Mesa AZ

PHOENIX – A motorcyclist was killed in a fiery crash Wednesday night after speeding away from police in Phoenix, authorities said. Officers observed a motorcycle traveling over the speed limit and violating other traffic laws near Seventh Street and Thunderbird Road around 7:25 p.m., according to the Phoenix Police...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — One man is dead, and another is recovering following a collision in west Phoenix early Thursday morning. According to Phoenix police, the crash happened shortly after 2:30 a.m. near 67th Avenue and Osborn Road. Officers arrived on scene and found two men injured in the wreck.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A west Phoenix man is facing a felony charge after police say he pointed a green laser at a law enforcement helicopter last week. Authorities say Eric Michael Hartwick, 43, faces one count of intentionally aiming a laser at an occupied aircraft, a class three felony.

PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes called a proposed rate hike by the state’s largest electric provider a “blatant” grab for corporate profits. Last week, Arizona Public Service (APS) filed an application with state regulators for a 14% increase. If approved, the APS rate hike would raise monthly bills by...

An Arizona trooper encountered an unusual car haul while patrolling in the Phoenix area over the weekend. On Saturday, June 14, Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) Highway Patrol Trooper Sergeant Ruiz spotted a commercial vehicle driving at night along a Phoenix roadway without taillights. A traffic stop was...

At 5-foot-6 and 140 pounds, Clarissa Sabedra wasn’t imposing. Yet, according to a lawsuit she filed in federal court, two Phoenix police officers treated her like a physical threat, pinning her on hot pavement that severely burned her legs to the point where she needed treatment in a hospital burn unit.

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A car crash that nearly took the life of a Valley man has now pushed him to encourage drivers to stop texting and driving. On June 8, Kenz Nuttall said he was driving westbound on the U.S. 60 in Mesa when another driver came into the HOV lane and slammed into him. The car flipped multiple times,...

PHOENIX, AZ (AZFamily) — Crews have found the body of a man who fell into a West Valley canal while fishing early Tuesday afternoon. Around 12:30 p.m., Phoenix and Glendale fire crews were called to a canal near 51st Avenue and Cactus Road after a fisherman reportedly fell in, went under and had not resurfaced....

In March, the Arizona State Board for Charter Schools said it planned to revoke the charter for American Virtual Academy, which runs Primavera Online School. Now the school may be getting some help from the state's superintendent of public instruction. Under state law, if a charter doesn’t meet certain academic...

PHOENIX – A fatal crash victim’s motorcycle was stolen from a Phoenix freeway ramp earlier this month, and her family wants it back. The motorcyclist fell 80 feet to her death after hitting the median wall on the eastbound Interstate 10 transition ramp to southbound I-17 the evening of June 8, according to the...