Phoenix AZ

SCOTTSDALE, AZ — Sun State Pools, a Scottsdale-based pool company, has had its contractor's license revoked, leaving customers with unfinished projects after paying thousands of dollars. The Arizona Registrar of Contractors says it has received 85 complaints from homeowners and subcontractors against Sun State Pools si

Court paperwork says a certified caregiver at a Phoenix group home for people with disabilities is accused of gagging a nonverbal man with cerebral palsy with a washcloth, tying socks around his face.

A man from Afghanistan who has unlawfully lived in Phoenix for years was sentenced to almost two years in prison, authorities announced Monday. A judge sentenced 30-year-old Syed Haider Najib to 22 months in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Arizona. Prosecutors said the...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Goodyear police are asking for the public’s help in solving the cold case murder of a Pinal County man. On September 22, 2023, a hiker discovered the body of 57-year-old John “Johnny” Jones in the bottom of a river in Goodyear, south of Maricopa County Road 85 between Bullard Avenue and Estrella Pa

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A Scottsdale man was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison after a jury found he helped run a years-long investment fraud scheme that cost investors tens of millions of dollars. The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Colorado said Michael Shawn Stewart, 63,...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — A Mesa father is accused of leaving his disabled adult son in the bathtub for weeks, who was described as “extremely emaciated” and with severe wounds. Melvin Shimkus, 52, was booked on one count of vulnerable adult abuse. WARNING: Details of this story...

Two construction-related brush fires in Scottsdale this week have Scottsdale Fire officials sounding the alarm about job-site sparks colliding with bone-dry desert grass. The Scottsdale Fire Department says construction crews accidentally ignited two brush fires inside city limits, but firefighters knocked both blazes

Tucked along East Indian School Road in Phoenix, The Stand Arcadia Burger Shoppe has quietly built a reputation that stretches far beyond the Valley. People talk about the milkshakes like they’re a life-changing experience, and honestly, the reviews back that up. With a 4.5-star rating from over 2,000 customers,...

Authorities issued a SAFE Alert Tuesday night for a missing 71-year-old man who was last seen in Phoenix. Elige Douglas Sluss was last seen in the area of 21st Avenue and Bethany Home Road. He is described as a white male, who is approximately 5-foot-7 and 140 pound. Sluss has...

As of today, you can no longer book an Uber without a driver in Phoenix. The two companies are no longer partnered in Phoenix, with robotaxi rides ending Monday. This leaves Austin and Atlanta as the company's two active markets. "Phoenix was our first pilot market with Waymo and was an ...