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PHOENIX (AZFamily) — Valley students showed out to support community members in need — and that’s Something Good. Students at Xavier College Preparatory, a Phoenix school that usually has a dress code, can wear more comfortable clothing for a small donation to benefit St. Vincent de Paul.

An airplane used for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation efforts was hit by a stray bullet last week during a shootout between Mesa police officers and a suspect at Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport. ICE officials said the stray bullet didn’t impact the aircraft’s ability to fly, and it isn’t clear who...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An active crime scene is unfolding after a teen boy was shot in south Phoenix late Wednesday morning. Police officers were called to the shooting around 11 a.m. in a neighborhood near 12th Street and Southern Avenue. Officers say a teen boy shot was shot at least once, and he was rushed to the...

For about nine months in 2024, Samantha Cooley worked as a budtender at the Story Cannabis dispensary on McDowell Road near Interstate 17. In that time, she claims, the dispensary wrongfully withheld tips that customers left when making purchases. Cooley is making those claims in a federal lawsuit filed on...

As the nation’s food stamps crisis continues this month, the Arizona Secretary of State’s Office is partnering with a local business organization to make sure families that rely on the program don’t go hungry. In Arizona, one in four children and one in ten adults rely on...

PHOENIX (AZFamily) — An Arizona man at the center of a high-profile case for his young daughter’s death in a hot car last summer died in Phoenix on Wednesday morning, authorities confirmed. Christopher Ryan Scholtes, 38, was found dead around 5 a.m. in a home near 7th Street...

Violent crime in the Valley is trending down for the first half of the year, according to Arizona's Department of Public Safety's reporting site.

MESA, AZ (AZFamily) — Police are investigating after a car crashed through the front of a dentist’s office in Mesa early Tuesday afternoon. The collision happened shortly after 1:30 p.m. at a business park on Country Club Drive just south of the U.S. 60. Police and fire crews responded and found a sedan partially in...

MESA, Ariz. — A gravel lot by the Salt River could one day be a hub for commercial development and a replacement for the aging Casino Arizona. >> Download the 12News app for the latest local breaking news straight to your phone. The Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community posted...

Oftentimes, Native American communities lack re-entry support after incarceration. Some Arizona organizations are aiming to fill this gap. The Scottsdale Recovery Center offers a program to help Native Americans suffering from substance abuse disorders. A Place For Hannah is a nonprofit that serves women during their...