Phoenix AZ

PHOENIX — Deer Valley Unified School Superintendent Curtis Finch announced Tuesday he's planning to resign. At the end of a four-hour school board meeting on March 10, Finch announced he would submit a resignation letter to the district's human resources department. 12News has reached out to the school district...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Phoenix man says he was struck with a gun, bound with an electrical cord, and robbed at gunpoint inside his own home Saturday night while his wife locked herself in a bathroom to escape. Ernesto Navarro said he and his wife had just returned home...

Want a thrift stop that feels like a mini treasure hunt with a sequel built in? This Arizona thrift spot runs like a two-building search mission, and regulars drive in for the big finds because the inventory is spread out in a way that keeps you moving and curious. You...

PHOENIX - Three people are in custody in connection to the 2020 murder of a Valley man. On Nov. 29, 2020, Phoenix Police say officers responded to reports of a shooting near 43rd Avenue and Thomas Road. When they got to the scene, officers found 25-year-old Tate Bomar, who had been shot. Bomar was taken to a hospital...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A Scottsdale City Council vote to abandon a federally funded roundabout project at Scottsdale Road and Dynamite Boulevard has cost the city millions of dollars. According to city officials, the project cost $31 million in federal grant money and pushed the intersection safety project over...

Editor’s note: This story has been updated with the full names of the officers involved. Around 8:15 p.m. on Feb. 23, a family was playing in a South Phoenix park when a man on a bicycle rode by and pointed a gun at them. Roughly 10 minutes later, the man lay dying on the ground with Phoenix cops surrounding him, an...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A huge apartment fire broke out in west Phoenix overnight as firefighters are still working to fully extinguish the blaze. Details are still limited. Fire crews responded to the reported apartment fire around 3 a.m. Wednesday near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road. When they arrived,...

I’ve spent enough evenings eating my way through Arizona to know some Mexican restaurants never really have an off night. Even on an ordinary Tuesday, I keep finding dining rooms full of regulars, tables covered in chips and salsa, and that unmistakable smell of grilled meat and warm tortillas pulling me straight...

During a walk along a canal in Arizona, a passerby suddenly noticed something strange that made them stop in their tracks. A shopping cart was wedged in the fast-moving water, rocking slightly with the current. But sitting on top of it was something that didn’t look right. At first...

PHOENIX — Arizona cities dominated the top ranks of a new national happiness study, with Scottsdale finishing third among 182 U.S. cities and five other Arizona communities landing in the top 30. The WalletHub report evaluated cities across 29 indicators of well-being, including depression rates, income levels,...