Phoenix AZ

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Phoenix Union High School District (PXU) voted Thursday night to cut jobs as the district grapples with a $20 million budget shortfall for the next school year. The board voted 5-1 in favor, and more than 160 nonteaching positions are expected to be eliminated. The...

You won’t be seeing one viral daredevil flying through Gilbert’s skies anytime soon. Or at least not until the new year. A video of 18-year-old Gilbert resident Sam Campbell jumping over a residential roadway — median and all — on his red dirt bike has garnered 17 million views on Instagram. Cambell starts in the...

From the continued fallout for a Valley bar that's at the center of a deadly crash investigation to the search for a suspect in connection with a shooting near downtown Phoenix that left a man dead, here's a look at some of your top headlines for the morning of December 5.

PHOENIX — A woman faces numerous criminal charges after refusing to stop for officers along Interstate 17 in Phoenix on Friday morning, according to the Arizona DPS. DPS said the incident took place when the woman was driving northbound on southbound I-17 at milepost 204. The woman refused to...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The Arizona Humane Society is expanding veterinary services in Phoenix later this month. Starting Thursday, Dec. 11, the Humane Society’s Papago Park campus at 55th Street and Van Buren Street will offer after-hours urgent care for pets. The Humane Society says the after-hours care is...

A Glendale family faces thousands of dollars of damage and safety concerns after their door was kicked in, as police say they will investigate whether this might be linked to a TikTok challenge.

Two men accused of kidnapping and murdering an Arizona woman who was left inside a burning car while she was still alive in 2023 could be executed if convicted. Maricopa County Attorney Rachel Mitchell announced on Dec. 3 that her office filed notices of intent to seek the death penalty against Cudjoe Young, 29 , and...

A woman was shot after a nearby fight escalated into a shooting in a south Phoenix neighborhood on Thursday evening. Around 4 p.m., two women began arguing near Third Street and Sunland Avenue. The argument escalated into a physical fight, and one woman pulled a gun and fired multiple rounds. Casey Torres has more.

The Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station, just west of Phoenix, is conducting its annual siren test on Thursday. Maricopa County Department of Emergency Management spokesman Ron Coleman says people living within a 10-mile radius of the Palo Verde Nuclear Generating Station will hear sirens at noon and 12:30 p.m....

MARK BRODIE: On the last day of the Arizona State Fair this fall, Jenna Trybus’ 12-year-old daughter, Lucy, and her dad went — they rode some rides and visited the petting zoo. JENNA TRYBUS: That was on a Sunday. And then on Wednesday, I got a call from...