Phoenix AZ

Police in Chandler say a simmering feud exploded into deadly road rage when Gustavo Elias, 29, deliberately rammed his Chevrolet Tahoe into a motorcycle ridden by 21-year-old expectant father Dezjon Hamilton. A probable cause affidavit alleges Elias admitted to consuming 12 beers and cocaine before the crash, and...

A 45-year-old Mesa man is behind bars after police say he ran an unlicensed contracting operation that drained more than $100,000 from homeowners across the Valley. Victims told investigators they were hit with surprise charges, stuck with half-finished or sloppy repair jobs, and in some cases watched subcontractors...

MESA, Ariz. — A minor car collision in Mesa last month escalated into violence and has resulted in the arrest of a 30-year-old man in Las Vegas. Joseph Sellers was booked into the Maricopa County jail last week for offenses allegedly committed on Feb. 20 near 40th Street and Broadway Road.

A late-Saturday shooting near 51st Avenue and Baseline Road in Laveen sent a man to a Phoenix hospital with serious injuries, authorities say. Police say he is expected to survive. Investigators have not publicly identified any suspects and the case remains under investigation. Police response and condition. Officers...

Federal civil-rights officials in Phoenix say they have inked a $15 million conciliation deal with a major technology employer after finding the company rejected workers' religious and disability exemption requests to its COVID‑19 vaccine mandate. The charges that set the case in motion landed at the EEOC’s Phoenix...

PEORIA, Ariz. — An underweight dog was recently found alone in a Peoria field and tied to a tree. The Peoria Police Department said officers were dispatched on the morning of March 12 for reports of a dog tethered to a tree. Upon arrival, officers found a dog that appeared malnourished but was alert.

That dreaded red light at Beale Street, where Las Vegas-to-Phoenix traffic grinds to a halt west of Kingman, is finally getting a serious work-around. The Arizona Department of Transportation is in the middle of building a new freeway-to-freeway interchange that will let drivers bypass the stoplight entirely....

GILBERT, Ariz. — A South Gilbert neighborhood has been swarming with insects for as long as they can remember. Midge flies, or gnats, swarm homes in the cooler months, and mosquitoes come out in droves in the warmer months. “This year it’s been really, really bad," Danielle Crawford, a...

Five East Valley restaurants landed on this week’s Dirty Dining list after county health inspectors reported problem meat handling and sloppy chemical storage that officials say could raise the risk of contamination. The violations, spread across Gilbert, Chandler and Mesa, triggered extra scrutiny and follow-up...

PHOENIX — Mesa Police on Monday arrested a man who is accused of fraudulent schemes, theft, forgery and unlicensed contracting work, authorities said. Edward Carr, 45, allegedly defrauded victims out of more than $100,000, according to the Mesa Police Department. Carr was also booked for two probation violations,...