The cast of Arizona Broadway Theatre’s “Steel Magnolias” received firsthand information and instructions from their director about the ways of a beautician. Before becoming a professional actor and director, Jimmy Ferraro worked for a number of years as a hairstylist in New York.

CHICAGO - Churches can be a ‘‘feeding ground’’ for gluttony and obesity, but fatty covered casseroles and Sunday School doughnuts aren’t the only minefields, new research shows.

At this pace, the northeast Valley may be as well known for decapitated corpses as it is for commerce and cachet.

Residents in north Scottsdale’s Troon neighborhood will be able decide in this November’s election whether to join an existing school district or form their own.

Residents in north Scottsdale’s Troon neighborhood will be able decide in this November’s election whether to join an existing school district or form their own.

When you don’t think the impossible is impossible, you go about life differently and it reflects in your work. Just ask Mesa doctor John Elliott, a well-known perinatologist who delivered two sets of quintuplets at Mesa’s Banner Desert Medical Center in a three-week time frame.

The classic musical, “My Fair Lady,” is not often produced by many professional or amateur theater companies, but for good reason.

“It’s too expensive for some theaters because it must be visually spectacular between the stunning costumes and the sets in order to keep it in its original form,” said Jimmy Ferraro, who directs Arizona Broadway Theatre’s version which opens Friday.

One morning, Chris Ferraro woke up with a burning pain in one of his feet, and no idea where it came from.

More than 660 north Scottsdale residents have signed their support for forming a school district without any schools.

More than 660 north Scottsdale residents have signed their support for forming a school district without any schools.

November 1, 2004

Political buzz is growing about the possibility of Gov. Janet Napolitano becoming the running mate for Democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

The Arizona State men’s golf team is in second place after the second round of the Hawaii Hilo Intercollegiate as it shot an 8-under-par 272 for a two-day total of 543.