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The Texas softball team easily could have complained about the officiating in Game 3 of their Super Regional, but the Longhorns didn't need to.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Officials in Garden Grove, California, said a chemical plant is “literally on the edge of exploding” as firefighters work to cool a tank filled with about 7,000 gallons of methyl methacrylate, a toxic chemical used in making plastics. Garden Grove is about 350 miles west of Phoenix and roughly 250

(This content was created with the help of AI.) Thirsty servers are moving in on some of the nation's driest zip codes. Quartz reports that the AI-driven rush to build massive new data centers across the American West is sharply increasing water demand in regions already struggling with drought. In the Phoenix area alo

MESA, Ariz. — A man is dead after a hit-and-run crash near a Mesa shopping center on Saturday night, according to the city's police department. Around 11 p.m., officers were called to a parking lot near the Mesa Grand Shopping Center, located at Stapley Drive and Baseline Road intersection, for a crash involving a pede

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Three Arizona eighth graders are headed to a national spelling bee to test their skills this week. The 2026 Scripps National Spelling Bee, now in its 101st year, begins Tuesday with preliminary rounds. Quarterfinals and semifinals are set for Wednesday, followed by the finals on Thursday.

Mesa may join the growing number of municipalities nationwide filing antitrust suits against the country’s three predominant fire truck manufacturers, accusing them of colluding to drive up prices of much-needed safety apparatuses. Fire truck prices have doubled in the last 10 years and the wait time for new trucks...

Five years after 19-year-old Kelly Roach was found shot in Mesa, his killing is still an open case and his family is still waiting for answers. Roach was discovered with multiple gunshot wounds, and investigators say some of his personal property and his vehicle were taken after the attack. The latest appeal from detec

With predictions of uncertainty looming over the Valley’s housing market for the near future, April housing sales in Ahwatukee were brisk, though the median sales price differed in two of the community’s three ZIP codes, according to Phoenix Realtors. Data supplied by the Valley’s largest association of real...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — One person is dead, and eight others are in the hospital after a rollover crash involving a passenger van in Mesa on Sunday morning. Two vehicles, including a large passenger van, collided on State Route 24 near Signal Butte Road. One of the vehicles rolled over and landed upside down, according t

Sydney Lindon-Lake walked up to a fundraiser, duffle bag stuffed with equipment in hand, excited to work one of the first events with her new job. She approached the person coordinating her appearance and unzipped her bag to reveal its contents: the head, pads and jersey of Sparky, Arizona State’s mascot.