Airline crew honors veteran returning from first Vietnam visit since POW imprisonment
PHOENIX — United States Air Force veteran Bob Jeffrey and his wife, Jean Jeffrey, were on a flight home to Phoenix on Sunday after an important trip to Vietnam. Jeffrey went to the country for the first time since he was released as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. While it must have been a powerful trip...
East Valley Institute of Technology fires new shot in war with 9 area districts
He East Valley Institute of Technology last week asked a judge to dispense with a hearing and use the court filings to decide the lawsuit filed by nine East Valley school districts against it. And according to the “motion for judgment on the pleadings,” EVIT said there’s only one way...
Tempe Police Deploy Grappler to End 142-MPH Corvette Rampage
Tempe police released intense body cam footage showing the moment officers finally reeled in a Corvette driver who blasted through city streets at a jaw-dropping 142 mph. The incident, which unfolded September 9, features a white C8 Corvette roaring across the Mill Avenue Bridge, its exhaust echoing over Tempe Town...
People Drive From All Over Arizona To This Old-Timey Diner For Its Insanely Good...
Have you ever driven hours just for fries? I mean, really good fries-the kind that make you forget about fancy restaurants and gourmet burgers?. If you’ve ever wondered why Arizonans treat their roads like a pilgrimage route, let me whisper this: there’s a diner somewhere in the desert where the fries are basically a...
Surprise Snags Nitro Ice Cream Hotspot As Nite Creamery Targets Bell Road
Nitro-chilled scoops are headed for the West Valley. Nite Creamery, the California-born ice cream shop that debuted in Tempe last year, is planning a second Phoenix-area location in Surprise. The new shop is set to take over a space at 17865 W. Bell Road and is expected to open in May or June 2026 as the brand’s...
Crews battle early morning apartment fire in Phoenix
Eleven people are without a home on Saturday morning after a fire ripped through their Phoenix apartment complex. It happened near 11th and Roosevelt streets just before 1 a.m.
SAFE Alert issued for missing 30-year-old Phoenix man
PHOENIX — Authorities issued a SAFE Alert on Saturday for a missing 30-year-old man from Phoenix. Alstolfo Marquez Iturralde was last seen near 32nd and Van Buren streets on Saturday around 6 a.m. Iturralde is described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 160 pounds. He has black hair...
City of Phoenix may toughen fireworks penalties
Phoenix administration is preparing tougher penalties for lawbreakers who use illegal fireworks and pose widespread threats ranging from fires and air pollution to the mental health of some veterans and others. The disclosure by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays came during a City Council Public Safety and Justice...
Phoenix School Board Rocked as Member Quits Over Party Tied to Neo-Nazis
Jeremiah Cota is out on the Phoenix Union High School District governing board, resigning Tuesday after weeks of mounting backlash over a holiday party he attended that critics say was connected to neo-Nazi and white-supremacist organizers. His decision clears out an appointed member who had become a lightning rod,...
Work on long-awaited AZ State Route 30 to begin sooner than you think
After more than 20 years, State Route 30 is finally more than just a line on the page. The Arizona Department of Transportation on Feb. 12 unveiled the design for the new Interstate 10 reliever freeway in the West Valley. "We're just very excited for this project," Madison Cole, a community relations manager for the...

















