Phoenix AZ

Plans to build a passenger rail line between Phoenix and Tucson are picking up steam. The Arizona Department of Transportation is moving into the next phase of a federally backed development program. The Federal Railroad Administration recently approved ADOT’s budget and scope for developing a Service Development...

In the heart of Phoenix, where asphalt radiates heat like a cast-iron skillet left too long on the stove, there exists a frozen sanctuary that transforms scorching afternoons into moments of pure bliss. Novel Ice Cream isn’t just another dessert shop – it’s a temple of frozen innovation where the...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) —A proposed passenger rail route between Arizona’s two largest metropolitan areas just cleared another hurdle. The Federal Railroad Administration recently approved the Arizona Department of Transportation’s submission of initial planning documents, including the “scope, schedule, and budget” for...

PHOENIX — Phoenix Children’s Hospital is teaming up with one of the state’s largest health care providers to expand neonatal care across the Valley. The children’s hospital is collaborating with three HonorHealth hospitals to provide a higher level of care for newborns, according to a Monday Phoenix Children’s...

TEMPE, Ariz. (NBC, KYMA/KECY) - Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents raided a home in Tempe over the weekend, which ended in arrests. Cameras were on the scene Sunday as the agents investigated the home while neighbors shared surveillance video of an armored tactical vehicle pulling off the garage door, and...

A much‑loved restaurant and sports grill in the Phoenix metro area temporarily closed following a fire on June 20, 2025. The Hub Grill & Bar has suspended all operations at its Stapley Drive location. This marks the second fire-related closure of one of its East Valley locations; the first occurred on New Year’s Eve...

PHOENIX — Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that left one person injured and another dead early Tuesday morning. Officers were first called to a home near 7th Street and Dobbins Road for reports of a shooting around 2:20 a.m. When officers arrived, they found a man and a...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Two men have learned their fates for a bus stop shooting in Phoenix that left a man and a baby hurt more than two years ago. On Tuesday, Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced that 21-year-old Miguel Ceja and 20-year-old Zackary Carillo will both spend time behind bars for the shooting.

PHOENIX – An armed robbery suspect who was hit by a Phoenix police SUV was released from the hospital and taken to jail over the weekend, authorities said. Eddy Ortega Romero, 28, was injured while being taken into custody on June 7, according to the Phoenix Police Department. Ortega...

Eleven months after a Gilbert barn burned to the ground minutes after teenagers escaped, a police report obtained by The Arizona Republic sheds new light on how a group of boys who were present at the fire appeared to terrorize their classmates and a neighborhood for years. Gilbert police knew about the allegations,...