Her loud 1950s-style dresses may give her the look of an eccentric June Cleaver, but Lisa Lampanelli is the self-proclaimed “Queen of Mean.”

Maricopa County election officials were working Wednesday to verify and tabulate 271 early and provisional ballots that remained uncounted in Queen Creek, with final results expected to be released late today.

Alice Sliger spent most of her 103 years amassing a priceless collection of Western art and iconic baseball memorabilia from players who wintered in her Buckhorn Baths resort in Mesa.

Some of the most historic and architecturally intriguing homes will be open to the public Saturday during the Mesa Historic Home Tour, kicking off at 11 a.m.

Lisa Anderson knew the people who lived in the house on the next street over had a lot of cats. But Anderson, along with other members of various pet rescue groups, had no idea the magnitude of the mess they would uncover as they began retrieving the Persian-breed cats from the home.

Ken Hubbs played for the Chicago Cubs from 1961 until he died in an airplane crash in 1964.

Nancy and Christopher Gilbert used to walk up and down the streets of downtown Mesa many evenings when their two children were still toddlers, pushing them in strollers and admiring the many old houses in their neighborhood.

March 25, 2005

The plastic foam, colored beads and pencil erasers littering the tables of a Salt River Project facility in Tempe didn’t look like much. But as local scientists looked on, 33 Coronado High School students turned that material into three-dimensional DNA models.

A weathered gray lectern from the old Mezona dance hall sits in the Mesa Historical Museum’s basement under several layers of dust and atop cinder blocks that barely saved it from 4 inches of water left by Tuesday’s storm.

A weathered gray lectern from the old Mezona dance hall sits in the Mesa Historical Museum’s basement under several layers of dust and atop cinder blocks that barely saved it from 4 inches of water left by Tuesday’s storm.

Basha forward Pashay Sorenson probably wouldn't have been thrilled to know that she would score only two points in Friday night's battle between Corona del Sol and the visiting Bears.

Mayor Wendy Feldman-Kerr has defeated challenger Kevin Petersen to retain Queen Creek’s top elected position, based on official primary election results released Thursday.

Two Mesa museums are holding their own despite the economic downturn. The Mesa Historical Museum and Arizona Museum of Natural History were both impacted by the recession, but it also changed their operations for the better.

“The Decider has decided not to decide.”

As the Mesa Historical Museum’s popular baseball exhibit dedicated to the history of spring training in Arizona enters the mid-innings of its project-planning phase, two portions of it soon will conclude, but at least one locale will remain open for another two years.

Are there mischievous and subtle spirits lurking along the aisles and basements of businesses lining West Main Street in downtown Mesa?

Are there mischievous and subtle spirits lurking along the aisles and basements of businesses lining West Main Street in downtown Mesa?

Are there mischievous and subtle spirits lurking along the aisles and basements of businesses lining West Main Street in downtown Mesa?

Are there mischievous and subtle spirits lurking along the aisles and basements of businesses lining West Main Street in downtown Mesa?

It takes a heap of living to make a house a home, and for anyone who goes on the 13th Annual Mesa Historical Homes Tour, they’ll get to see that centuries of living took place through a diverse community and wide variety of structures.