Tex-Mex pop-up finds a new home in the Melrose District
Since returning to the Valley in 2023, Kristen Martinez has been on the hunt for a permanent place to serve her Texas-inspired taquitos and breakfast tacos. Meanwhile, Melrose Kitchen Table chef and owner Harmon Swartz has been working to grow the restaurant he bought two years ago. Swartz met Martinez,...
How Arizona’s poor air quality is impacting your health
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — If you stepped outside on Tuesday, you may have noticed a haze looming in the sky. Experts say that harmful pollutants are currently in the air, affecting your lungs. It’s especially hard to breathe for anyone with preexisting lung, allergy, or heart conditions. The pollution...
Concerns raised after boy drowns at Chandler public pool
Scottsdale police officers responded to the reported shooting around 9:30 p.m. near Shea Boulevard and Frank Lloyd Wright Boulevard. Casey Torres reports. Two kids were inside one of the cars involved. Stephanie Duprey reports from the scene and spoke to witnesses. Forward progress stopped on Monarch Fire near...
New safety standards for Arizona assisted-living facilities now in place
Assisted-living facilities that offer memory-care services are now subject to new state safety rules. The rules went into effect on July 1 from the Arizona Department of Health Services. The rules include specific requirements aimed at preventing “elopements.”. Elopement is an industry term for when residents with...
Tiny Arizona ice cream shop was just named best in all the US
Yelp released its list of 100 best U.S. ice cream shops 2025 ahead of National Ice Cream Day and five Arizona ice cream shops made the cut, three in metro Phoenix and two in Tucson. Even better? One metro Phoenix ice cream store topped the chart. To create its "all-time list of the Top 100 Ice Cream Spots in the...
Four-year-old boy dies after being pulled from pool at Hamilton Aquatic Center
A four-year-old boy has died after he was pulled from a pool at the Hamilton Aquatic Center near Arizona Avenue and Ocotillo Road in Chandler.
Councilman suspects drink spiking is a problem in Tempe
You’re at your favorite nightspot in Tempe, a college town known for an abundance of them. You have taken a sip of two of your adult beverage and soon realize something is not right. You might be dizzy or lightheaded beyond the normal effects of a few sips of alcohol. You might even become sick to your stomach. In a...
Husband of Suzanne Morphew to appear in court to face murder charge a second...
DENVER (AP) -- The husband of a woman who disappeared on Mother's Day 2020 is set to appear in court in Colorado on Tuesday for the first time since being charged again with murder in her death.
Woman survives shooting, man dies from apparent self-inflicted wound: PD
Phoenix Police Department detectives are investigating the circumstances that led to a man's death and a woman's hospitalization with a gunshot wound. Officers were
The prisoner who rewrote Arizona law
Abelardo Chaparro is 50 years old. He spent half his life in prison. He goes by the name Abel, but he bears the mark of Cain, ashamed at the killing that put him away — almost forever. In 1995, when he was 20, he killed a man who had been stalking him. He claimed it […]
