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Ever had that moment when you discover something so unexpectedly wonderful in your own backyard that you wonder how you lived without it?. The Mesa Market Place Swap Meet in Mesa, Arizona is exactly that kind of delightful surprise – a treasure hunter’s paradise hiding in plain sight.

New Heladitas, or little ice cream shops, are opening up in Food City grocery stores and offering traditional Hispanic flavors at family-friendly prices.

An Arizona mom and dad are accused of locking up their two kids in a room for "24 hours a day" and keeping them out of school, resulting in developmental delays. The post 'I'm a bad mom': Parents put zip ties on bathroom doorknob to prevent kids from using toilet, kept them out of school and locked up until they...

PHOENIX — A suspect was arrested Tuesday in connection with a fatal altercation that occurred last month in Phoenix, authorities said. The Phoenix Police Department identified 26-year-old Dylan Bailey as the person taken into custody and booked into jail on a second-degree murder charge. In addition, Bailey faces...

If you’ve never been to Nana Dee’s Diner at 6353 E Southern Ave in Mesa, you’ve lived a charmed, slightly greasy life. This pink-anchored eatery isn’t just a meal. It’s a morning (and afternoon, and sometimes dinner) ritual. For decades, Nana Dee herself has slung stacks of buttermilk pancakes, crispy hash browns,...

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — Police say a man is in the hospital after he and another man shot at each other during a road rage dispute in Mesa Wednesday morning. According to Det. John Dreyer with Mesa Police, the road rage incident initially began near the intersection of Greenfield Road and University Drive. Det. Dreyer...

Zipps Sports Grill management knew the restaurant regularly hired undocumented immigrants, but they haven’t faced the same consequences as the kitchen manager facing possible prison, his lawyer argued in federal court in Phoenix. Rachel Gendreau, the defense attorney for Diego Gonzalez-Rosales, argued Feb. 3 that he...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A Scottsdale neighborhood remains shaken after police said two teenagers posed as delivery service workers to break into a home over the weekend, attacking the people inside. The violent home invasion on 96th Street and Sweetwater Avenue on Saturday morning has left longtime residents in...

A teacher's aide at a Mesa school is in custody after he allegedly sent inappropriate texts to a teenage student.

It’s easy to shit on Arizona State University. The school, with its “accept everyone” mentality and party school reputation, is constantly the butt of jokes, punchlines and putdowns. With its silly “No. 1 in Innovation” war cry, ASU is easy to brush aside as just a mediocre school with an absurdly high acceptance...