Phoenix AZ

Since February, the historically insular Gila River Indian Community south of Phoenix has publicly acknowledged its ongoing struggle with guns and gang violence — much of it involving juveniles. The tribe, KJZZ has learned, quietly fired its police chief earlier this month, days after a town hall meeting to...

The moment you step through the gates of Phoenix’s Park & Swap at Greyhound Park, time seems to bend like a desert mirage on the horizon. What was meant to be a quick stop becomes a daylong odyssey through a labyrinth of treasures, trinkets, and taste sensations. This isn’t...

A man has died after being struck by the light rail, according to the Phoenix Police Department. The man was crossing the light rail tracks near 19th and Missouri Avenues in central Phoenix when he was hit by the northbound light rail, said Sgt. Rob Scherer with Phoenix police. The man was taken to the hospital in...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Phoenix police say an elderly man is accused of shooting and killing his son-in-law at a north Phoenix home Monday evening. Authorities say Robert Angelo Feola, 85, was booked into jail on a second-degree murder charge. Police showed up at the home near 14th Street and...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Some Phoenix homeowners are taking a stand against one of their neighbors, who wants to build a casita. It would hover over the backyard of Joe and Rosanne Schneider, who are doing all they can to stop the project before it starts. “This will be a two-story building,“ said Rosanne Schneider. ”It...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — Three people are in custody for their involvement in a shooting that left an engaged couple dead late last month in Scottsdale, police announced on Tuesday. Officers arrested 18-year-old Lebron Rogers and two people under 18 in connection with the murders. Twenty-one-year-old Nadia...

SCOTTSDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A toddler has been rushed to the hospital after being pulled from a pool at an apartment complex in Scottsdale late Tuesday morning. Rescue crews were called to an apartment complex on Continental Drive, near McDowell and Scottsdale roads, shortly before 11 a.m. Crews arrived to find an...

Two of the suspects in the Mercedes Vega murder case have been indicted and are expected to be arraigned later in the week.

Mesa police say a 19-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the death of his infant child.

Man armed with axe shot, killed by officers on Navajo Nation. Police shot and killed a man wanted on federal charges on Tuesday morning after police said he charged at officers with an axe on the Navajo Nation. Updated: 2 hours ago. |. A busy stretch of the Loop 202...