Mesa’s Buckhorn Mineral Baths.

Mesa’s Buckhorn Mineral Baths. Did Elvis Presley sleep there? And does his ghost haunt the premises of the 15-acre roadside landmark at the northeast corner of East Main Street and Recker Road?

Mesa police arrested a man Tuesday after getting a report he struck his girlfriend in the face with a mountain bike and then fled from their residence. Officers who responded to the 300 block of North Gaylord Circle spotted Brian Kirby, 31, riding a mountain bike at the intersection of Lindsay Road and University Drive, where he fled when police went toward him.

Baseball took hold of me early. It was the first game I followed intensely. I kept a scorebook of entire seasons, stayed up past bedtime for extra inning games with a radio in my bed for West Coast starts.

Mesa is doubtful the long-delayed Gaylord resort will be built after learning the hotel developer is selling its brand to lodging giant Marriott International Inc.

Mesa is considering buying the historic Buckhorn Baths to preserve the place where some of baseball’s most legendary players came for decades to sooth themselves in hot mineral water.

Mesa had long been viewed as dull and stuck in the past when, four years ago, a mayoral candidate with no political experience and a generic name made the improbable claim he was the best man to change the city’s image.

When is a recession finally over?

Executives with the Gaylord Entertainment Co. have visited Mesa for the first time since they laid out plans in 2008 to build a 1,200-room resort and conference center.

A lonely expanse of creosote will become a frenzy of construction activity on Monday as crews will start building a new freeway that’s expected to spur development in east Mesa.

The Fergie Jenkins Foundation will not be holding its annual Fergie and Friends Legends Baseball Game this year.

“So sad to see our Arizona Sen. John McCain still trying to grab the brass ring. He is 75 years old now. Time to put the old warhorse out to pasture. Leave the fighting and the calling for war to younger men and women. No one wants to see this American patriot prisoner of war becoming the next Sen. Byrd, having to wipe the drool from his mouth when he is addressing the Senate. Time now to enjoy all those beautiful homes and ranches that he and his wife own. Time to go gracefully into the night.”

A baseball foundation that donates about $50,000 a year to Valley-based charities — money raised through former Major Leaguers selling autographs and memorabilia during spring training — has been moved from its familiar position, but remains a presence at Mesa’s Hohokam Stadium.

When Susie Steckner was a kid, she always looked forward to going to spring training games at Phoenix Municipal Stadium with her father, an ardent San Francisco Giants fan.

Work will begin this summer to transform 74 miles of automotive test track in Mesa into an urban hub so large that it will take decades to complete the master-planned area.

Every year for the last 20 years, Jack Heidemann has kept up a tradition of doing something his mind and body tells him he still can do, even if he knows it's not quite on the same level as it used to be.

Every year for the last 20 years, Jack Heidemann has kept up a tradition of doing something his mind and body tells him he still can do, even if he knows it’s not quite on the same level as it used to be.

Construction on the East Valley's newest freeway will begin this spring, paving the way for a vast swath of desert to transform into a major employment hub.

A charitable organization that has helped dozens of Little League baseball teams throughout the state has reached another milestone.

A charitable organization that has helped dozens of Little League baseball teams throughout the state has reached another milestone.

A charitable organization that has helped dozens of Little League baseball teams throughout the state has reached another milestone.

The area around the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport is supposed be growing into the largest employment center in the East Valley, but several companies have passed up opportunities to move there in the past year.

The desolate site of the former Mesa Proving Grounds was supposed to spring to life in a dramatic way, with an $800 million Gaylord resort that would in turn lure  other projects to the area.

A massive development that stalled in the recession will come to life next year, starting with 800 homes and the first stage of a mile-long park on the site of the former General Motors Proving Grounds in Mesa.