It was devastating enough when poor circulation forced Jerry Beneteau, 67, to have his left leg amputated at the thigh in March.

As the wife of a battalion commander and 20-year veteran of the United States Army, Bianca Caryl knows the kind of sacrifices made by members of the military.

GOODYEAR - A Goodyear police officer has been shot following an armed burglary at a car wash.

Amid a heated national debate on illegal immigration, a sheriff's deputy was shot and wounded Friday after encountering a group of suspected illegal immigrants who apparently had been hauling bales of marijuana along a major smuggling corridor in the Arizona desert.

SAN ANTONIO -- A year after Capt. Sam Brown was set ablaze when a bomb blew up his Humvee in Afghanistan, the 25-year-old West Point graduate endures a steady schedule of painful surgery and stretching to break up knotty burn scars.

MONTREAL - A gunman in a black trench coat and sporting a mohawk haircut opened fire Wednesday at a Montreal college and wounded at least 20 people - six critically - before he apparently was killed by police, witnesses and authorities said.

As the wife of a battalion commander and 20-year veteran of the United States Army, Bianca Caryl knows the kind of sacrifices made by members of the military.

Chandler Regional Medical Center, a member of Catholic Healthcare West, has announced that Dr. Brian Paterick has received board certification in undersea and hyperbaric medicine from the American Board of Emergency Medicine.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A man with explosives hidden under his clothes set them off while standing in a line of people waiting outside a police and army recruitment center in northern Iraq on Wednesday, killing 30 people and wounding 35, police said.

Police are investigating the stabbing of a 20-year-old Hispanic male who was found lying with life-threatening injuries outside a Mesa hospital Monday night.

Shrapnel from mortar fire blew off nearly half of Erik Castillo’s skull, shattering the right side of his face and leaving him deaf in his right ear and limp on the left side. But today, he is walking with a cane and describing horrific injuries he doesn’t remember.

Shrapnel from mortar fire blew off nearly half of Erik Castillo’s skull, shattering the right side of his face and leaving him deaf in his right ear and limp on the left side. But today, he is walking with a cane and describing horrific injuries he doesn’t remember.

One armed robber is dead and another in the hospital after a resident opened fire with a shotgun during a home-invasion robbery late Wednesday in Mesa.

Sometimes it's the little things that help the most - an adage that has become the mission of Operation Wounded Warrior. The nonprofit Queen Creek organization is working to provide health, comfort and personal items to wounded military personnel returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.

THATCHER - A southern Arizona sheriff was expected to be released from a hospital Tuesday after he was shot when he pulled over to look into a disabled vehicle.

TUCSON - A domestic violence call led to the stabbing and shooting of two Tucson police officers.

Every Wednesday morning, the multipurpose room at Queen Creek’s Town Hall buzzes. Members of the town’s senior program laugh, talk and dance — but since spring, they’ve been focused on sewing, quilting and wrapping up a project that has them donating more than 100 blankets to wounded U.S. veterans.

Every Wednesday morning, the multipurpose room at Queen Creek’s Town Hall buzzes. Members of the town’s senior program laugh, talk and dance — but since spring, they’ve been focused on sewing, quilting and wrapping up a project that has them donating more than 100 blankets to wounded U.S. veterans.

A teenager described as a bullied outcast at his suburban Cleveland high school opened fire in the cafeteria Monday morning, killing one student and wounding four others before being caught a short distance away, authorities said.

John Goodie: I have a friend and college buddy in Houston who's somewhat politically savvy, and from time to time we throw jabs at each other. I asked him what was up with his governor, Rick Perry, making a statement about the possibility of Texas seceding from the union.

BAGHDAD, Iraq - Insurgents set off car bombs and seized police stations Thursday in a six-city offensive aimed at creating chaos ahead of next week's handover of power to a new Iraqi government.

The son of a former Chandler mayor is recuperating at Naval Medical Center San Diego after getting wounded in Iraq.