Last year, Franklin Arts Academies, which runs three charter schools in Gilbert and Mesa, faced the threat of losing its charter for inaccurately reporting student attendance.

CAMP TONTOZONA - Emmanuel Franklin is thankful every day that he gets tired, sore and yelled at.

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When Tecia Garman began looking for a school for her son, the Mesa resident said she found exactly what she wanted at Franklin West.

LOS ANGELES - When Aretha Franklin is unhappy, she does not mince words. On Tuesday, the longtime Queen of Soul slammed Beyonce Knowles' intro to Tina Turner at Sunday's Grammy Awards, in which Knowles called Turner, not Franklin, "the queen."

Franklin Arts Academies, which runs three charter schools in Gilbert and Mesa, may lose its charter for inaccurately reporting student attendance.

After 11 years and 222 tournaments without a title on the ATP Tour, Vincent Spadea's perspective on winning had taken a sharp turn downward.

Named as one of 75 Blue Ribbon Award Winners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, local plumbing company Benjamin Franklin was recently honored at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Summit in Washington D.C. They were recognized as one of only 75 companies nationwide, and the only company in Arizona, to be named a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award Winner.

Named as one of 75 Blue Ribbon Award Winners by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, local plumbing company Benjamin Franklin was recently honored at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce Small Business Summit in Washington D.C. They were recognized as one of only 75 companies nationwide, and the only company in Arizona, to be named a Blue Ribbon Small Business Award Winner.

Mesa's Franklin East Elementary School was named a 2011 National Blue Ribbon School, for overall academic excellence, by the U.S. Department of Education.