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Florence man gets 22 years in deadly crash

10/13/2023
A Florence man has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for killing a woman after driving under the influence of methamphetamine, crossing the center line and crashing head on into the victim’s …

Pinal County reviewing possible charges in San Tan …

10/11/2023
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has submitted charges to the Pinal County Attorney’s Office in connection with shooting death of a man in San Tan Valley.“We have received a …

Man shot, killed in San Tan Valley

10/9/2023
Pinal County Sheriff’s Office detectives are investigating the shooting death of a 35-year-old man in San Tan Valley over the weekend. Just before midnight on Oct. 7, PCSO was called to …

Migrant deaths climbed with temperatures in July; …

9/4/2023
Migrant deaths in the Arizona desert spiked in July, when the remains of 42 undocumented individuals were found, the most for that month in more than a decade, advocates and medical officials said.

State inmate in Florence gets death sentence for 2014 …

8/24/2023
A prisoner at the Arizona State Prison Complex-Eyman South Unit in Florence has been sentenced to death for the 2014 killing of another inmate. A Pinal County Superior Court jury sentenced Julio …

Health care providers offer free help for homeless

7/13/2023
Earlier this year, the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner released a grim statistic: 732 people died while homeless in 2022, a 42% increase from 2021.

Salt River woman sentenced to 15 years for fentanyl …

6/15/2023
Sarah Caitlin Burnette, 23, of the Salt River-Pima Maricopa Indian Community, was sentenced on June 12, 2023, by United States District Judge Steven P.

Healthy aging: Why it’s important to stay active …

5/17/2023
Older adults represented 16% of the population in 2019, or 1 in every 7 Americans, according to the Centers for Disease Control. And by the year 2060, the number of older adults is expected to reach 94.7 million, making up nearly 25% of the US population.

Phoenix-area sees sharp jump in heat-related deaths

5/17/2023
Last summer was the deadliest on record for heat-associated fatalities in Maricopa County amid a growing wave of homelessness. Public health data released by the county found 425 heat-related deaths so far in their investigation for 2022.

Chandler Police provide more detail on March killing …

5/11/2023
The Chandler Police Department recently released more information about a  March 29 incident in which an officer shot and killed a suspect. Police said the incident began when they were …

Arizona, cities, businesses seek shade to curb …

4/16/2023
Arizona cities, environmental advocates and businesses are teaming up to combat extreme heat by launching a variety of tree-planting initiatives.

Maricopa County judge refuses to extend death warrant

4/7/2023
PHOENIX — A judge in Phoenix said Thursday afternoon he was helpless to provide any immediate relief to the family of a murder victim who wanted the state to go ahead with the scheduled execution that day of his killer because a death warrant issued by the Arizona Supreme Court was expiring.