Gilbert News

Gilbert residents are driving up to a local church's food pantry in luxury cars - just one sign that the downturn in the national economy is creating a new class of needy.

Gilbert election officials have fined the political committee pushing to recall Mayor Steve Berman for violating state campaign finance laws.

 About two hundred parents packed a Higley Unified School District board room Thursday night to complain about high turnover of teachers and what they believe is poor district leadership.

The line of people showing up for free sandwiches Wednesday at Joe’s Real BBQ goes out the door and around the side of the historic brick building in downtown Gilbert. And around the back. And loops around the parking lot. And doubles back across the rear of the building.

A political action group calling itself Concerned Parents for Youth Sports has targeted Gilbert Town Councilwoman Linda Abbott for recall. 

A Gilbert man driving a stolen vehicle was arrested Tuesday after officers stopped him on suspicion of drunken driving.

Ted Olie Barkley - one of Gilbert's original cowboys - died this week, highlighting a family legacy that dates back to the town's origins. The Barkley family was among the first pioneers to the Gilbert and Mesa region, arriving in 1889.

Patient and calm, Rogue never leaves the side of Shannon Vande Krol as the pair make their rounds at Gilbert's Banner Gateway Medical Center three times a week. Rogue is an Akita, a dog known in Japanese culture to bring health and protect its family.

A Gilbert school was put in lockdown Wednesday morning after police received a call about a man with a gun in the area.

The Gilbert Unified School District governing board has adopted a salary schedule that will provide teachers with an average pay increase of 2 percent.

Fire investigators have started clearing the remains of a Gilbert warehouse destroyed by a fire on Monday.

Higley school Superintendent Joyce Lutrey is under fire from a group of parents and community members who want her to resign.

Technically, he’s on vacation, but Brad Barrett still pops in often to his empty office to finish out his days as Gilbert Unified School District’s superintendent. He’ll officially leave his post June 30, although he cleaned out his office last weekend.

A Gilbert farm worker was killed Tuesday morning after he was crushed by more than 7,000 pounds of hay, police said.

Police are searching for a two men who broke into a Gilbert home Monday night and stole a big screen TV.

Routine calls are Gilbert officer David Boyd's bread and butter: noninjury crashes, barking dogs, parking tickets. They're not the sexiest tasks. But they're the ones he gets.

Two Gilbert teens were arrested over the weekend in the attack of another pair of teens after asking whether they were Mormon, according to a police report released Monday.

Early Monday morning, some 20 children sat at computers at Mesa Arts Academy, the room buzzing with voices.

Another Republican has joined the race for one of two open House seats in legislative District 22, Gilbert's largest and most contentious legislative district.

A Gilbert industrial complex went up in flames early Monday.