Phoenix AZ

Authorities have identified the shoplifting suspect who was fatally shot by Goodyear police after the department said he struggled with an officer. Dominic Diaz, 32, of Avondale, died in the Feb. 10 incident, according to Avondale police. Police are leading the investigation into the shooting. That afternoon,...

SUN LAKES, AZ (AZFamily) — Five people, including two kids, have been seriously hurt after a crash south of Chandler early Sunday afternoon. Maricopa County sheriff’s deputies, along with crews from the Arizona Fire and Medical Authority and the Chandler Fire and Medical Department, responded to a two-vehicle crash...

PHOENIX — United States Air Force veteran Bob Jeffrey and his wife, Jean Jeffrey, were on a flight home to Phoenix on Sunday after an important trip to Vietnam. Jeffrey went to the country for the first time since he was released as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. While it must have been a powerful trip...

He East Valley Institute of Technology last week asked a judge to dispense with a hearing and use the court filings to decide the lawsuit filed by nine East Valley school districts against it. And according to the “motion for judgment on the pleadings,” EVIT said there’s only one way...

Tempe police released intense body cam footage showing the moment officers finally reeled in a Corvette driver who blasted through city streets at a jaw-dropping 142 mph. The incident, which unfolded September 9, features a white C8 Corvette roaring across the Mill Avenue Bridge, its exhaust echoing over Tempe Town...

Have you ever driven hours just for fries? I mean, really good fries-the kind that make you forget about fancy restaurants and gourmet burgers?. If you’ve ever wondered why Arizonans treat their roads like a pilgrimage route, let me whisper this: there’s a diner somewhere in the desert where the fries are basically a...

Nitro-chilled scoops are headed for the West Valley. Nite Creamery, the California-born ice cream shop that debuted in Tempe last year, is planning a second Phoenix-area location in Surprise. The new shop is set to take over a space at 17865 W. Bell Road and is expected to open in May or June 2026 as the brand’s...

Eleven people are without a home on Saturday morning after a fire ripped through their Phoenix apartment complex. It happened near 11th and Roosevelt streets just before 1 a.m.

PHOENIX — Authorities issued a SAFE Alert on Saturday for a missing 30-year-old man from Phoenix. Alstolfo Marquez Iturralde was last seen near 32nd and Van Buren streets on Saturday around 6 a.m. Iturralde is described as 5 feet, 4 inches tall and 160 pounds. He has black hair...

Phoenix administration is preparing tougher penalties for lawbreakers who use illegal fireworks and pose widespread threats ranging from fires and air pollution to the mental health of some veterans and others. The disclosure by Assistant City Manager Lori Bays came during a City Council Public Safety and Justice...