Freeway improvement projects will require closures or lane restrictions in the Phoenix area this weekend, according to the Arizona Department of Transportation

More than 1.7 million fans helped the Cactus League set a new attendance record with the 2013 spring training season that ended Saturday in Arizona.

It’s currently reminiscent of the ruins of the Colosseum in Rome. But when the Chicago Cubs’ new spring training stadium and surrounding amenities are complete, there’s little doubt it will be among Mesa’s main attractions.

The official transition for the renaming of Mesa’s Eighth Street to Rio Salado Parkway began this week, when dual-named street signs were installed along the road between Country Club Drive and the Loop 101 freeway.

Butterflies should get a lot easier to spot starting this Spring in Scottsdale.

Over the years, I’ve been invited to some over-the-top Oscar parties, where guests arrive in evening gowns and top hats, and popcorn buckets full of movie candy and DVDs are given away as door prizes.

Two people were killed after an SUV rolled over on the Loop 101 Sunday night.

There’s a faint collective gasp all around me the instant ten pale horses break from the darkness and tear, as a herd, through a clearing dappled with soft light.

Elvis, Natalie Cole, Dean Martin and Shania Twain — or, at least, performers who look and sound like them — will re-create famous holiday performances, from The King’s “Blue Christmas” to Martin’s version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside,” in Casino Arizona’s “Showstoppers Live! Holiday Spectacular.”

A motorcyclist has died following an accident Monday afternoon on the Northbound Loop 101 at US 60 in Tempe.

Bargain hunters alert! Santa, wearing a red-and-green sombrero, is flying in early this year riding on an Indian thunderbird. Sitting behind Santa, Kokopelli is holding on with his knees while he plays “Jungle Bells” on his flute.

When Norris Vaughan is excited he can’t contain himself, words flow from his mouth that maybe shouldn’t, and his smile reaches a new level.

When Norris Vaughan is excited he can’t contain himself, words flow from his mouth that maybe shouldn’t, and his smile reaches a new level.

It was like the wild, wild west in Chandler Wednesday night when a man on a horse rescued a cow that got loose near Chandler Fashion Center.

A man barricaded inside a Tempe apartment complex Tuesday has surrendered to police.

"We go by many names, and take many forms. We bring wonder and hope, we bring joy and dreams. We are the Sandman and the Tooth Fairy, we are the Easter Bunny, and Santa. And our powers are greater than you ever imagine..."