Arizona Teen Went Missing From Home At 13, Cops Find Her Alive After Three...
An Arizona missing person case finally found its closure after 30 years. 13-year-old Christina Marie Plante, hailing from Star Valley in northeast Phoenix, had vanished without a trace in 1994. And now, a recent update on Wednesday by the Gila County Sheriff’s Office confirmed that Plante had been found and was...
IKEA sets opening date for small‑format store in Phoenix
PHOENIX — A new IKEA location is opening in Phoenix next week — and the community is invited to join the grand opening. The 75,000-square-foot building is in the Village Square II shopping center on the southwest corner of Tatum Boulevard and Cactus Road. The grand opening will...
Health inspectors find dead lobster, expired chicken at Phoenix-area restaurants
This week's Dirty Dining report cited Valley spots for issues like a dead lobster in a tank, no sanitizer and unsafe food temperatures.
Ex-Arizona AG Division Chief Sentenced To Prison In $2,400 Diamond Bracelet Caper
A former division chief in the Arizona Attorney General’s Office has gone from overseeing prosecutions to standing in front of a judge herself after pleading guilty to stealing a diamond bracelet from a misdelivered package and selling it online. On April 1, 2026, the defendant was sentenced in Maricopa...
The decline of U.S. rental prices and its impact on Arizona renters
A building boom across the South and Mountain West has cooled rental prices, but maybe not enough to make a difference. Housing is unaffordable for many. Although the median U.S. rent for new leases is down 1.5% from a year ago, it’s still roughly 20% above pre-pandemic levels, at $1,400 a month, according to real...
Kingman interchange easing Las Vegas-Phoenix traffic hits 70% completion
KINGMAN, AZ (AZFamily) — The Arizona Department of Transportation is working to complete a $106 million interchange project designed to solve traffic backups that have hassled travelers between Phoenix and Las Vegas for decades. The West Kingman Interchange construction project started in July 2024 and continues with...
‘They tried and tried for their son’: Peoria couple allegedly slain by son filed...
PEORIA, Ariz. — Authorities are revealing new details in a shocking double homicide that left a longtime Peoria couple dead inside their home, allegedly at the hands of their own son. According to court records, 29-year-old Jonathan Turk admitted to killing his parents, Scott and Tina Turk, during a...
Videos of a Phoenix teen joyriding in stolen cars helped crack a $600,000 theft...
PHOENIX – A 19-year-old Phoenix man was sentenced to more than seven years in state prison after pleading guilty to a string of vehicle thefts across the Phoenix area. In all, his theft caused more than $600,000 in losses, Maricopa County prosecutors announced Tuesday. Jashwa Hicks was sentenced for...
Two Found Dead On Peoria Block As Cops Swarm 83rd And Jomax
Two people were found dead Tuesday in a north Peoria neighborhood, prompting a major police response that stretched into the evening near 83rd Avenue and Jomax Road. Officers locked down the area with a perimeter while detectives processed the scene and canvassed nearby homes, and neighbors reported a heavy...
Tempe identifies suspect in Mill Ave shooting
Tempe Police have arrested a suspect in connection with the deadly shooting that happened on Saturday, March 28. Tempe Police identified and arrested 23-year-old Aidan Zepeda on March 29 th in

















