Phoenix News

Freescale To Close Tempe Foundry

May. 12, 2008
Workers to get severance or chances at other jobs. Read the full article… »

4th-graders Find Teacher's Classes En-grossing

May. 12, 2008
As a teacher, Richard Hawkins knows that if you can get your students to pay attention, the learning will undoubtedly follow. Read the full article… »

Open-fire Ban Takes Effect In Phoenix Preserves

May. 12, 2008
Seasonal restrictions affect South Mountain Park Read the full article… »

Ariz. House Oks Bill To Block Greenhouse Gas Rules

May. 12, 2008
The bill could be a veto target for Gov. Janet Napolitano Read the full article… »

Ariz. House Oks Amendment To Ban Same-sex Marriage

May. 12, 2008
House votes to send amendment to ballot. Read the full article… »

Mcc, Shops Lose Power After Crash

May. 12, 2008
Mesa Community College went dark Monday afternoon after a truck hit a support wire west of the campus, knocking out power. Read the full article… »

Mesa, Car Dealers Feud Over Sales-tax Bill

May. 12, 2008
Mesa budget officials say the city could eventually lose millions of dollars because of revisions to a state law that grants tax exemptions to out-of-state residents who buy vehicles here. Read the full article… »

Woman Arrested In Alleged Car Theft

May. 12, 2008
Police nabbed an alleged car thief Saturday with the help of a cruiser equipped with an automatic license plate scanner. Read the full article… »

3 Robbed In Two Weekend Incidents

May. 12, 2008
A pair of armed robberies over the weekend left one pizza delivery driver and two women returning home from a bar shaken, but otherwise unharmed, police said. Read the full article… »

2 Safely Evacuate Burning Glendale Condo

May. 12, 2008
Glendale firefighters on Monday credited a working smoke alarm with saving an elderly couple whose condominium caught fire last week. Read the full article… »

Officer Kills Man Shooting Passers-by

May. 12, 2008
Callers told police someone was shooting from a dirt lot behind a fast-food restaurant and a convenience store. Read the full article… »

Winds Fan Fire East Of Flagstaff; Containment Expected Soon

May. 12, 2008
Officials believe the Elden Springs Fire, which has grown to 22 acres in size, is human-caused. Read the full article… »

Quepasa Leaves Scottsdale For Florida

May. 12, 2008
Once hot dot-com attempting to reinvent itself. Read the full article… »

Boy's Accident Prompts Call For Helmet Law

May. 12, 2008
Cam Brown and Tristan Blackwell had constructed a bicycle ramp, which collapsed. Read the full article… »

Avondale Woman Jumps From Car, Struck By Semi

May. 12, 2008
The back end of a semi-truck fatally struck a 25-year-old Avondale woman when she tried to climb out of the still-moving vehicle, the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Monday. Read the full article… »

Electrical Blamed For Avondale House Fire

May. 12, 2008
Avondale Fire Department responded to a small house fire Sunday afternoon that apparently started when a man turned on a light switch. No one was injured. Read the full article… »

Fourth Attack Linked To 2 Murders, Rape In Mesa

May. 12, 2008
Police said a violent serial predator is responsible for a 2007 sexual attack in Phoenix that has been linked to two murders and a rape in Mesa. Read the full article… »

3-year-old Reported Missing Is Found Unharmed

May. 12, 2008
Nathaniel Young unharmed after several hours. Read the full article… »

Water Main Break Closes Mesa Street

May. 12, 2008
The road could be closed into the evening. Read the full article… »

Wildfire Near Kitt Peak Grows To 2,000 Acres

May. 12, 2008
Fire crews are moving toward containing a wildfire that has charred more than 2,100 acres in southern Arizona's Baboquivari Mountains. Read the full article… »