Scam artist faces decade in prison for Valley restaurant fraud
In 2023, Utah-based businessman Aaron Wagner was making a name for himself in the Valley. The entrepreneur projected a lavish lifestyle on social media, posting pictures of private jets, supercars and ribbon cuttings at luxe restaurants. Wagner claimed he managed $1 billion in real estate, restaurants and other investm
Sprouts’ 500th Store Opens In TX, Among 4 New Stores
Sprouts Farmers Market has reached 500 stores, opening its milestone location in The Woodlands, Texas, on Sept. 12 as part of a four-store wave that also includes Sewell, New Jersey, and upcoming openings this Friday in Carson, California, and Mesa, Arizona. The 500th store – at 4775 W. Panther Creek...
Sprouts nearly doubles HQ size as expansion efforts continue
Sprouts Farmers Market unveiled a new 180,000-square-foot headquarters in Phoenix, according to a Wednesday press release from Keyser Commercial Real Estate. The seven-acre campus includes a new office building, a flagship Sprouts store and additional retail for tenants. The new corporate site comes at a busy time for
Arizona’s breakout receiver will miss time after suffering injury at BYU
The Arizona Wildcats jumped out to a fast start in Week 2 against the BYU Cougars, but were held scoreless in the second half and ultimately handed a brutal 28-
AI firm snags Phoenix warehouse for $22.7M after overcoming local zoning hurdle
An AI infrastructure company just acquired a vacant Phoenix warehouse that it is planning to turn it into a data center.
3 hospitalized as massive swarm of bees invades Arizona computer workplace and terrorizes employees
Three people have been hospitalized as a massive swarm of bees invaded an Intel manufacturing campus in Arizona and terrorized employees. Fire crews in Chandler, about a 30-minute drive southeast of Phoenix, raced to the Intel campus Monday morning following reports of one person with a “large amount of bee stings” and
Hundreds of workforce housing apartments coming to southwest Phoenix
PHOENIX — Southwest Phoenix is growing, including hundreds of affordable apartments being built in the Estrella Village area. The 20-acre development, Broadway Farms at Hurley Station, sits between farmland and suburban housing communities. This large complex will eventually have more than 300 apartments and bring in 2
State Route 51 lane restrictions near Camelback Road lifted after 7 weeks
For the first time in nearly two months, motorists on State Route 51 in central Phoenix don’t have to worry about squeezing over to the right. The Arizona Department of Transportation said Monday the northbound lane restrictions near Camelback Road that started July 27 have been lifted. During the...
Police identify man who was shot, killed during robbery in south Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix police are looking for those involved in a shooting during a robbery that left a man dead in south Phoenix over the weekend. Police were called out to a neighborhood near 19th Street and Wier Avenue, south of Broadway Road on Saturday night, and found a vehicle in the road surrounded by mul
Scottsdale man accused of shooting door-to-door salesman in the back
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - A Scottsdale man accused of shooting a door-to-door salesman on Sunday has been arrested. Scottsdale police say officers on Sept. 13 were called to a neighborhood near Pima and Hawknest roads just after 4 p.m., for reports of a shooting. Once at the scene, officers found a man with a gunshot wound.
