Tempe AZ

PHOENIX – A person was arrested after allegedly stealing a car and using pepper balls along with a “simulated handgun.”. Tempe police said the incident took place late Thursday night near Elliot Road and Priest Drive. The suspect in that incident hit another car with a pepper ball.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A motorcyclist has died after a crash at a central Phoenix intersection late Thursday night. The collision happened near 15th Avenue and Bethany Home Road shortly before 10:30 p.m. Officers found the motorcycle rider seriously hurt, and he was later pronounced dead at the scene. It’s...

PHOENIX — The Maricopa County Attorney’s Office has taken action to revoke the release conditions of Talyn Vigil, one of six defendants charged with the murder of Preston Lord, a 16-year-old who was fatally beaten at a Halloween Party in Queen Creek in 2023. Lord died in a...

PHOENIX – The Alhambra Elementary School District voted Thursday night to close two Phoenix schools this summer due to low enrollment and budget concerns. The district said it will save $1.4 million each year with the closure of Valencia Newcomer School and Choice Learning Academy. Valencia Newcomer was created...

PHOENIX — Phoenix firefighters responded Friday morning to reports of a drowning and found a man who was "beyond resuscitative efforts." The Phoenix Fire Department was dispatched on Feb. 13 to the area of 34th Street and Greenway Road for reports of a possible drowning. Upon arrival, crews found a man in a pool who...

PHOENIX – A knock on Ryan Whitaker’s door reverberated through his apartment at approximately 10:52 p.m on May 21, 2020, while he was playing video games on the couch with his girlfriend. Less than a minute later, his body collapsed to the tile floor of his entryway, following multiple shots from a Phoenix police...

Much like the other big C’s, the cattle industry has changed dramatically as technology and population growth have transformed the world — and much of Arizona’s landscape. If you’re in Phoenix, driving east on Washington Street just past South 48th Street, you’ll find a little piece of...

TEMPE, Ariz — Two World War II barracks that were used as part of a POW camp in east Phoenix are being relocated this week to a new location in the Valley. The Tempe Historic Preservation Foundation has announced that the two old structures will be going on a four-mile journey to an interim location as the structures...

RetrievAIR is a pet-friendly air travel service that is set to start taking off in the Valley this weekend. Jaime is in Scottsdale as the service begins.

More than a year after a man was found dead next to a dumpster in the Maryvale neighborhood of Phoenix, police have made an arrest in the case.