 56-year-old...
The 6 Best Breakfast Spots in Arizona, According to Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives
Guy Fieri knows where to find the good stuff. These 6 Arizona breakfast spots all earned a feature on Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives — and they’re still open, still slinging it, and still highly rated. From Flagstaff, Phoenix, Scottsdale and beyond, here are the ones worth the drive, ranked by the reviews.
Fugitive taken into custody after crash on Phoenix freeway
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A fugitive is in federal custody after a crash on the Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway in Phoenix on Thursday afternoon. It happened just after 3 p.m. on the westbound side near 24th Street. Details are limited, but the Mesa Police Department said it was helping...
Mesa police to address unsafe e-bike riding
MESA, Ariz. — If you ride an e-bike in Mesa, heads up: police are making a new enforcement push across the city. The Mesa Police Department is launching a new program called "Operation Ride Compliance," which is meant to help crack down on unsafe riding. The initiative is being...
A Military Helicopter Dumped Jet Fuel Over an Arizona Neighborhood — Residents Are Just...
When something starts falling from the sky and landing on your car, your first instinct is probably to check the weather app. That was the reasonable assumption many Tempe, Arizona residents made on the night ... Read more
Scottsdale Slams The Door On Party-House Rentals Posing As Event Venues
In a move aimed squarely at Scottsdale's party-house problem, the City Council on June 23, 2026, voted to adopt Ordinance No. 4719, shutting down a legal gray area that had let some short-term rental homes operate like commercial event venues. The change draws a sharper line between ordinary residential short stays and
Man who tried to kidnap woman at knifepoint before U.S. 60 police shooting sentenced...
MESA, Ariz. - A man shot by police on U.S. 60 last summer after attempting a knife-point kidnapping was sentenced Thursday to seven and a half years in prison. Joseph Ortiz, 38, received the prison term on June 25 after pleading guilty to domestic violence charges of aggravated assault and kidnapping. The sentencing re
Drug dealer who left buyer on ‘bad trip’ to die at Tempe car wash...
Freddie Anthony Avila, 29, was sentenced to eight years in state prison for supplying the lethal fentanyl that caused the fatal overdose of a Tempe man. Avila pleaded guilty to reckless manslaughter and drug charges after initially being indicted as the second person in county history under Arizona's strict lethal fent

















