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We tend to admire the progress made in Scottsdale, and for good reason. Old gives way to new, less to more, and usually, the necessary adjustments are worth it.

State Game and Fish officials on Friday said they suspect someone intentionally caused the deaths of more than two dozen birds found near a Scottsdale golf course last week.

Victor Rudd, a 6-foot-8 forward who gave his verbal commitment to ASU last week, has officially signed his letter of intent.

A 25-year-old man was struck and killed, reportedly by the driver of a Hummer, in a Mesa restaurant parking lot following a fight.

A 15-year-old Mesa boy who admitted shooting his father in the back of the head with a shotgun described the act as "an intentional mistake."

When George Luna and his Gilbert family invited John Wagner to live in their grandmother’s home for just $25 a month, they had all the best intentions.

When George Luna and his Gilbert family invited John Wagner to live in their grandmother’s home for just $25 a month, they had all the best intentions.

College chancellor Fred Gaskin is rude and can’t keep his eyes off women’s figures, according to a five-member board that is firing him.

Walter Salles' "On the Road" was made with noble intentions, finely-crafted filmmaking and handsome casting, but, alas, it does not burn, burn, burn.

Here are the local athletes expected to sign Letters of Intent with colleges beginning Wednesday. For additions, email varsity@evtrib.com and include the athlete's name, high school, sport and college of choice.

Mountain Pointe continues to move student athletes on to the next level as two athletes signed or are expected to sign letters of intent.

The Desert Vista athletic programs produced another batch of scholarships for the November signing date as six Thunder athletes signed letters of intent on Wednesday.

If you know an East Valley high school athlete signing a National Letter of Intent for football, soccer or track and field during the Feb. 1 signing period, please send their name, high school, sport and college of choice to varsity@evtrib.com

Mesa voters will elect - or possibly re-elect - a mayor this fall, but so far not a single person has announced intentions to lead Arizona's third-largest city.

Here is a list of East Valley high school student-athletes signing letters of intent during the early signing period which runs from Nov. 9 through Nov. 16. This list will be continuously updated.