ABC 15 has been awarded the 2007 George Foster Peabody Award for an undercover expose on security lapses at Phoenix Sky Harbor International airport.

Following a nationwide search, ABC15 (KNXV) in Phoenix has named Patrick Costello as news director beginning Jan. 7.

Stacked in police warehouses across the Valley, there are thousands of rape cases with DNA samples that have never been tested, an ABC15 Investigation found.

The Labor Department announced that the jobless rate hit 7.8 percent in September, making it the first time since it has been below 8 percent in almost four years. While improving, that statistic still leaves a large number of people out of work.

There was more activity at the home of William Miller, a Scottsdale man who ABC15 reported on last week. Three of the five murder victims at a Mesa home worked for Miller. East Valley Tribune reporter Nicole Birk reported from Miller's residence on what police were doing at the man's home.

Mesa police responded to the scene of a likely murder early Friday morning at a home near Lindsay Road and Southern Avenue.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Department is investigating a possible double homicide in Mesa.

Federal investigators say there were no obvious signs of mechanical problems in either of two news helicopters that collided in midair Friday over central Phoenix, killing all four people on board.

An arrest video that led to the dismissal of an extreme DUI case is now the center of another case after an investigation revealed that the video once used as evidence was altered, according to Gilbert police Monday.

Federal authorities said Friday that they're closing their abuse-of-power investigation into Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio in Arizona without filing charges against him.

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ROOSEVELT LAKE - Authorities are investigating what caused a helicopter with multiple people on board to crash into Roosevelt Lake on Friday afternoon.

A video has been posted online of a man exposing himself in public in Valley stores and shopping malls, ABC 15 reported.

Police are investigating after several vehicles were set on fire at apartment complexes in Mesa early Wednesday.

Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked a 1st alarm fire Sunday afternoon at Falcon Field in Mesa.

Tempe police say speed and alcohol appear to be factors in a serious crash that involved a city bus Sunday night.

A 22-year-old man died Tuesday afternoon when the motorcycle he was riding collided with an SUV at a Chandler intersection.

An investigation into a fatal car-pedestrian accident clogged several Valley freeways during the morning rush hour. The victim, Byron Yellowhair, 24, was from Mesa, according to ABC15 News.

A small plane made a rough landing on Friday night at Stellar Airpark in Chandler.