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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 20193 Arizona men indicted in undercover operation targeting child sex crimes
Three Arizona men were indicted as a result of a sweeping undercover operation that targeted suspects accused of luring minors for sex.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019More Hacienda HealthCare executives, including CEO, leave after sex assault
More executives at Hacienda HealthCare have left the facility, adding to the list of officials who left after a nurse was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an incapacitated patient.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Applications for 2020 Grand Canyon raft lottery accepted until March 12
If you dream of rafting the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park next year without using a commercial service, it’s time to apply.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Chandler racing school gets another month to pay $245K in back rent
A Phoenix-area racing school that was on the road to closure has earned a new deadline to pay back nearly $250,000 to landlords, according to reports.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Scottsdale man arrested for allegedly stabbing his service dog to death
In a disturbing incident, a Phoenix-area man has been arrested for allegedly killing his service dog in a violent knife attack.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Milstead says majority of agency’s 32 missing weapons were stolen
A majority of the 32 weapons reported missing by the Arizona Department of Public Safety were stolen, according to the head of the agency.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Phoenix police arrest man who faces 18 charges of armed robbery
Phoenix police arrested man who faces 18 charges of armed robbery after allegedly going on a three-week Valley crime spree in February.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Study to widen Interstate 10 south of Phoenix put on fast track
The last stretch of Interstate 10 south of Phoenix that hasn't been tabbed to become three lanes might eventually get there, after a study of proposals of designs and environmental impact is completed.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Phoenix waves off cold weather with hottest temperature of 2019
Phoenix recorded the highest temperature so far in 2019 on Thursday, less than a week after the city shattered a 122-year-old record for the lowest high-temperature for Feb. 22.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Hacienda HealthCare internal investigator Rick Romley resigns
Rick Romley, the attorney who was hired to conduct an internal investigation of Hacienda HealthCare after a incapacitated patient gave birth, is resigning.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 20192 pedestrians struck by vehicles, killed in Phoenix in same day
An 18-year-old pedestrian was killed Thursday after she was struck by a car in Phoenix, the second such fatality of the day in the city.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Multiple closures, restrictions planned on Valley freeways over weekend
Multiple closures and restrictions are planned for Valley freeways over the weekend, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019ABOR calls tuition lawsuit ‘unprecedented,’ ’embarrassing’
The Arizona Board of Regents filed a defiant response in the legal fight picked by Attorney General Mark Brnovich over tuition rates at the state’s universities.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Tempe OKs ordinance making phone use while driving a primary offense
Tempe City Council unanimously passed an ordinance Thursday that makes using, or even just holidng, a phone while driving a primary offense.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Mar 1, 2019Mesa to raise sales tax starting Friday; funds to go toward public safety
Shoppers in Mesa will see a slight uptick on their receipts starting Friday, after residents voted last year to increase the sales tax by a quarter cent to raise money for public safety.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Tempe police arrest 4 after protests erupt outside City Council meeting
Tempe police said they arrested four people Thursday night after protests over an officer-involved shooting that killed a 14-year-old boy in January erupted outside of a City Council meeting.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Arizona roads among deadliest in nation for pedestrians
Arizona is one of the most dangerous states in the country for pedestrians, according to a new report by the Governors Highway Safety Association.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Mountain Ridge High School teacher accused of ‘inappropriate relationship’
Authorities in the Phoenix area are investigating allegations of an inappropriate relationship between a Mountain Ridge High School teacher and a student.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Hacienda HealthCare board chairman resigns amid sex assault probe
The chairman of Hacienda HealthCare's board of directors announced Thursday he would resign as the company faces an uncertain future after a nurse was arrested for allegedly sexually assaulting an incapacitated patient.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Arizona man pleads guilty for bomb threat against black Harvard students
An Arizona man pleaded guilty Thursday to threatening to bomb Harvard University's Black Commencement event in 2017.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Phoenix is closing out its coldest February in two decades
February’s average temperature through Wednesday was 53.8 degrees, but it should tick up to match 1998’s 54.1 after Thursday’s expected high of around 76.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Arizona man accused of kidnapping wife, threatening to kill 7-year-old son
An Arizona man was shot and wounded in New Mexico on Wednesday during a standoff with police when he threatened to kill his 7-year-old son after allegedly kidnapping his wife.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Argosy students in Phoenix, rest of US lose financial aid, face school closure
A national chain of universities with a campus in metro Phoenix has been denied federal financial aid, leaving students in a bind and possibly without a school.
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ARIZONA NEWS | Feb 28, 2019Gosar doesn’t regret ‘liar, liar, pants on fire’ comment of Michael Cohen
U.S. Rep. Paul Gosar told KTAR News 92.3 FM's Arizona's Morning News that he doesn't regret calling Michael Cohen a "liar, liar, pants on fire" during questioning Wednesday.