Mesa AZ

A man is in the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a shooting Monday night in the Deer Valley area of north Phoenix, turning a routine weeknight into a crime scene near one of the city’s busiest freeway interchanges. According to AZFamily, Phoenix police were called out around 8:45 p.m....

Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Phoenix, Ariz. – A warmer-than-normal start to March is expected across Arizona, with mild desert air favoring rain in lower elevations and periods of snow confined mainly to higher terrain from Sunday,...

A man managed to evade security and get onto a busy runway at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX) on Monday evening in a hair-raising incident that took pilots and air traffic controllers by surprise. It remains unclear how the man circumvented security controls at the sprawling airport, and no...

A Scottsdale, Arizona, convenience store manager is at the center of one of the most legally bizarre lottery disputes in Arizona history — accused of clocking out, changing clothes and purchasing a $12.8 million winning ticket

A House bill imposing a four-year pause on municipal and county increases of fees, taxes and utility rates beyond their current levies is being touted as a boon for taxpayers and disastrous by local governments. Mesa Rep. Justin Olson’s HB 4030 also would block new tax classifications and tax-base expansion...

Carcara, located inside the Sheraton Hotel in downtown Phoenix, offers a range of snacks and drinks for less than $15! Ian Schwartz highlights some favorites.

Mesa Public Schools is handing out pink slips again due to its shrinking student enrollment. The Governing Board is expected this week to approve a list of names after giving staff the go-ahead Feb. 12 to begin the process of selecting the employees. Board member Sharon Benson cast the dissenting vote.

PHOENIX — The Phoenix Fire Department said 50 to 60 firefighters were called to battle an apartment fire near 35th Avenue and Indian School Road early Tuesday morning. According to fire officials, when crews arrived, they found flames and smoke coming from the third floor of the building. Authorities...

PHOENIX — A man is dead and a police officer was taken to a hospital Monday night after a gun was discharged during a scuffle in south Phoenix. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. The scene played out near Broadway...

At Jewish funerals, the final act is often the simplest: The casket is lowered into the earth, mourners take turns with a shovel, and the grave slowly fills. It is a moment many rabbis describe as the essence of burial — the point at which ritual, grief and physical reality meet. At a cemetery in...