Two Men Get Decades in Prison for Trafficking 35,000 Fentanyl Pills in Sioux Falls
Two men — one from Sioux Falls and one from Arizona — have been sentenced to long prison terms for trafficking tens of thousands of fentanyl pills into the Sioux Falls area and laundering the drug money. Fame Cobbs, 40, received a 24-year sentence, plus an additional 18...
Chandler Fashion Center plans major redevelopment project
Chandler Fashion Center is positioned to become the East Valley’s premier dining destination with a project that elevates the center’s culinary and retail mix inside and out. Today Macerich (NYSE: MAC) – one of the nation’s leading owners, operators and developers of one-of-a-kind retail and mixed-use properties in...
Apache Junction, Mesa police seize dynamite during crisis response
Apache Junction police officers found dynamite in a vehicle during an investigation Wednesday at a drug and alcohol addiction treatment center. Officers found the explosives when they responded
Mesa residents push back of increased air traffic noise at Falcon Field
Mesa residents near Falcon Field are protesting a major increase in air traffic noise and potential lead emissions from aircraft. Air traffic operations at the airport increased from a high of 348,000 to over 424,000 in 2024, partly due to numerous flight schools. A community meeting on Dec. 11 will...
Paddle boat pirate: Glendale PD arrest man who used watercraft to steal from home
GLENDALE, AZ — Police arrested a Phoenix man for stealing tens of thousands of dollars' worth of items from a Glendale home in November. His mode of transportation to get there? A paddle boat. That case then led investigators to find multiple stolen vehicles from across the Valley. A...
Motorcyclist dead after falling on Valley freeway, getting hit by 2 vehicles
PHOENIX – An overnight motorcycle spill on a Valley freeway turned deadly when the driver was struck by passing traffic, authorities said. The incident began around 12:35 a.m. when a motorcycle with two people aboard lost control and went down on the westbound Loop 202 Red Mountain Freeway near Priest Road in Tempe,...
Arizona DPS director speaks on combating hiring shortages, explains Turquoise Alert
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The director of the Arizona Department of Public Safety (DPS) sat down with Good Morning Arizona to discuss road safety, how the department is addressing hiring shortages and the agency’s newest alert system. DPS Director Col. Jeffery Glover joined Good Morning Arizona on Thursday to...
MOM’s House Opens a New Door for Women Rebuilding Their Lives
A new chapter in re-entry support for women has begun with the opening of MOM’s House, a transitional housing program created by St. Joseph the Worker in partnership with the Televerde Foundation and Andre House. Designed specifically for women returning to the community after incarceration, the home offers far more...
12 cities where weather disasters keep driving people away
More and more people are packing up and leaving, not for new jobs or adventures, but because the weather is repeatedly wreaking havoc on their homes and lives. It used to be a hypothetical question, something you’d see in a sci-fi movie: “Where would you go if your town became unlivable?” For a growing number of...
Phoenix City Council candidate says ‘homeless belong in jail’
No one asked long-shot Phoenix City Council candidate and former mayoral hopeful Matt Evans to weigh in on what homeless people deserve. But he did anyway. A week ago, the local nonprofit Cloud Covered Streets posted to Instagram about a proposed new Phoenix police policy to treat unhoused people with more dignity....
