Mesa AZ

PHOENIX — Inflation and funding are taking a toll on Arizona schools, forcing one charter school to provide meals for students out of their teachers’ pockets. “Historically smaller schools have smaller budgets and we have to operate within those needs,” City View High School Principal Dr. Laura Metcalfe told KTAR...

Richard Djerf, who killed four members of a Phoenix family more than 30 years ago, will be executed at 10 a.m. Friday, Oct. 17, Arizona corrections officials announced Friday. The execution by

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is facing federal charges after agents say he committed armed robbery at two gas stations in Phoenix, according to newly obtained court documents. Federal records revealed Jose Barriga is facing robbery and weapons charges after allegedly robbing two convenience stores in August, not far...

14-year-old Emily Pike was brutally murdered earlier in 2025, but long before that, Emily was allegedly sexually assaulted. The Bureau of Indian Affairs conducted an investigation but closed her case due to "insufficient evidence." Family members believe she would still be alive if the case had been prosecuted. FOX...

A renewable energy company plans to develop more than 2,000 acres near Phoenix for a utility solar energy project set to generate energy for around 70,000 Arizona homes. A subsidiary of California-based Avantus Clean Energy expects to begin construction in the fall of 2026 on its Pinyon Solar Project, which will...

A Scottsdale man, Brett Carlin, 27, was arrested after allegedly posting videos of himself online driving a motorcycle over 160 mph on Valley freeways and intentionally provoking police chases. The man is accused of fleeing law enforcement and reckless driving, with an expert noting the actions were extremely...

PHOENIX — William Riedel, a social studies teacher at Palo Verde Middle School in central Phoenix, is this month’s winner of the Pay Tribute to a Teacher award, presented by Your Valley Toyota Dealers. He has spent more than 15 years teaching in low-income schools and will take...

PHOENIX — When a family of five had nowhere to go in the Arizona heat, angels stepped in. Those angels work for the Phoenix Police Department. Angels on Patrol is a nonprofit that provides officer-initiated support to those in crisis. So when an officer was called to a welfare check and found the family without...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man is facing federal charges after agents say he committed armed robbery at two gas stations in Phoenix, according to newly obtained court documents. Federal records revealed Jose Barriga is facing robbery and weapons charges after allegedly robbing two convenience stores in August, not far...

TEMPE, Ariz. — It's not every day a Tempe Police Department detective investigates the theft of a couple of "rubber" ducks. Detective Cody Conklin did just that. "That was definitely on a list that I didn't know I was going to check off," Conklin said in a video posted by the department.