Tempe AZ

The Savannah Bananas are coming back to the Valley next year. State of play: The Banana Ball league announced its 2027 schedule , which includes a pair of games in Phoenix. The Savannah Bananas will play the Party Animals at Chase Field on May 14 and 15. The 2027 tour will take the Banana Ball league's six teams to 74 cities in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. Yes, but: Tickets aren't easy to come by. If you want to see the Bananas, you have to sign up for their ticket lottery , which is open throug

Scottsdale police arrested 49-year-old Samuel Sedgwick after a bizarre dispute over rejected cocaine allegedly led him to fire 10 rounds at an apartment building on Thursday morning. Investigators say the shooting was sparked when an occupant hit Sedgwick with a hammer to halt an assault, chipping his tooth and prompting...

Oct. 16 marks the 95th anniversary of the day Winnie Ruth Judd killed two of her friends, Agnes Anne LeRoi and Hedvig "Sammy" Samuelson, in their Phoenix home. Judd later traveled to California by train with trunks carrying their bodies. She was dubbed the “Trunk Murderess” and people followed the...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Burglars allegedly tunneled through a neighboring office and stole about $70,000 from a Phoenix card shop earlier this week. Officers were called to Crown Cards at 1 a.m. Monday because of a burglar alarm. Surveillance video shows three people breaking in through a shared wall to...

PHOENIX– For generations, the Arizona State Fair has been a place for families to spend time enjoying rides, games and fair food. But as prices climb, that tradition is becoming harder for some families to afford. Between admission, parking, food and attractions, a night at the fair can cost...

CHANDLER, AZ — Demolition is underway at the former Bashas' site in Chandler, and neighbors are wondering how much longer the water tower will be standing. "Well, I look at it, and I say it is an end of an era." Monique Fullmer said. Fullmer grew up in this...

PHOENIX — Arizona is taking its fight over the future of the Colorado River to court. The Arizona Department of Water Resources announced on Friday that they are joining Nevada's lawsuit against the Federal Government over the new Colorado River cuts. The legal action comes after years of failed...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Get ready to run for your lives — right to the lawn at Talking Stick Resort Amphitheatre. British heavy metal legends Iron Maiden are extending their Run For Your Lives World Tour with another North American leg, which will bring them to the Phoenix venue for a show on April 26, 2027.

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Police say a wrong-way driver was drinking hard seltzers before hitting a vehicle near downtown Phoenix earlier this week, killing a daughter and leaving her mother critically hurt. Richard Blackstar, 59, was released from the hospital on Thursday and booked into jail. The crash happened on...

The city of Tempe is ramping up its efforts to address opioid overdoses with new expansions in Narcan access for the community. Cases of fatal overdoses are on the rise again in Arizona after previous years of decline. Data from the Arizona Public Health Association show an increase in overdose deaths of 18% for the state, while national rates have dropped by nearly 14% in the last year.