Phoenix Nurse Practitioner Hit With 3½-Year Prison Term in Medicaid Fraud Case
A Phoenix-area nurse practitioner who ran a behavioral-health clinic accused of bilking Arizona’s Medicaid program has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in state prison, the latest twist in a sprawling investigation into sham treatment programs. Prosecutors and state officials say the case exposed a network that
Phoenix PD investigating if post about chaotic shooting case is tied to officer
The department confirmed it is investigating whether an Instagram account belongs to Officer Anthony DeSanto and whether he authored the post.
Paladino’s Italian Eatery to Debut Mesa Location
Paladino’s Italian Eatery, a family-owned restaurant known for its Chicago-style comfort food, is expanding in the East Valley. According to a recent liquor license application, the company plans to open a new outpost at 2711 S Alma School Rd. in Mesa. The restaurant would mark the company’s second Arizona location fol
Family looking for ASU student who went missing before graduation
TEMPE, AZ (AZFamily) — The family of an Arizona State student who went missing just before he was set to graduate is asking for help finding him. Tempe Police said 22-year-old Ansh Arora was reported missing just after midnight on May 10 when he did not pick up his parents from the airport and was not responding to mes
Camelback Crowds Line Up as Let’s Toast Opens First Phoenix Shop
Central Phoenix finally got the viral bulgogi cheesesteak it has been chasing. Let's Toast, the husband-and-wife sandwich team that blew up on the farmers market circuit, opened its first brick-and-mortar shop on Camelback Road on Thursday. Lines formed early as customers showed up for the Korean-inspired toasted sandw
Man ‘beyond resuscitation’ after pulled from Phoenix pool
PHOENIX — A man pulled from a backyard pool in Phoenix on Thursday could not be revived, the fire department said. Crews were dispatched to reports of a drowning at about 3:30 p.m. in the area of 67th Avenue and Indian School Road and found a man who had been removed from a swimming pool.
Portion of roof collapses at strip mall in north Phoenix
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Fire crews are on scene after a partial building collapse at a strip mall in north Phoenix late Thursday morning. First responders were called to a business on Cave Creek Road near Greenway Road shortly before 12 p.m. There, they found that a section of the roof and awning had collapsed.
Phoenix fires off-duty cop who tried to bait student protesters
The Phoenix Police Department has decided to fire Sgt. Dusten Mullen, the off-duty cop who showed up at a student protest in Chandler and admitted to trying to bait protesters into assaulting him. Phoenix Police Chief Matt Giordano announced the firing in a press release Thursday. “His actions raised significant...
Husband stood over dead wife and lit a celebratory cigar, shrugged while watching daughter...
An Arizona man who blew his wife away and then lit up a celebratory cigar while standing over her body could soon be a free man if a judge grants a request to reduce his bond, his brother-in-law says. The post Husband stood over dead wife and lit a celebratory cigar, shrugged while watching daughter perform CPR 'on he
Record-breaking heat is building from California into the southern Plains with temperatures approaching 112...
Triple-digit heat is settling over the desert Southwest this week and pushing eastward, with forecast highs of 104 to 112 degrees Fahrenheit threatening communities from the Coachella Valley to the Arizona lowlands and, by late in the period, parts of the southern Plains. The National Weather Service has issued an Extr

















