Two new restaurants have opened in recent months on the opposite side of Gilbert Road, both hawking tacos and more to the growing downtown Gilbert dining crowd.

With Father's Day here, a son is pleading for justice in his father's death two weeks ago at a Mesa gas station.

Within the next five years, District 25 state Sen. Bob Worsley, R-Mesa, and his wife Christi hope to have Arizona’s first “world-class concert hall” adjacent to another city institution available for public use.

Historic preservation is often challenging, but protecting Arizona’s historic buildings and neighborhoods is critical to economic growth, strengthening home values and maintaining Arizona’s identity.

Not waiting for formal gubernatorial approval, foes of her Medicaid expansion already are moving to undo at the ballot box and in court what they could not block at the Legislature.

What started as a simple service project five years ago, now serves hundreds of teens each summer — giving them a unique experience and opportunities to “blossom” in a number of ways as citizens and young women.

A report issued by the W.P. Carey School of Business at Arizona State University indicates the recent upswing in home prices has come at a steady, sustainable pace, meaning homeowners should not expect another bubble to burst.

A free expo scheduled for next week in Mesa will provide owners of historic property information about how to maintain their piece of Arizona history.

The thought of kindergarten setting the stage for a successful education can be daunting. Parents across the country are discussing whether their children are ready for kindergarten or would benefit from another year in preschool. There isn’t a one-size-fits-all answer to this question. However, parents can calm apprehensions by understanding they are a key component to their children’s success in school. Here are a few tips to help parents with kindergarten readiness.

The East Valley Institute of Technology in Mesa is enlisting school kids to build a 420-foot globe build from 10.5 million, 4-inch triangles representing 6-mile chunks of the Earth.

Unusually warm temperatures did not prevent thousands of potential homebuyers and their families from attending the grand opening of the new Eastmark community on Saturday.

Piece by piece, the world is becoming a little smaller in Mesa — about 100,000 times smaller. But, in this case, small is actually quite big — as in 40 stories tall, and with astonishing detail.

Mesa police are looking for a man considered to be "armed and dangerous" connected to an overnight fatal shooting at a gas station.

Recycling in buildings is nothing new to most businesses.

Recycling in buildings is nothing new to most businesses.

Are the red states really “red” or more “brown?” The May 1999 storm cost the town of Moore $1 billion in insured losses but unfazed Oklahomans continue to build there, the town’s population grew 34 percent between 2000 and 2011 compared with a state population growth of 9 percent. The 2013 recovery effort will cost billions of dollars, and the residents will look to the federal government for disaster relief. Oklahoma’s Republicans senators Jim Inhofe and Tom Coburn resolutely opposed such aid for the victims of hurricane Sandy. Coburn said he would demand that any money that flows to the tornado’s victims be offset by cutting federal spending elsewhere.

Mesa police are seeking additional victims in a case where they say a man has prayed on the trust of business owners to fraudulently obtain money.