Phoenix AZ

Phoenix Public Library is expanding access to health resources with the addition of American Heart Association Blood Pressure Kits, now available for checkout at 15 library locations across the city.

Last Wednesday, the Phoenix City Council voted unanimously to toughen the city's workplace heat-safety rules, beefing up protections for workers who report violations and adding new reporting duties for contractors on city projects. The amendment requires heat-safety plans to spell out non-retaliation protections,...

PHOENIX – A homicide investigation is underway after a woman was found dead in west Phoenix last week, authorities said. Officers responded to a call about an object that appeared to be a body on the side of the road in the area of 56th Avenue and Broadway Road around 10:50 p.m. Friday, the Phoenix Police Department...

TOLLESON, Ariz. — The mother of an 18-year-old who was murdered in the West Valley said she wants to know why her daughter was killed. Now, with an arrest in the case, she's hopeful answers will come. "She's really goofy and loves art," Jessica Calderon said. "She was very...

PHOENIX – An argument after a Super Bowl party ended in a deadly shooting at a south Phoenix apartment, authorities said. Officers responded to a shooting call at a complex on Alta Vista Road near Seventh and Southern Avenues around 11:30 p.m. Sunday and found Isaiah Raymone Springs, 35, suffering from a gunshot...

GOODYEAR, AZ (AZFamily) — A shoplifting suspect is dead and an officer was hospitalized after a struggle for a gun led to a police shooting in Goodyear Tuesday afternoon. According to investigators, police were called out to a shopping plaza near Interstate 10 and Litchfield Road around 4 p.m. for a retail theft.

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A former employee of Scottsdale Unified School District is in custody after allegedly admitting to smuggling four people into the U.S. Victor Michael Bobbett, of Scottsdale, was arrested Jan. 28 after the Tohono O’odham Police Department (TOPD) pulled him over on State Route 86 near Sells,...

The U.S. Army is investigating an incident after a military aircraft dropped fuel on multiple Valley neighborhoods, which left one woman with chemical burns to her eye.

The Arizona Attorney General’s Office has reached an $11.8 million settlement with a New Jersey-based home warranty company accused of defrauding home owners. Former Attorney General Mark Brnovich first filed a lawsuit against Choice Home Warranty in 2019 for allegedly defrauding Arizona homeowners who purchased...

Golden Oak Barbecue and Taproom, a craft beer bar and smokehouse with South American influences, has abruptly closed in downtown Phoenix. Co-owner Chris Figueroa confirmed the restaurant has shuttered on Central Avenue. The reason, he said, was “complications between us and the HOA” of the building where Golden Oak...