The Mesa Unified School District plans to lay off 210 teachers today.
The cuts do not include personnel with one-year contracts who may not
be hired back anyway. A district spokesperson says the cuts will save
the school district "30 to 60 million dolllars"...Rawhide Western Town will get new management on June 1, as two companies called Western Destinations and AZ Banquet and Events take the reigns from Starwood Hotels and Resorts...The Peoria Police Department has installed a new safety device
Image: Peoria policeMichael Gauchat
The two people who died in a helicopter crash in the northwest Valley on Friday worked for the Peoria Police Department.
Michael Gauchat, 41, had been a police officer with the department since 1990. Donna Collum had been with the city of Peoria since 2000, working first in the fleet department and, in 2003, becoming a police services officer.
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What's the difference between a "speed-enforcement campaign" and a "speed trap?"
Well, maybe it's just the terminology, says Mike Tellef, spokesman for the Peoria Police Department. But speed traps are typically set up where the posted speed limit is artificially low, and where cops try to stay hidden, he adds.
Neither of these things define Peoria's latest anti-speeding effort on 91st Avenue between Thunderbird and Bell roads.
We're still waiting for info from the Peoria Police Department on this one, but the Arizona Republic has a story on it already: A 27-year-old woman has been arrested for killing her boyfriend's 3-year-old niece.
This is yet another truly heinous case of child abuse, whoever did it: The girl's lifeless body was found back in April with chunks of hair missing, cuts, and possibly a burn, as well as severe bruising. Doctors believe the girl would have survived the blunt-force i
The Peoria Police Department released audio files today of a conversation between officers and the Wal-Mart employee who discovered the naked baby photos that made national headlines last month.
