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NICKEL MINES, Pa. - A 32-year-old milk truck driver took about a dozen girls hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, barricaded the doors with boards and killed at least three girls and apparently himself, authorities said.

Mountain Pointe senior soccer player Ryan Leach, who moved from sweeper to center back this season, accepted a scholarship offer from the Colorado School of Mines.

Here are the local athletes expected to sign Letters of Intent with colleges beginning Wednesday. For additions, email varsity@evtrib.com and include the athlete's name, high school, sport and college of choice.

Don Robinson calls his Chandler home a “junk collector’s paradise.” Each room is filled with a treasure trove of collections reflecting his years of traveling, his eclectic taste and career mementos.

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A few miles past Superior on U.S. 60 is a nature-lover’s paradise. Oak Flat Campground is surrounded by natural beauty. Queen Creek Canyon and the breathtaking cliffs of Apache Leap are nearby.

A few miles past Superior on U.S. 60 is a nature-lover’s paradise. Oak Flat Campground is surrounded by natural beauty. Queen Creek Canyon and the breathtaking cliffs of Apache Leap are nearby.

"Laws that forbid the carrying of arms ... disarm only those who are neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes." - Thomas Jefferson

Find out where athletes from the East Valley have signed to play college sports.

It may be four weeks until tourists can return to stare at towering waterfalls cascading into blue-green pools near an American Indian village in a canyon west of Grand Canyon National Park headquarters.

With Kaitlin Cochran, Kristen Miller and Sarah Rice all hitting home runs to lead the offense, the No. 2 Arizona State softball team wrapped up its second home tournament undefeated Sunday as the Sun Devils (16-1) topped Miami 7-3 to go 5-0 on the weekend and claim the Littlewood Classic title on Sunday at Farrington Stadium.

FLAGSTAFF — A 12-year-old girl died Tuesday after being swept away by floodwaters after heavy thunderstorms hit a section of northern Arizona scarred by a wildfire last month, authorities said.

The 'can’t-miss’ star is missing from this year’s group of East Valley football prospects. While dozens of local football standouts will sign their national letters of intent today to the college of their choice, various recruiting services have pegged this a down year for recruiting in Arizona.

SAN DIEGO - While Matt Williams on Sunday began considering whether he wants to continue his career, his former Diamondbacks teammates bemoaned his departure.

Barack Obama seems to like the comparison of himself to another young, inexperienced Democrat who ran for President — John F. Kennedy. Although he is no John Kennedy, I feel compelled to point out to the many too-young-to-know or remember supporters of Obama that the inexperienced John Kennedy put together the failed and costly “Bay of Pigs” debacle.

ASPEN, Colo. - A one-time resident of this city who had been bitter over its transformation into a playground for the rich left four gift-wrapped bombs downtown in a bank-robbery attempt, turning New Year's Eve celebrations into a mass evacuation, police said Thursday.

Marine Staff Sgt. John Jones lost both of his legs to a land mine in Iraq.

Neal Haddad hardly can think of a more beautiful place.

Last year, Chris McGaha’s receiving statistics at Arizona State were modest, in big part because the then-redshirt freshman was in awe of the major-college playing opportunity he once thought he would never have.

The Arizona Supreme Court on Wednesday rebuffed efforts by the state to lay claim to water rights tied to its 9.3 million acres of trust land.

Parting ways with her own Republican Party, Gov. Jan Brewer on Monday proposed expanding Arizona’s Medicaid program to take advantage of the federal Affordable Care Act.

Rose Bowl, USC vs. Texas, ABC 15 6:00 p.m.

Lawmakers found Gov. Jan Brewer to be a lot like a teacher who's a tough grader — and she's not shy about sending notes home either.