Pat Murphy resigned Friday after 16 years as Arizona State's baseball coach.

NEW ORLEANS — Peja Stojakovic hit seven 3-pointers during a 25-point, 13-rebound performance, and the New Orleans Hornets defeated the Phoenix Suns 110-103 on Thursday night.

As a rookie in 2001, Cardinals safety Adrian Wilson was relegated to the back of the bus.

The Diamondbacks traded two minor leaguers to the Chicago Cubs on Thursday in exchange for reliever Aaron Heilman.

The Diamondbacks will begin their final Cactus League season in Tucson when they host the Colorado Rockies on March 4 at Tucson Electric Park.

ST. LOUIS — Erik Johnson showed why the St. Louis Blues took him with the first pick in the 2006 NHL entry draft.

Pat Murphy resigned Friday after 16 years as Arizona State's baseball coach.

Freedom Communications has received a letter of intent to purchase the East Valley Tribune and keep the newspaper and Web site operating, Publisher Julie Moreno said Friday.

Mesa police arrested a 43-year-old suspect less than 10 minutes after a bank robbery Thursday.

Quick thinking and fast acting by staff members at Red Mountain High School averted a large-scale fire Thursday when they put out a burning curtain in the school’s auditorium.

Chandler police are looking for the driver of a white SUV involved in a double hit-and-run that injured a man in a bar parking lot Friday.

Nerdvana: Chandler is the only Arizona city to host the Nintendo Holiday Mall Experience, an interactive event running Nov. 23 through Dec. 20 that lets shoppers take some of the newest video game titles for a spin.

Higley Unified School District Superintendent Denise Birdwell will be reviewed through a revised evaluation Dec. 3 after the governing board approved the new tool Thursday.

The vampire-werewolf-mortal love triangle movie "New Moon" hits the big screen Friday. But a handful of people will see the movie a day early, thanks to class assignments at Mesa's Skyline High School and Gilbert High School.

Ken Brague, a medical salesman with five children in the Queen Creek Unified School District, was named Thursday as the newest member of the district governing board.

Queen Creek residents won't know whether they'll have townwide curbside waste pickup until February. The council on Wednesday asked town staff to explore different options for manure pickup and the possibility of letting individual residents opt out of town trash service. The council voted 5-1 to delay the decision until those questions are answered, with Councilman Jeff Brown voting no.

D’Vine Bistro & Wine Bar hosts its semi-annual music festival Saturday at its east Mesa location.

D’Vine Bistro & Wine Bar hosts its semi-annual music festival Saturday at its east Mesa location.

When decorating our homes, we tend to consider things like beauty and comfort, the durability of pieces we might buy or the image they project. But how many of us stop to consider our energy bills?

LAKE HAVASU CITY -- Two huge solar projects got the green light Monday from Mohave County supervisors.

The move by China-based Suntech Power Holdings Co. to set up its U.S. headquarters and a solar manufacturing plant in the Valley could be the first of several solar-energy manufacturing facilities coming to Arizona, according to the Valley’s chief economic development executive.

Phoenix announced as new home of Chinese solar biz

Our View: Until now, Chandler has weathered the economic downturn better than neighboring cities, but it hasn't escaped the budget pain. For a city that already has a lean operation compared to other Valley communities, Chandler now has no choice but to consolidate and eliminate some services.

Our View: Why shouldn't Mesa be the next satellite for Hollywood's filmmaking empire? The East Valley's largest city often struggles with local and national perceptions. Even the thousands of residents who love their community too often think of their hometown as a place for commuters to sleep while they drive to work at Phoenix's financial services centers, Scottsdale's airpark or Chandler's high-tech corridor.