Music became part of John W. Peterson’s life when he was growing up in Kansas. He enjoyed listening to all kinds of tunes and thought he might want to write songs someday.

Some of Jim and Mary Piccolo’s neighbors might be green with envy if they saw the Scottsdale couple’s latest musical acquisition. Actually, make that red with envy. As a seventh wedding anniversary present, Jim Piccolo gave his wife an Elton John Limited Edition Signature Series Red Piano made by Yamaha.

Some of Jim and Mary Piccolo’s neighbors might be green with envy if they saw the Scottsdale couple’s latest musical acquisition. Actually, make that red with envy. As a seventh wedding anniversary present, Jim Piccolo gave his wife an Elton John Limited Edition Signature Series Red Piano made by Yamaha.

Authorities are seeking help in finding a woman who went missing from her home Monday.

Gilbert police said that a woman who disappeared early Monday returned home.

Chandler police are trying to find other victims of James David Ritter’s recent fraudulent investment scheme in Scottsdale.

Police last week arrested a man who attempted to carjack a woman at knife point outside a Chandler PetSmart.

Two Mesa plain clothes police officers in an unmarked vehicle working a special crime detail believe they may have been shot at Monday night.

Derek Ronald Foster faces charges of burglary, trafficking in stolen property and forgery after being arrested Saturday afternoon by Mesa police.

Mesa police on Sunday arrested Manuel Arquez after he fought with his brother about the outcome of the Cardinals’ football game.

Two men in their 30s were killed during what Phoenix police said was a car chase early Friday morning.

At around 8 p.m. Wednesday, Mesa police responded to a residential burglary call in the 1000 block of South Amulet Drive.

The Mesa Police Department is seeking assistance in identifying a man who has committed three robberies while riding a motorcycle.

Chandler police are searching for a man who Tuesday afternoon robbed the Chase Bank branch inside Fry’s at 1950 W. Ray Road.

A Phoenix police officer shot and wounded a man who held a burglar at gunpoint inside his home Wednesday night in Phoenix.

to a call about a 28 year-old man being threatened with a knife in the 400 block of East Brown Road.

he Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office says one of its detention officers has been booked on charges of sexual assault and kidnapping.

Investigating officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety suspect alcohol impairment was a likely factor in three fatal collisions that occurred on Saturday.

A man was stabbed early Wednesday morning after he and another individual argued about a chair.

Fire destroyed a vacant mobile home at about 7 a.m. Tuesday at Klahanne Mobile Home Park, 1131 S. Meridian Road.

Police arrested Douglas Charles Wentz of Mesa at 2 p.m. Monday at Home Depot, 859 N. Dobson Road.

Mesa police early Thursday arrested Camron A. Perez and Damarco K. Chatman on armed robbery, kidnapping and burglary charges.

Five teens on their way to Mountain View High School and an adult were involved in a collision at 8 a.m. Tuesday in Mesa.