Families can learn about the effects of Alzheimer’s and receive encouragement through the Alzheimer’s Workshop held at the Mesa Main Library, 64 E. First St., on Wednesday, May 22 from 11 a.m. to noon.

An elderly woman drove into a Jo-Ann fabric store near Main Street and Recker Road around 11 a.m. and hit four women inside the store.

Troy Powell has been chosen as Westwood's new boys basketball coach, athletic director Reggie Castro said.

The Valley’s exotic new rainforest exhibit with thousands of butterflies, a live ant colony, a honey bee exhibit and a 3D film about monarch butterfly migrations, celebrates its grand opening Memorial Day weekend.

Authorities have released the identity of a man who was fatally struck by a train in Tempe.

Boz Scaggs knows he has a reputation for being something of a perfectionist. The casually stylish singer-songwriter recalls the endless tinkering and expansive budgets that went into making his multiplatinum 1970s albums “Silk Degrees” and “Down Two Then Left.”

SHANGHAI — China's biggest city and financial hub is known for designer boutiques and fine dining. Yet wallet-draining Shanghai also offers activities that cost nothing, from walking on the riverfront Bund to sculpture parks and historic sites. Here are five of them.

The enigma of Justin Upton was in full display during his recent three-day return to Chase Field.

The ABCA All-Star games will take place on Saturday at Mesa Community College. A majority of the state’s top talent will be on hand for the festivities. Here is the schedule of the games:

After a successful launch of Postino East, Upward Projects will open its second restaurant concept, Joyride Taco House, June 3 in the Heritage District in Gilbert.

After a successful launch of Postino East, Upward Projects will open its second restaurant concept, JoyRide Taco House, June 3 in the Heritage District in Gilbert.

In an historic move, a group of Republican senators united with Democrats Thursday to approve the plan by Gov. Jan Brewer to sharply expand the state's Medicaid program.

You wouldn’t know it from all the parking lots and shopping centers in our immediate vicinity, but out on the fringe of suburbia, acres of peaches are growing fat and juicy in the warm spring sunshine.

If you haven't been by the patio at Monti's La Casa Vieja in Tempe for a while, it's changed.

Dear Debt Adviser: I own my home and have no mortgage or note. I have no debts except a student loan of about $11,000, and I can pay that off right now. I’ve always wanted to be debt-free, and I could write a check tomorrow and do that.

Beer fans can get a lift to this weekend’s big brew party.

A new statewide survey suggests that if Arizonans were asked about it today, it's more likely that gay couples would be able to marry here.

A Tempe man has been sentenced to life in prison after causing a crash in which an 11-year-old boy died .

Utah is one of the country's top 10 federal districts for the prosecution of immigration-related offenses, according to a new report.

School districts in the East Valley are working the numbers to figure how much they will have to pay utilities, pay teachers next year or spend on textbooks.