A woman has been shot and wounded after she allegedly pointed a gun at a police officer in a Mesa retirement community.

Gilbert police arrested a man Sunday after he allegedly almost hit an officer with his vehicle following a family fight, police said.

From elaborately decorated trees to drive-through lighting displays to boat parades and train shows, a variety of holiday spectacles are being staged through the end of December and into early January around the country. Here are a few of them.

One of the most enduring of Halloween icons, candy corn is now over 130 years old.

Gasoline thieves are targeting cars parked overnight in driveways and this time, they’re stealing the fuel by drilling into the gas tank.

For many families, the end of summer means it's time to put away the inflatable kiddie pools, camping equipment and gardening tools for the season. If you plan to shove this gear into arbitrary piles around the edge of the garage, you're not alone: Many Americans say the garage is the most disorganized room in their home, according to the International Association of Business Organizing.

When watching a fantasy film, you suspend disbelief and become part of an impossible happening. High-tech special effects can fool the brain into accepting a whole different reality. When my practiced eye was fooled by the new artificial turf, I knew it had finally come of age.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is investigating after a 2-year-old died after being run over by a SUV Wednesday night in Guadalupe.

PHOENIX (AP) — Lawyers for Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio mounted a defense Wednesday against allegations that he and his deputies racially profile Latinos, drawing testimony from an officer who denied slamming a pregnant Hispanic woman stomach-first into her car during a traffic stop.

With the monsoon in full swing, Mesa police are warning homeowners about bogus contractor scams that pop up along with summer storms.

The grizzly remains of a cat in Ahwatukee Foothills were found by resident Theo Kurrus earlier this month and he took it upon himself to find out what happened.

In the old days, education news focused on school board meetings, a classroom feature here and there, and a couple of big investigations or projects a year in a printed newspaper tossed into your driveway.

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.

A woman accused of stealing a Lexus out of Tempe was chased and bitten by a Mesa police canine after police say she tried to hide in a shed in the backyard of a home on Monday.

You can’t really blame local TV weather forecasters for playing up the Arizona monsoon.

You can’t really blame local TV weather forecasters for playing up the Arizona monsoon.

My wife and I have lived in Ahwatukee for nearly 27 years. About 8 a.m. on the morning of Friday, May 31 my wife, Barbara, and I stood in our driveway on Cherokee Street when our Yorkie spotted a man on a bicycle with two leashed mid-sized dogs on the street in front of our house. “Tootie,” our Yorkie, which I had just unleashed, ran toward the dogs. One of the two dogs broke his leash and took off after our dog, on to our property. Our dog ran for her life! The dog owner chased after his dog and tried to get our puppy out of his mouth. He managed to get to his dog once and then his dog ran away and attacked our dog again, swinging her around like she was a rag doll. We all screamed and hollered. After the dog owner got his dog to drop our dog, my wife and I took her inside and Barbara gave her a bath at which time injuries were discovered on her body. Barbara took our dog to a vet who treated her with stitches and antibiotics. Friday evening through Saturday Barb held Tootie. On Saturday afternoon Tootie took a turn for the worse. She was rushed to a pet hospital in Gilbert where doctors tried in vain to save her life. She died in my wife’s arms on Sunday morning.

A flurry of projects around Mesa’s Fiesta Mall are expected to begin within a year and have the potential to reverse the fortunes of an area that’s been stagnant or declining for years.

Starting on Monday, Chandler Regional Medical Center’s main and emergency department entrances will be temporarily relocated. This move will allow the medical center to operate as normal during the remainder of the Tower C expansion project, which is expected to be completed in October 2014.

Federal authorities sued America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff Thursday, a rare step after months of negotiations failed to yield an agreement to settle allegations that his department racially profiled Latinos in his trademark immigration patrols.

About four years ago, when U.S. Postal Service employee Gary Lee was gathering donations at the Friendship Village retirement community in Tempe for the National Association of Letter Carriers’ annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive, he looked inside a plastic bag and discovered about two-thirds of a cherry pie.

A teenager described as a bullied outcast at his suburban Cleveland high school opened fire in the cafeteria Monday morning, killing one student and wounding four others before being caught a short distance away, authorities said.

Container gardening is growing smaller.

Container gardening is growing smaller.