The Arizona State football program acquired a big piece in rebuilding its receiving corps — and outdueled Southern California in the process — by getting an oral commitment from Angelo Richardson of Santa Rosa (Calif.)

The Arizona State football program acquired a big piece in rebuilding its receiving corps — and outdueled Southern California in the process — by getting an oral commitment from Angelo Richardson of Santa Rosa (Calif.)

SANTA ROSA, N.M. - The pilot of a single-engine plane that crashed after takeoff from the Santa Rosa airport June 29 possibly had a heart attack, which contributed to the crash, the National Transportation Safety Board says.

HOLBROOK, Ariz. — Authorities say four people are dead after a small plane crashed shortly after takeoff from the Holbrook airport late Wednesday afternoon.

Students are excited but it may be the teachers that are the most enthused to watch their young pupils duke it out intellectually, rather than find out if they are smarter than a fifth-grader.

With very little discussion, the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board approved the hiring of 23 tutors for its English-Language Learners program at all schools in the district.

The memorial sat in an empty driveway as neighbors stopped and gazed with teary eyes. The pictures, notes and flowers are the memories left of the Pittses, a Gilbert family who lost five members Sunday afternoon in a single-engine plane crash near Santa Rosa, N.M.

A memorial service visitation for the Pitts' family will be 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. today at First United Methodist Church of Gilbert, 331 S. Cooper Road. The visitation will be followed with a celebration of life service at 7 p.m. at the church.

The primary election for Maricopa is Tuesday, March 11, with eight candidates vying for three council seats and two candidates running for mayor.

An independent support system for Maricopa schools, nearly a year in the making, is making its first mark in the Maricopa school system with several classroom grant awards.

A vision for the future was crafted by a pair of beat-boxing administrators. The vehicle of how to make that vision a reality goes on a test drive with district administrators this week.

Angelo Richardson, a wide receiver who was one of Arizona State’s most prized recruits, is in the intensive care unit of an Oakland, Calif., hospital after being wounded in a shooting incident last weekend.

Angelo Richardson, a wide receiver who was one of Arizona State’s most prized recruits, is in the intensive care unit of an Oakland, Calif., hospital after being wounded in a shooting incident last weekend.

After hearing the announcement from the federal government that half of the MUSD schools did not meet Adequate Yearly Progress for the 2006-07 school year, Superintendent John Flores lamented his frustrations with the federal measuring stick.

Despite the in-person pleas from one parent and numerous calls and e-mails to the school board from others, the Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board unanimously approved a change in elementary school boundaries Feb. 27.

The state’s report cards for Arizona schools were released Monday by the Department of Education and those in the Maricopa Unified School District were split between holding steady and improving over last year’s scores.

In a day and age in public education where it is not uncommon for students to be asked to provide many of their own supplies and teachers must pull from their own limited pocketbooks to give students the tools they need to succeed, two Maricopa teachers took it upon themselves to find another way to get supplies for their classrooms.

Chris Baloney: CB (6-0, 180, Jr./ College of the Sequoias; Visalia, Calif.) — Signed with ASU last year but left the team in August due to personal issues. Rated one of the top 10 junior-college cornerbacks in the nation in 2005.

The last of the three inmates who escaped from a private prison near Kingman three weeks ago was captured Thursday night along with the woman who helped then break out.

A preliminary report by federal investigators provided eyewitness accounts of a tragic plane crash near Santa Rosa, New Mexico, that claimed five in a Gilbert family.

Q: Is fall or spring the best time to plant citrus and other fruit trees?

The contract of new Arizona State football coach Dennis Erickson was discussed in executive session by the Arizona Board of Regents on Thursday and will likely be on the agenda at the board’s next meeting, in March.