Shattered glass and debris littered a Mesa parking lot Sunday after heavy flames and smoke destroyed a local Dairy Queen. There were two female employees inside but no customers at the time of the fire, Mesa fire Captain John Jayne said. No one was hurt.

Its drive-through menu still offers fish sandwiches, Brownie Earthquakes and Pecan Mudslides, but nine months after a fire destroyed a popular Mesa Dairy Queen, nothing’s cooking in the fenced and boarded-up structure.

Chandler officials may call plans to annex Creamland Dairy into the city limits a “development agreement,” but the dairy’s owners say it’s more like arm-twisting.

Imagine, a farmers market on an actual farm. And with air-conditioning.

Imagine, a farmers market on an actual farm. And with air-conditioning.

September 14, 2004

There are slim pickings in the cupboards of the Queen Creek area’s food assistance programs, as donations struggle to keep pace with an increase in people seeking help.

The Queen Creek school board is expected tonight to name its next two schools after pioneering community members.

A group of independent Dairy Queen restaurant owners in Arizona joined a lawsuit against the company.

Our View: A couple of new examples illustrate the topic of government annexation and the  number of strange twists and turns it has taken in the East Valley over the past decade.

SanTan Village shopping center in Gilbert is another step closer to opening.

SanTan Village shopping center in Gilbert is another step closer to opening.

It's a vicious cycle: Your child gets an ear infection that won't go away except with strong antibiotics; then much of their gut bacteria gets killed off by the antibiotics, which reduces their immune system effectiveness; then another ear infection requires even stronger antibiotics, perhaps for a longer time ... and on and on it goes. What is a parent to do?

It's a vicious cycle: Your child gets an ear infection that won't go away except with strong antibiotics; then much of their gut bacteria gets killed off by the antibiotics, which reduces their immune system effectiveness; then another ear infection requires even stronger antibiotics, perhaps for a longer time ... and on and on it goes. What is a parent to do?

As fields of fruits and vegetables fade from Queen Creek’s landscape and agriculture finds its home elsewhere, so will an annual town event that celebrates those who made the land rich.

Mesa police are warning the public to be on the lookout for “hooded bandits” who are robbing stores and restaurants in East Mesa.

One hundred years ago today, an Italian immigrant named Italo Marchiony applied for a patent for a cone-shaped pastry mold for serving ice cream. And so the ice cream cone was born.

A worn wooden sign in front of Helen Pace’s home reads "CHEAP RAILROAD TIES."

Just before Blake Evans walks into the Shamrock Farms visitors center, the 5-year-old says what everyone else is thinking. “This place is stinky-winky,” he says, clamping his hands over his nose.

Seven-year-old identical twins Ramon and Armando Castaneda spent Thursday morning having fun with their high school mentors at Chandler Fashion Center.