SAFE Alert for missing 69-year-old Phoenix woman canceled
PHOENIX — Authorities canceled a SAFE Alert for a missing 69-year-old woman on Tuesday afternoon. The Arizona Department of Public Safety issued the alert for Pauline Simmons on Monday. DPS initially said Simmons had last been seen on foot near 19th and Dunlap avenues on Thursday. However, DPS said...
Small plane forced to land on Main Street during rush hour
Air traffic control audio captured the moment a pilot of a small plane was forced to make an emergency landing due to engine problems near a busy intersection in Mesa. FOX 10's Steve Nielsen speaks with witnesses who heard the plane come to a screeching stop.
Mesa birth center closes after families report traumatic deliveries
MESA, Ariz. — A Valley birth center at the center of controversy is closing its doors. The Willow Birth Center faced complaints from families who suffered traumatic deliveries there, and an attorney representing those families is responding to the news. A year ago, 12News introduced you to two Valley...
The Best Pizza In Arizona Is Hiding Inside This Unassuming Restaurant
If you opened my trunk, you’d likely find an emergency kit of napkins and a stack of menus from every pizza joint I’ve “investigated” over the last decade. I consider myself a crust connoisseur, a professional critic of the cheese-to-sauce ratio, and a skeptic of anything that claims to be “the best.”
Glendale hospital becomes 1st hospital in West to use new robotic technique for surgeries
PHOENIX — Banner Thunderbird Medical Center in Glendale recently became the first hospital in the West to use a new robotic technique. The Aesculap Aeos Robotic Digital Microscope provides surgeons with a high-definition 3D visual, which can be viewed by the entire operating room in real time during procedures. In addition, surgeons can use a handgrip or wireless foot switch to control the robotic...
Body with gunshot wound found inside burned car on Loop 101, woman in custody:...
GLENDALE, Ariz. - A woman is in custody after authorities say a body with a gunshot wound was found inside a burned car on a freeway in Glendale. Just after 10:30 p.m. on April 21, the Arizona Department of Public Safety says troopers responded to a car fire on southbound Loop 101 near Union Hills Drive. DPS says a woman was standing outside the...
4 Phoenix-area cities are among America’s fastest-growing suburbs
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‘They swarmed all over me’: 70-year-old Arizona landscaper left unconscious in bee swarm attack
PHOENIX — A 70-year-old landscaper is recovering after a swarm of bees stung him dozens of times. Benjamin Montgomery told 12News he was clearing weeds in a yard near 7th Street and Thomas Road on April 11 when hundreds of bees attacked him. “They swarmed all over me," Montgomery...
Arizona mom injured after trailer hitch smashes through family car
GILBERT, Ariz. — A Gilbert family is recovering after a frightening incident on an Arizona freeway sent a piece of metal crashing through their windshield and into their car. Marissa Kendel was riding in the passenger seat as her family drove southbound on U.S. 93 outside Kingman when a...
Sizzle Fizzles as Kasai Shuts Down Peoria Park West Steakhouse
Kasai Japanese Steakhouse has quietly gone dark at Park West in Peoria after just over two years in business. The 7,500-square-foot teppanyaki dining room, where chefs cooked right at guests' tables, is now closed while the chain's original Scottsdale location keeps the grills going. The move pulls a splashy dinnertainment option out of one of the West Valley's busiest shopping centers.
