Gilbert gets state’s first Black-owned ranch
When local entrepreneur TJ “Cowboy TJ” Stevenson got the call that a 2-acre ranch in Gilbert was available for his horse ranch, he was hesitant to relocate his business. Founded in 2020, Copperstate Riding Club, the self-proclaimed first fully Black-owned horse ranch in Arizona, had quickly outgrown its original...
Chandler students stage gun violence protest
Dozens of students at Hamilton High School walked out Sept. 5, demanding lawmakers at the state and federal level to pass bans on assault weapons and high capacity magazines, following the latest school shooting in Minneapolis where two children were killed.
Man who filmed himself strangling DCS worker in Mesa sentenced to 17.5 years in...
PHOENIX — A man who tried to murder a caseworker with the Department of Child Safety in Mesa last year has been sentenced to 17.5 years in prison, authorities announced Friday. Deandre Johnson strangled the victim in November in the lobby of a Mesa building where DCS has offices,...
Phoenix woman dies in fall from Cliff along Mogollon Rim
A Valley woman died over the Labor Day Weekend after falling off a cliff along the Mogollon Rim. The Coconino County Sheriff's Office says the 29-year-old was camping with friends close to the edge of the rim near Forest Lakes east of Payson Saturday. Deputies learned that she walked away...
Motorcyclist killed in north Phoenix crash
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police say a motorcyclist is dead after a crash in north Phoenix on Friday morning. Phoenix police were called out around 11:30 a.m. to the area of 64th Street and Thunderbird Road on reports of a motorcycle crash. When officers arrived, they found the motorcyclist, identified...
Teen accused of fatally stabbing Maryvale High School classmate to remain in jail
The teenage boy accused of fatally stabbing a classmate in a Maryvale High School classroom last month will remain in a jail facility managed by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office for at least the rest of September. Chris Aguilar, 16, stood next to his attorney, Vernon Lorenz, on the morning of Sept. 4, wearing an...
1 dead following multi-vehicle pileup on I-17
A crash involving four vehicles on north I-17 near Daisy Mountain Drive left one person dead on Friday morning.
Interstate 17 in north Phoenix closed due to law enforcement investigation
PHOENIX – Traffic on Interstate 17 in north Phoenix was backed up Friday morning due to a law enforcement investigation, authorities said. Northbound I-17 was closed at Daisy Mountain Drive in Anthem as of around 11 a.m., according to the Arizona Department of Transportation. The southbound lanes remained open.
Overheated woman flown from Camelback Mountain hiking trail in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A hiker was flown to safety after she became overheated on a popular mountain trail in east Phoenix. Around 10:15 a.m., technical rescue teams from the Phoenix Fire Department responded to the Echo Canyon Trailhead at Camelback Mountain for reports of a hiker in distress. Crews made their way up...
Couple faces federal charges for driving ‘miners’ to work
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – A federal grand jury has leveled felony conspiracy charges against a Red Rock, Arizona, couple who told authorities their only crime was getting paid to ferry miners from a town near the Mexican border to their worksite. The “miners” turned out to be migrants the couple picked up on […]
