A lone, painted white bicycle sits at the side of Usery Park Road near Bush Highway.

Nearly a month after the Diving Lady was again restored to her perch high above Main Street, the focus of the Mesa Preservation Foundation has shifted to restoring and reopening the also-historic Buckhorn Baths Motel.

Nearly a month after the Diving Lady was again restored to her perch high above Main Street, the focus of the Mesa Preservation Foundation has shifted to restoring and reopening the also-historic Buckhorn Baths Motel.

It’s way too early. The National League West is way too talented. Summer in Arizona is way too long.

Nearly 10,500 fans gathered to bid a farewell to the 2013 Major League Baseball Spring Training season Thursday afternoon.

It’s been more than 35 years since the Oakland A’s made a change in its spring training itinerary, leaving Mesa for Scottsdale, before settling in on the Phoenix-Tempe border.

Mesa’s Youth Sports League is partnering with the Chicago Cubs and hosting a free pitch, hit and run competition on 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Hohokam Stadium, 1235 N. Center St. Boys and girls, ages 7 to 14, can compete in pitching accuracy, hitting distance and quickness on the base. Winners in each division will receive two tickets to the Saturday game against the Cleveland Indians.

You’ve got to love living in the place everyone else wants to be.

When Bill Keller landed a store manager’s job with Dillard’s department store in the Valley 34 years ago, his wife, Dianne, said she wasn’t excited about moving to Arizona, much less Mesa — from Minneapolis.

The Chicago Cubs kick-off the 2013 Spring Training season this month at Mesa's Hohokam Stadium. This year a total of 18 home games with one night game will close out their 37 years playing at Hohokam. The Cubs will be moving to their new home at Riverview Park in time for their 2014 Spring Training season.

Here we go again? Club soccer vs. high school soccer?

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Remember when the idea that leading the Arizona Cardinals to the Super Bowl would have insured the kind of job security only Supreme Court Justices and the Pope have enjoyed?

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After experiencing a downturn for the past few years with its historical amenities and watching its landmarks deteriorate as their futures remained uncertain, preservation officials in the city of Mesa now have the means to renovate them in the near future.

In an announcement that a Chicago Cubs official said took the team by surprise, the Cubs and Arizona State University baseball officials have agreed to disagree.

Fortunately, Kevin Kolb’s current injury doesn’t involve a concussion. The series of events over the last two months, however, are enough to make the Arizona Cardinals quarterback’s head hurt.

With the magical Gilbert run to the state championship now a memory, the 2012 season is already shaping up to be a wide-open affair in the final month of the regular season before the state tournaments begin Oct. 30 (Division I and II), Nov. 1 (Division IV) and Nov. 2 (Division III and V).

Whenever Kaimarr Price had his doubts, and there were many, he always found something to refocus on his goals.

The city of Mesa believes it will seal a deal to become the home of its second Cactus League team by the end of this year.

Performing Arts 2012-13 season preview

Performing Arts 2012-13 theater season preview

Performing arts 2012-13 season preview

The sun may be rising and setting just a tad earlier these days, but the temps are as a high as ever. By now, you may be looking for a few fresh ideas to keep you active and indoors while we wait for the heatwave to finally break for fall.