Phoenix AZ

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A busy Phoenix freeway is back open following a brief law enforcement situation early Sunday morning. According to the Arizona Department of Public Safety, a pedestrian was between the fence and freeway sign near I-17 and Dunlap Avenue. Troopers say the man cooperated with law enforcement and was...

The Gilbert Police Department recently released a detailed briefing about an officer-involved shooting that occurred on June 11 in Gilbert. According to the briefing found on the city's official website, the incident began with a call to the police about a man slumped over the steering wheel in his vehicle. The...

PHOENIX — A Scottsdale man who defrauded multiple people of a total of $1 million was sentenced on Wednesday, authorities announced. Brandon Scott Menaged, 22, was sentenced to three years in prison and was also ordered to pay $751,000 in restitution, according to the United States Attorney’s Office for the District...

In the scorching desert of Chandler, Arizona, there exists a fashion oasis where your wallet doesn’t have to sweat bullets. Uptown Cheapskate isn’t your grandmother’s thrift store – it’s the place where fashion dreams and budget realities have a beautiful reunion. Let me tell you,...

Beginning six years ago, a series of armed robberies left dancers at a Phoenix strip club shaken. In 2023, one of those dancers who was robbed — Mercedes Vega — was kidnapped and brutally murdered. She was found beaten, shot and burned in the back seat of a Chevrolet Malibu on a highway east of Phoenix. Bleach was...

Bar culture in the U.S. has always been a little casual when it comes to open tabs. Order a drink, hand over your card, and maybe you’ll remember to close it before stumbling out. But according to one bartender, that’s starting to become a serious problem—especially when people are purposefully disabling their cards...

PHOENIX - A 42-year-old man from Mexico has been arrested and charged with harboring and "knowingly employing unauthorized aliens" at his taco restaurants in the Phoenix area,

Families of five people who died last year after a plane overshot a runway at Falcon Field Airport and collided with a car, erupting in a ball of flames, have filed wrongful death claims against the City of Mesa totaling $243.4 million. The Nov. 5 aborted takeoff killed pilot Spencer...

A crash involving three vehicles sent five people to the hospital early Friday morning along the U.S. 60 near Mill Avenue, DPS said.

It's been almost two months since the son of social media influencer Emilie Kiser died, and investigators said in a recent court filing that their work could not conclude unless they were allowed to exchange information. Trigg Kiser, 3, died May 18, days after he was found in the backyard pool of the family's...