Police identify suspects in Tempe Town Lake shooting
Two suspects face aggravated assault and robbery charges following a Friday night shooting on the south side of Tempe Town Lake, police said Monday. Sergio Rodriguez Avila, 18, and Rafael
Arizona gold prospecting is becoming popular again as market prices rise
Rising gold prices are driving up an old industry in Arizona — prospecting. Gold has risen to $4,000 an ounce right now. Here in Arizona, the price spike has led to an increase in prospecting club memberships. The Roadrunners Prospector’s Club in Phoenix has seen a 10% increase in...
Migrants charged for shooting guns in crowded national park
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Federal prosecutors have filed charges against two men from Mexico allegedly caught firing guns in a public venue east of Phoenix. Luis Alfonso Hernandez Felix and Jose Romario Zazueta Valenzuela were taken into custody after U.S. Forest Service agents observed “a group of subjects...
Migrants charged for shooting guns in crowded national park
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) – Federal prosecutors have filed charges against two men from Mexico allegedly caught firing guns in a public venue east of Phoenix. Luis Alfonso Hernandez Felix and Jose Romario Zazueta Valenzuela were taken into custody after U.S. Forest Service agents observed “a group of subjects...
Phoenix Zoo temporarily closed due to storm damage
The Phoenix Zoo has to close for a couple of days to clean up the damage left behind from a severe storm that rolled through the Valley on Monday. No one was hurt and all animals were accounted for. However, a dozen trees and a 50-foot digital tree were knocked down.
‘There’s a problem:’ Gilbert Mayor discusses potential reasons why residents’ water bills have jumped
GILBERT, Ariz. — Gilbert Mayor Scott Anderson is promising answers as frustration mounts among residents over soaring water bills—some jumping by hundreds, and in a few cases, thousands of dollars. In an exclusive interview with 12News, Anderson said the town is taking the issue seriously and has launched...
Rollover crash shuts down westbound I-10 near 83rd Avenue
PHOENIX — A rollover crash along Interstate 10 shut down the freeway near 83rd Avenue in Phoenix early Monday morning. Arizona Department of Public Safety officials say the crash happened in the westbound lanes of travel. Officials have not confirmed the severity of any injuries, but there was a...
Man shot, killed by police after wielding knife in west Phoenix
Phoenix Police detectives are investigating an officer-involved shooting in West Phoenix that occurred around 8 p.m. on Oct. 11.
Phoenix seeks retired law enforcement officers to work as school resource officers
The Phoenix Police Department is looking to hire retired law enforcement officers from Arizona to work as school resource officers, the department announced in a news release. The department is
Arizona’s Mystery Castle hides the heartbreaking story of a vanished dad
Boyce Gulley’s 16-Year Junk Castle for His Daughter. In 1929, a Seattle shoe salesman named Boyce Luther Gulley got bad news: tuberculosis. Rather than risk his family’s health, he left his wife Frances and five-year-old daughter Mary Lou without a word. He fled to Phoenix, where he lived...
