Phoenix AZ

All it took was a piece of fermented swordfish the size of a quarter to land an Arizona woman in the hospital with a rare disease that left her paralyzed and gasping for breath. Trinity Peterson-Mayes, 24, said in a telephone interview from her bed at a Phoenix rehab center...

PEORIA, Ariz. - A crash involving a dump truck closed State Route 74 in both directions near Lake Pleasant on March 16, police said. The highway was shut down between 87th Avenue and Lake Pleasant Parkway. Peoria Police closed the road for several hours, before it was reopened later in the day.

Temperatures could hit 106 around the Valley later this week, leading to about a dozen spring training games to shift to evening start times.

A toddler is in extreme critical condition after being pulled from a backyard pool Monday evening near 19th and Glendale avenues.

Matthew Becker, of Chandler, is accused of killing his ex-wife’s father and attempting to kill her in Alaska on Saturday.

Homeland Security Investigations agents executed a search warrant earlier in March and discovered 19 people in a north Phoenix home who had been illegally smuggled across the U.S.-Mexico border. On March 2, a search warrant for human smuggling was issued for the residence at 1535 West Desert Cove Avenue. According...

Last year, the Phoenix Police Department went long stretches without shooting and killing anyone, and wound up killing three fewer people in 2025 than it did the year prior. But 2026 is off to a deadly start for one of the most scrutinized local law enforcement agencies in the country.

While browsing InTown today, I noticed a warning from police in Phoenix that many families may want to pass along. Authorities say scammers are targeting older residents through phone calls pretending to be law enforcement officers or bank officials.

Three separate hiking mishaps turned Camelback Mountain into a busy rescue scene Monday, as Phoenix technical-rescue crews pulled three people off the Echo Canyon Trail in quick succession. Two hikers were hoisted out by the city’s Firebird helicopter, while a third was guided down the slope on foot. One of the...

On the evening of Feb. 27, troopers with the Arizona Department of Public Safety attempted to stop a man in a black sedan. The man fled, setting off a chain of events that led to state troopers stopping his car with a grappling device and, ultimately, to several troopers and Phoenix police officers killing him in an...