Phoenix AZ

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — More than 600 people died from the heat last summer in Maricopa County, and the Valley is on track to surpass that number this summer. Now, federal funding cuts are forcing one nonprofit to shut down a program that’s kept thousands of residents safe and cool inside their own homes for over 50...

An active police investigation shut down a major intersection in Chandler on Tuesday afternoon. Phoenix police using AI to streamline process for people needing help. A new AI tool is helping free up Phoenix 911 dispatchers who previously had to handle both emergency and non-emergency calls. Death penalty sought for...

From new details released on the drowning of a social media influencer's son to the owner of a Valley sushi restaurant who's facing deportation after being detained by immigration authorities, here's a look at some of your top headlines for the morning of August 12. 1. Report released on child's...

Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced that 34-year-old Zane James Hammond pleaded guilty to two counts of attempted murder and was sentenced to 29 years in prison.

PEORIA, AZ (AZFamily) — A vigilant witness’ tip led to the arrest of a man who was pretending to be an FBI agent and pulled at least one person over in Peoria, the Department of Public Safety said on Tuesday. Someone called DPS on April 10 after seeing...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Extreme Heat Warning for south-central and southwest Arizona has now been extended through Wednesday evening, with temperatures expected to be around 109-113 on Wednesday. The good news is temperatures will come down as we head into the end of the week and return to more...

PHOENIX — The suspect in the murder of a 15-year-old in Phoenix committed suicide last week, authorities said. On Aug. 4, 15-year-old Kyelonna Meya Smiley was found dead inside an apartment with a gunshot wound, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Authorities initially said the victim was a woman...

PHOENIX — Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs condemned Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) activity near Valley schools and made it clear that Arizona will not be entering into the federal detention business. According to ABC 15, last Tuesday an ICE agent was seen walking a child to a south Phoenix...

For decades, retirees have been flocking to the Phoenix metro area to pass their autumnal years under the dry desert sun — particularly in retirement communities on the Valley’s west side. Even so, two of its suburbs are among America’s fast-growing havens for golden-agers. While four cities...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The man who died in a crash on a busy Phoenix-area freeway this weekend has been identified. Just after 3:15 p.m. on Saturday, DPS responded to the three-vehicle crash along the I-10 eastbound near 24th Street. They say 28-year-old Edgar Alberto Lopez-Fernandez rear-ended a white Acura and then...