How best to summarize the surprising and abrupt resignation of Pat Murphy? Perhaps this way: The Arizona State baseball program just got a lot less interesting.

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.

ST. LOUIS — Friendship goes out the window Sunday when the St. Louis Rams' Leonard Little tries to sack his friend, Arizona quarterback Kurt Warner.

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.

LOS ANGELES  — Arizona State and UCLA both will find it tough to reach a bowl game after the final two weeks of their up-and-down seasons. And both teams' coaches realize it'll be all but impossible for the loser of their meeting Saturday at the Rose Bowl.

The parents of an 8-year-old Liberian girl who police say was raped by four boys have been arrested on felony child abuse charges.

The Valley's new-home market included higher sales and a lower average price last month compared to September, according to the latest Phoenix Housing Market Letter by analyst RL Brown.

Police are investigating a drive-by shooting that took place near a west Mesa intersection Friday afternoon.

The 1904 World's Fair was the biggest thing going in its day. It's certainly the most exciting thing in the Smith children's world in "Meet Me In St. Louis" - at least until their father announces the family must move. The musical based on the 1944 MGM movie classic that starred Judy Garland follows the upper-middle-class Midwestern family as they face change and the dawn of a new century. The memorable score includes "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" and "The Trolley Song."

Designs to punch Washington Street through a low-income downtown Chandler neighborhood narrowly received City Council approval Thursday.

Chandler officials Thursday approved the creation of an architectural award named for Mark Irby, a former planning commissioner whose remains were found in June about five months after he went missing near his northern Arizona cabin.

Gilbert received improved bond ratings for highway user revenue bonds and wastewater bonds, town officials said this week.

Former Gilbert Mayor Steve Berman was in court this week to argue his case against the Maricopa County Assessor's Office over the appraisal value of his Gilbert home.

The Pan de Vida Foundation is hosting a turkey drive Saturday.

Queen Creek is operating in the black after the first quarter of the fiscal year, although revenues are down 23 percent from this time last year.

While it still has a long way to go before it can be compared to California’s or Washington state’s, Arizona’s wine industry is booming, and the Arizona Wine Growers Association wants everyone to know it. So 20 local wineries are banding together to put on the group’s first wine festival Sunday at The Farm at South Mountain.

While it still has a long way to go before it can be compared to California’s or Washington state’s, Arizona’s wine industry is booming, and the Arizona Wine Growers Association wants everyone to know it. So 20 local wineries are banding together to put on the group’s first wine festival Sunday at The Farm at South Mountain.

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: One thing to look for Monday when the Arizona Legislature returns to the Capitol — will Sen. Thayer Verschoor of Gilbert come forward to do his job?

Lawn Griffiths: Over the years, I have been outspoken at cities’ absurd ordinances to control signs — so I was thrilled to see a court ruling Friday that came down on the side of Good News Community Church in Gilbert in its fight with the town.