ATHENS, Greece - Magic Johnson, Carl Lewis and Gail Devers, along with "Friends" TV star Jennifer Aniston, will help carry the Olympic torch on its journey around the world.

A Mesa man who shot and killed a woman and her boyfriend during a graduation party will not get the death penalty, but will spend the rest of his life in prison.

January 13, 2005

Leonard Mandel embraces technology to an extent, but says he still appreciates flipping the pages of books chronicling the nation’s involvement in foreign wars, American politics and the comedic stylings of Groucho Marx. Kindles and Nooks don’t suit Mandel, who has such a vast collection of books at his Goodyear home that he often finds himself reading a chapter or two of various books each day to whet his appetite.

Maricopa County prosecutors are pushing for the death penalty against a man accused in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her friend at a high school graduation party in Mesa.

In the aftermath of a double homicide during a high school graduation party at a Dobson Ranch home, the Mesa Police Department is hosting a community meeting Thursday about the fatal shootings.

Lyric soprano Angela Johnson went about as far as she could go professionally with her voice in more than a quarter century of performing.

Speakers at two Tempe events showed thousands of attendees they can achieve their dreams if they try hard and make the right decisions early on.

March 6, 2005

A Mesa police officer remained hospitalized Tuesday from a shooting at a graduation party late Saturday in the Dobson Ranch neighborhood that left a woman and a man dead and the deceased woman's 8-year-old son injured.

The nice woman down the street extended an invitation to Jonathan Fink: Would he like to come to a party held for her daughter, who was just graduating from Dobson High School?

Three new principals will be in charge of Scottsdale public schools when classes resume in fall.

Three new principals will be in charge of Scottsdale public schools when classes resume in fall.

The 31-year-old firefighter who pleaded innocent to starting the Rodeo forest fire that burned thousands of acres and destroyed hundreds of homes in 2002 is expected to change his plea Monday, according to records in U.S. District Court in Phoenix.

Few things say summer like driving down the road with the windows down and the music cranked up, and a new exhibition in Tempe captures the feeling with custom electric guitars, specialty rides and lots of music memorabilia.

In the days that followed her high school graduation, Vanessa Fenstermacher had planned to enjoy the summer with her mother, Sally S. Johnson-Huddleston, hiking on Piestewa Peak, working out at the 24-Hour Fitness Gym in Mesa and shopping at Fiesta Mall.

Continuing the tradition that has lasted more than three decades, the Mesa Arizona Temple Gardens will again host the spectacular Christmas lights display that is recognized as one of the most beautiful in the state.

Gilbert is the fastest growing community in the United States, and that’s precisely why Sally and William Kruckow are moving out.

If there was a record for handing out food boxes, Mesa’s Paz de Cristo would surely be in the running. The community center provided nearly 800 of them Tuesday in just three hours, including a Thanksgiving turkey and all the trimmings for East Valley families who would otherwise go without.

Jack Siegl and his wife, Renea, said they were watching a loud movie in the comfort of their Dobson Ranch neighborhood home in Mesa late Saturday when they heard what they thought was someone watching a louder movie.

They no longer estimate how many lights actually glow in the massive display, but come Friday, tens of thousands of colored lights will begin to blaze in the night at the Mesa Arizona Temple Gardens of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

During Vanessa Fenstermacher's high school graduation party this year, her mother, Sally Johnson-Huddleston, 38, was shot and killed on the front yard of their home. In recent months, Fenstermacher has had to grow up quickly — getting her driver’s license and learning how to drive a stick shift, getting a part-time job, attending college part time and learning how to cook. This will be her first Christmas without her mother.

The East Valley Chambers of Commerce Alliance (EVCCA) strongly supports Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer’s plan to restore our Medicaid population.