Mesa AZ

The Old Farmer’s Almanac predicts a warm, wetter winter for Arizona, with mild temperatures and more rainfall than usual across the state.

WICKENBURG, AZ (AZFamily) — The National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed on Monday that a weak tornado touched down northwest of Phoenix in Maricopa County last week. The tornado was reported near Forepaugh, a small community near Wickenburg, last Tuesday, Nov. 18. The short-lived twister has a preliminary rating of...

A peculiar sensation was recently reported by residents in the Deer Valley area, who described it as a pulse going through the ground, similar to an earthquake but with just a single wave. The sensation was likened to a sonic bump, a feeling that's hard to put into words but was evidently noticeable.

(AZFamily) — A Chandler man who’s currently awaiting trial in a murder case is set to spend several years in federal prison in connection with a multimillion-dollar investment fraud scheme. Last week, 40-year-old Anthony Ruinard Jr. was sentenced to more than seven years in prison after pleading guilty...

HOUSTON — American Airlines confirmed to KHOU 11 that five people were taken to the hospital after a flight was diverted to Bush Airport on Sunday. Airline officials said Flight 2118 took off from Orlando and was headed to Phoenix when an odor was reported onboard the aircraft. The call from the cockpit mentioned...

I showed up at In-N-Out Burger in Tempe, Arizona, thinking I’d beat the rush, and the rush politely laughed in my face. The line looked like a desert mirage that forgot how to vanish, yet somehow everyone moved with the faith of a pilgrim. With 4.6 stars and thousands...

PHOENIX - Two people have died following a fiery crash in South Phoenix, after police said a driver ran a red light causing both cars to catch fire. The crash happened at 1:37 a.m. on Nov. 22 just off of Central Avenue and Baseline Road. Officers watched as the suspect's...

A former Arizona television news anchor has been sentenced to a decade in federal prison for her role in a pandemic-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan fraud conspiracy. On Friday, Nov. 21, Stephanie Hockridge — previously employed by Phoenix ABC15 — was sentenced by a federal judge in Texas to 120 months...

The staff at the Arizona Humane Society, Sunnyslope Campus in Phoenix, found a plain plastic bin sitting near the entrance, seemingly ordinary at first glance. But when they lifted the lid, the scene inside brought them to a stunned halt. Snuggled together in the bin were seven tiny Pit Bull...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Arizona Humane Society is warning people of a new scam targeting families who have lost pets. AHS has received multiple reports of people contacting owners of missing pets online and pretending to be from the humane society. The scammers are telling families that their pets...