Matt Burkett, a noted firearms instructor and shooting-competition champion, was detained this week by federal authorities following a fraud allegation against him and his Scottsdale company, Predator Tactical, LLC.
ADEQ is more than halfway through testing lead levels in schools across the state. It found 69 in the Valley with elevated levels, but health officials say there is no risk to children. Creighton Elementary School in Phoenix had five cases above the threshold in drinking water, the most in Maricopa County.
Governor Doug Ducey signed a new law on Thursday that bans all cellphone use by new drivers for their first six months of driving, if they’re under 18.
The Arizona Police Association director’s response to criticism from the Council for American-Islamic Relations over a planned training seminar is just bizarre.
Activist Jarrett Maupin and the family of Dalvin Hollins made an emotional plea for public support at Tempe City Hall on Thursday, decrying the decision to clear the officer who shot Hollins in July 2016 following a pharmacy robbery.
Local civil-rights activist Jarrett Maupin said on Wednesday it was a “racist” decision by Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery to clear a white officer who shot an unarmed robbery suspect in the back. Maupin said he doesn’t believe that Montgomery is racist, but that he made the decision to help ensure he stays in power.
The Mesa apartment of bitcoin trader Thomas Costanzo, who writes online under the name Morpheus Titania, was raided by a multi-agency federal task force last week. Authorities were seeking evidence of financial or drug crimes, but detained Costanzo after finding bullets the convicted felon isn’t allowed to possess.
Finding someone who’s actually enthusiastic about the wall is hard to do.
Almost two years ago, Arizona officials almost prematurely convicted the Freeway Shooter suspect; now, with possible person of interest in custody on street serial killings, everyone is being more circumspect.
It’s led by John Guandolo, who’s labeled by civil rights groups as an anti-Muslim conspiracy theorist.
Maj Toure, founder of Black Guns Matter, will bring his message of Second Amendment empowerment for inner-city residents to Avondale on May 5.
Waymo is launching the first public trial of their self-driving taxi service, and they want Phoenix residents to test it out.
Advocates say it’s too hard for Somali refugees to find a job, so they end up leaving for Minnesota and other more established communities.
There have been 13 incidents so far. And it’s only April.
The home-sharing app recently released a bunch of data highlighting the economic impact of spring training.
Phoenix police are offering a $1,000 reward for information leading to arrests in an armed robbery of the Circle K at Indian School Road and 59th Avenue on March 26.
Gustavo Nunez of Tucson pleaded guilty Friday to 28 felony counts in his role pretending to be a doctor. His liposuction procedures put one woman in a coma, he admitted.
Making a commercial with the champ for Rope-a-Dope Jump Rope; sitting next to Don King; climbing under the ring during the ‘Thrilla in Manila’; Phoenix bartending guru Steve Shliveck was always near the action
Kellie Sanchez asked the public for help in solving the murder of husband, one year after he was shot in their Glendale apartment.
SB 1366 is the kind of thing you’d expect to see from Republicans. So why did Democrats support it?
A new climate-change study making headlines this week shows that Phoenix could be among the U.S. areas hardest hit by incoming “climate migrants” as rising seas wipe out coastal real estate. But the study shows that Maricopa County would only receive 100,000 extra people by 2100 — just a tiny bump for the fast-growing region.
ASU study show sex-trafficking crimes are sharply on the rise, and recent arrest of 75-year-old suspected pimp by Mesa Police’s HEAT team is more typical than you think.
