Larger-than-life and a true embodiment of New York’s audacious spirit, former NYC mayor Ed Koch lived his life in the public eye. With the bulk of his three-term career encompassing the turbulent 1980s, Koch went head-to-head with issues such as race relations, the AIDS crisis and the crack epidemic – drumming up controversy along the way while still maintaining his likable if outspoken persona.

Police say a man believed responsible for setting at least seven fires in Tempe is in custody.

GREER — After more than six decades, the landmark Greer Lodge Resort and Cabins in eastern Arizona has shut its doors.

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

Chandler Police have arrested an 18-year-old man who they say is linked to several arson fires.

Tempe Police arrested a 24-year-old Tempe man Tuesday in connection with 17 burglaries between Sept. 16 and Oct. 29.

Hey mom and dad: Halloween’s not really all that scary — except when it comes to traffic safety.

A former Tempe constable accused of burning down his home for insurance money has been sentenced to four months in jail and two years of supervised probation.

Chandler and Mesa police are investigating multiple car fires that were set across the cities early Thursday.

WASHINGTON – Since March, someone has repeatedly banged on the front door of Felix Bermea’s Gilbert home, set bushes on fire and written profanities on the kids’ furniture after breaking in.

A week after a protest near Gilbert Town Hall in support of a family that has reportedly been the target of trespassing, arson and property damage, the family experienced another incident of trespassing this week, one of the fathers said.

Crime numbers have dropped significantly in Tempe over the last decade, according to Tempe Police Department data, and Arizona Mills mall — once one of the worst areas of the city for auto theft and other crime – has worked hard to fix its own safety status.

Crime numbers have dropped significantly in Tempe over the last decade, according to Tempe Police Department data, and Arizona Mills mall — once one of the worst areas of the city for auto theft and other crime – has worked hard to fix its own safety status.

Crime numbers have dropped significantly in Tempe over the last decade, according to Tempe Police Department data, and Arizona Mills mall — once one of the worst areas of the city for auto theft and other crime – has worked hard to fix its own safety status.

Fire investigators have classified the cause of a fire that destroyed Granite Reef Plaza in east Mesa to be undetermined and have ruled out arson, according to a preliminary report.

In an area of the city that has been dotted with structure fires over the last decade, the Granite Reef Plaza in east Mesa was the latest to be destroyed by a blaze on Sunday — an event causing nine of its businesses to close.

A 42-year-old man who severely beat 81-year-old former monk Eugene Fitzsimmons and left him profusely bleeding inside his car outside a west Mesa halfway house in early 2011 was sentenced to 21 years in prison for aggravated assault and attempted murder on Monday.

In his badgering of Eric Holder, Darryl Issa (R-CA) is demonstrating the level of hypocrisy that permeates the top rank of Republican leaders. Issa, upon assuming the chairmanship of the House Oversight Committee in 2010, plainly stated that he intended to investigate the Obama administration for any indications or hints of corruption. All he could find was the remnants of a rogue program that began under George W. Bush.

A police union president is calling into question the validity of Mesa’s place on a recent magazine list honoring what are supposedly America’s safest cities to live in.

A former Maricopa County constable for the Kyrene Justice Court has been arrested by Tempe police on suspicion of plotting to burn down his Tempe home for insurance money.

A jury sentenced an Arizona man to death Thursday for murdering a family of five in Mesa in 2006 following arguments from a prosecutor who described him as among the most cold-blooded of killers.

An Arizona man was found guilty on Monday of five counts of murder and other charges in the 2006 killings of an extended family of five.

About 50 Ahwatukee neighbors and leaders of block watch groups gathered at Pecos Community Center Thursday night to hear a presentation and ask questions of their Community Action Officers during a quarterly meeting entitled "Tukee Talk" - no relation to this column.

About 50 Ahwatukee neighbors and leaders of block watch groups gathered at Pecos Community Center Thursday night to hear a presentation and ask questions of their Community Action Officers during a quarterly meeting entitled "Tukee Talk" - no relation to this column.