Eviction filings in metro Phoenix on a blistering pace. See October’s numbers
Metro Phoenix landlords filed court notices 7,579 times to evict renters in October, the second highest tally of evictions filed in any month this year. Soaring rents that started during the pandemic led to a jump in Phoenix-area evictions and the number of people losing their homes . Neither trend has relented....
Bond, budget measures win support in Arizona county
(The Center Square) – Bond and budget measures were on their way to being passed, according to early, unofficial results in Arizona’s most populous county. Maricopa County, which is home to Phoenix, published results on its website after polls closed at 8 p.m. Mountain Standard Time Tuesday. The results were based on...
Phoenix homeless resources drop as COVID-19 era funding ends
PHOENIX - Brandy Baker watched the familiar tableau as homeless people like herself lined up outside the Phoenix Key Campus downtown. A group huddled around a speaker as rap music
3 suspects in brutal ASU attack plead not guilty
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — Three suspects, including a prosecutor’s son, accused of brutally attacking a teen at Arizona State University’s Tempe campus made their first court appearance on Wednesday morning. Justin Otis, 18, Jayden Smith, 19, and Donnell Young, 18, all pleaded not guilty during their initial...
SAFE Alert canceled after missing 70-year-old man found dead in Phoenix
PHOENIX – Authorities canceled a SAFE Alert on Monday after finding the body of a West Valley man who went missing last week. Robert Jones, 70, was last seen at a Chevron fuel center near Buckeye Road and 51st Avenue around 9:30 p.m. on Oct. 28. He had left his home near Buckeye Road and Avondale Boulevard in...
Ex-Phoenix budtender sues Story Cannabis for stealing worker tips
For about nine months in 2024, Samantha Cooley worked as a budtender at the Story Cannabis dispensary on McDowell Road near Interstate 17. In that time, she claims, the dispensary wrongfully withheld tips that customers left when making purchases. Cooley is making those claims in a federal lawsuit filed on...
Phoenix SNAP recipients can find free meals locally with new site
As the nation’s food stamps crisis continues this month, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office is partnering with a local business organization to make sure families that rely on the program don’t go hungry. In Arizona, one in four children and one in ten adults rely on...
Man convicted in daughter’s hot car death in Marana found dead in Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona man at the center of a high-profile case for his young daughter’s death in a hot car last summer died in Phoenix on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. Christopher Ryan Scholtes, 38, was found dead around 5 a.m. in a home near 7th Street...
WATCH: Violent crime in the Valley down for the first half of 2025
Violent crime in the Valley is trending down for the first half of the year, according to Arizona's Department of Public Safety's reporting site.
Native American women get little support during and after incarceration. Event aims to help
Oftentimes, Native American communities lack re-entry support after incarceration. Some Arizona organizations are aiming to fill this gap. The Scottsdale Recovery Center offers a program to help Native Americans suffering from substance abuse disorders. A Place For Hannah is a nonprofit that serves women during their...

















