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Gilbert Public Schools is weighing whether to extend its strict no-cellphone policy to high schools after new data highlighted enforcement challenges and a spike among younger teens. District officials reported 259 cellphone-related violations in the current school year, down from 312 two years earlier, a 17% decrease. But the data...

Patrick Wayne, John Wayne’s second son, made his film debut at age 11 as an uncredited extra in “Rio Grande” and worked with his father on 11 films. Patrick will take part in a one-on-one conversation about his life and career at the Western Spirit Museum Saturday, May 2. The conversation will be facilitated by the museum’s Chief Curator Andrew Patrick Nelson...

Five people are in custody following a police pursuit of a Jeep that traveled along Interstate 10 Sunday morning.

PHOENIX — Fire officials are responding to a brush fire near Loop 202 in Tempe. The fire can be seen on ADOT cameras in the area of Loop 202 and McClintock Drive. This is a developing story. 12News is working to get more information. Watch 12News for free. You...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Authorities are investigating a fiery crash after a car slammed into an auto parts store in Phoenix’s Melrose District on Saturday night. Shortly before 10 p.m., officers responded to a report of a serious crash in the area of 7th and Glenrosa avenues, north of Indian School Road, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

PEORIA, Ariz. — The Peoria Police Department said an aviation unit and Real-Time Crime Center (RTCC) technology helped successfully find a missing, endangered woman in a Peoria neighborhood. On April 24, around 11 p.m., the Peoria Police Aviation Unit assisted the Glendale Police Department in locating a missing, endangered...

What do you get when a pizza maker turns a childhood memory of onion bialys into a pie topped with pistachios? You get one of the most celebrated thin crust pizzas in the region, served from a 1929 machine shop in a historic Phoenix park. The restaurant started humbly in...

GLENDALE, AZ (AZFamily) — A man is fighting for his life after being shot at an apartment complex in Glendale Saturday afternoon. Around 1 p.m., first responders were called to an apartment complex near 60th and Missouri avenues, north of Camelback Road, according to the Glendale Police Department. When...

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A hiker was rescued after experiencing a seizure near Bell Pass Trail in Scottsdale on Saturday, according to the city's fire department. Around 12 p.m., Phoenix and Scottsdale technical rescue teams were called to a mountain rescue near Bell Pass Trail, near Bell Road and Tatum Boulevard.

PHOENIX (KPHO/Gray News) - A retired Colorado Springs firefighter traveled hundreds of miles to watch a Grand Canyon University graduate walk across the stage on Friday. Chloe Huddle graduated from GCU with a degree in educational studies. Among those in attendance was Alan Kent, the firefighter who delivered her 22 years ago.