Phoenix AZ

The Phoenix Union High School District has posted a preliminary list of more than 160 positions that could be cut next school year. In October, the district announced it would have to cut $20 million from its budget for the 2026-27 school year. At the time, Superintendent Thea Andrade said 90% of the district’s...

New insights have been shared concerning the Phoenix motorcycle tragedy that took place on the evening of November 28, where a dispute between two bikers ended in gunfire and a subsequent, fatal hit-and-run. A woman who witnessed the event firsthand has recently come forward, offering a grim account of the unfolding...

Arizona State University’s new medical school has reached a major milestone. The program has earned preliminary accreditation, allowing ASU to begin recruiting its first class for August 2026. The school also revealed its new name, the John Shufeldt School of Medicine and Medical Engineering, after receiving a...

QUEEN VALLEY, Ariz. — They were elderly, single, and had no children. After they died, a Mesa husband-and-wife legal team -- attorney Jason Millett and his wife, fiduciary Shelice Millett -- became the personal representatives of their estates. That allowed them to bill for their services while controlling the...

PHOENIX — Food Network star Guy Fieri is spotlighting another Valley restaurant on his long-running series. Tacos Chiwas, a Mexican restaurant with locations in Mesa and Phoenix, recently announced that Fieri paid them a visit for an upcoming segment of "Diners, Drive-ins and Dives." Many Arizona restaurants have...

Earlier this year, Maricopa County Sheriff Jerry Sheridan complained that he felt “handcuffed” by the federal court order in the Melendres civil rights case, which prohibits sheriff’s deputies from enforcing federal immigration law. But internal sheriff’s office emails recently obtained by Phoenix New Times via a...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Trevor’s Liquor is asking for the community’s help in finding a suspect after an alleged thief pepper-sprayed an employee. On Nov. 25, around 3:00 p.m., a Trevor’s Liquor employee was attacked with pepper spray at the store’s Indian School Road location in Phoenix. The suspect left the scene with...

After several hours of rest, the raccoon did not show signs of injury and was released back into the wild. (Source: WWBT)

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — New dash camera video shows the moment a Tesla crashed head-on with a dump truck in Scottsdale. Jesus Medina, the owner of the dump truck, shared the video with 12News. It shows him traveling westbound on Cactus Road when a white Tesla heading in the opposite direction veered across several lanes...

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced a notice of intent on Wednesday that has been filed to seek the death penalty against two men in connection with Mercedes Vega's death.