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Book recounts Queen Creek author’s life with her …

1/24/2024
Scruffy was just two hours away from being euthanized at an animal shelter when he was scooped up and eventually landed in the home of Evelyn Hermes-DeSantis and her husband, Dan. And doggone it, …

Gilbert Chief: ‘We did everything we could’

1/19/2024
Gilbert Police Chief Michael Soelberg says his department is doing the best it can in investigating high-profile recent teen violence cases. It’s simply a matter of having the right …

Queen Creek police chief promises arrests in Lord case

1/18/2024
Queen Creek Police Chief Randy Brice promised justice for Preston Lord during Wednesday’s Queen Creek Town Council meeting.“As your chief of police, I want to be clear there will be …

PCSO arrests Gilbert man in San Tan Valley teen’s …

1/11/2024
The Pinal County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a 20-year-old Gilbert man in connection with the assault of a 16-year-old boy in San Tan Valley.The incident took place in November. Jacob …

Join us in becoming an UPstander to youth violence 

1/8/2024
When I heard a teenager had been beaten to death my brain simply did not compute. BEATEN TO DEATH IN QUEEN CREEK? As a mother of teenagers myself, the Halloween weekend brought its own anxiety. As I …

Fear, frustration grip East Valley communities after …

1/8/2024
Parents of Gilbert teens remained guarded into the new year, more than two months after the death of a student at a Queen Creek party brought unrest about youth violence to a head.  

Art of the Cowgirl makes its way back to Queen Creek

1/3/2024
The 6th Annual Art of the Cowgirl gathering is returning to Queen Creek.

Police submit charges against seven in Lord case

12/28/2023
The Queen Creek Police Department has submitted charges against seven individuals in the Preston Lord homicide case to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office. “The Queen Creek Police …

Survey finds Queen Creek residents feel safer, want …

12/27/2023
Overall, residents continue to give Queen Creek high marks, but there was a slight dip in some areas. Every other year the town commissions the Queen Creek Citizen Survey to get the pulse on what …

Proposed Gilbert crime lab could include Queen Creek, …

12/27/2023
The Gilbert Police Department is covered for now when it needs crime lab services for its cases through a partnership with the Mesa Police Department.   But that arrangement is concerning …

Dairy Queen ‘treat store’ with drive-thru planned …

12/26/2023
A Dairy Queen restaurant with a drive-thru is to be constructed on the northwest corner of East U.S. Highway 60 and South Kings Ranch Road in the unincorporated area of Gold Canyon. The Pinal …

Pinal County joins GPEC for mega-economic region

12/22/2023
Pinal County has formed a strategic alliance with the Greater Phoenix Economic Council as part of an effort to create a mega-economic region. At its Dec. 20 meeting, the Pinal County Board of …