Scottsdale AZ

In 1990, I moved to Phoenix and built a life here with my three children. For 44 years, I was proud to focus my career on advocating for disabled and deaf children, a mission I continue today as a volunteer. Now at 66, I am blessed with 11 wonderful grandchildren, and much of my time is spent making sure my family...

PHOENIX – One of the largest public school districts in Arizona is cutting dozens of jobs as it works to close a $12 million budget deficit. The Chandler Unified School District (CUSD) Governing Board authorized the loss of about 90 positions during a meeting Wednesday night. It was part...

TEMPE, AZ — A 41-year-old Indiana man was arrested after allegedly beating a hotel guest with a metal lamp at a Tempe hotel, leaving the victim with life-threatening injuries, including brain damage and skull fractures. The Indiana man was arrested early Wednesday morning at Metro Tempe Extended Stay on...

Eventually, after two dozen viewings, you whittled down the questions created by the Minneapolis video of an ICE agent killing 37-year-old Renee Good, to a single query. Not: Was this a murder in cold blood, or was it a federal agent acting in self-defense? Not: Could the ICE agent have stepped out of the way? Not:...

CHANDLER, AZ (AZFamily) — A Chandler woman learned her sentencing Thursday morning for an animal abuse case that involved dead dogs found in her home’s freezer. April McLaughlin—who used the alias Sydney S. McKinley—received a 3.5-year prison sentence Thursday. Accounting for time already served, she will spend...

PHOENIX — St. Mary’s Food Bank is asking for help, but this time it doesn’t need your canned goods — it needs your time. “We’re just not getting the number of volunteers to build these boxes,” Jerry Brown, director of public relations at the Phoenix-based charity, told KTAR News 92.3 FM on Wednesday.

As the sun set on a Sunday night in April 2025, flames shot up from Eat Up Drive In, engulfing the roof and sending a plume of black smoke into the dusky sky. Everyone was able to get out, and there were no injuries reported. But the restaurant itself was toast.

Okay, let’s be real: if you’ve ever left Arizona, you’ve immediately craved something greasy, cheesy, and vaguely frowned-upon by your new city’s health department. Enter Mrs. White’s Golden Rule Cafe, the kind of place that makes you question every life choice that brought you to a plate of “healthy” kale when you...

PHOENIX - A new effort to hold businesses accountable for shopping carts left abandoned in Phoenix neighborhoods has begun, as a new city ordinance is now in effect. The new shopping cart ordinance requires retailers that provide shopping carts to customers to complete a certification. That certification confirms...

Okay, let me let you in on a little secret. When I’m driving through Arizona and the cacti start looking a little lonely, I don’t pull over at just any shiny chain restaurant. I have a rule: if the locals aren’t grinning from ear to ear while they...