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• Body of Phoenix shooter positively identified

  January 31, 2013 3:14 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - Police say a body found in bushes at a Phoenix suburb has been positively identified as the man who killed a company CEO and critically wounded a lawyer. A landscaper in Mesa found the body of 70-year-old Arthur Douglas Harmon early Thursday morning, one day after the... more »

• Phoenix police: 3 shot at office complex

  January 30, 2013 1:55 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - Phoenix police say three people have been shot at an office complex. Their conditions are unknown and there is no suspect in custody. Officer James Holmes says the victims were taken to hospitals. He didn't know if their injuries are life threatening. Holmes says police so far... more »

• Two men sentenced in Fast and Furious gun case

  November 26, 2012 8:20 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - Two men have been sentenced to several years behind bars for their roles in a gun smuggling ring that was part of the U.S. government's Operation Fast and Furious. The U.S. Justice Department says Jacob Anthony Montelongo was sentenced Monday in Phoenix to nearly 3 1/2 years... more »

• Denver radio personality Charley Martin dies at 67

  August 18, 2012 3:00 PM

  DENVER (AP) - Radio personality Charley Martin, who was part of the dominant morning team from the 1970s to 1990s on Denver's KHOW radio, has died at age 67. The Denver Post reported Martin died Friday in Phoenix while in hospice care, where he had been after his liver failed... more »

• Phoenix-area man hits $1 million jackpot six times

  May 10, 2012 8:43 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - A suburban Phoenix man made a lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky, lucky guess in a recent multistate lottery game. An Arizona Lottery spokeswoman says the Glendale man claimed six $1 million prizes after purchasing six Powerball tickets with the same winning numbers late last month. The tickets... more »

• AZ pushing forward with medical marijuana

  January 24, 2012 8:04 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - Arizona's top health official says the state is not appealing a court ruling on medical marijuana and that licensed dispensaries could be established as soon as this summer. Health Services Director Will Humble says the state is going to revise its dispensary rules to delete provisions struck... more »

• Writer of controversial AZ immigration law facing recall

  November 6, 2011 2:23 PM

  MESA, Ariz. (AP) - The architect of the groundbreaking Arizona immigration law that thrust the issue into the national political debate faces a recall election Tuesday likely to be viewed as a referendum on the state's hardline immigration policies. The effort to oust Republican state Sen. Russell Pearce has... more »

• 1 dead, several hurt in Arizona dust storm crashes

  October 4, 2011 7:47 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - A blinding dust storm has caused three different pileups along a major interstate in Arizona, killing one man and injuring more than 15 other people. The Arizona Department of Public Safety says 24 vehicles were involved in the three crashes along Interstate 10. The first... more »

• Dead Woman Kept in House for 2 Months

  July 27, 2011 5:46 AM

  Police in suburban Phoenix say they have arrested a man suspected of killing his girlfriend and living with her body for more than two months. Thirty-five-year-old Erik Grumpelt was charged Tuesday with one count of second-degree murder. After receiving a tip from Grumpelt's father, Mesa officers went to... more »

• Prosecutor says no charges filed in groping case

  July 19, 2011 4:07 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - The Maricopa County Attorney's Office says that no charges have been filed against a Colorado woman arrested on suspicion of groping a female Transportation Security Administration agent in Phoenix. After initially reviewing the case against 61-year-old Yukari Miyamae, the County Attorney determined the facts alleged did... more »

• Immigration law protesters to be at All-Star game

  July 12, 2011 6:38 PM

  PHOENIX (AP) - Critics of a polarizing immigration law in Arizona plan to stake out Major League Baseball's All-Star Game in downtown Phoenix on Tuesday despite triple-digit heat. The pro-immigrant group Somos America plans to have up to 75 members stationed outside Chase Field to pass out white ribbons... more »

• Gas prices drop slightly over past 2 weeks

  July 10, 2011 5:19 PM

  CAMARILLON, Calif. (AP) - The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline has dropped about a penny in the past two weeks. That's according to the Lundberg Survey of fuel prices, released Sunday, which puts the price of a gallon of regular at $3.62. Midgrade costs an... more »

• UPDATE: Passengers from diverted flight make new flight plans.

  March 13, 2011 3:14 PM

  Passengers from Southwest Airlines, flight number 1646 which was diverted to Colorado Springs following a declared emergency and landing are currently in the Colorado Springs Airport waiting to changes to their flight plans to make it to their connecting flights or final destinations. Southwest Airlines flight number 1646 was... more »

• Gordon wins in Phoenix to end long winless streak

  February 28, 2011 2:34 AM

  AVONDALE, Ariz. (AP) - Jeff Gordon passed Kyle Busch with eight laps left and stretched his lead from there at Phoenix International Raceway on Sunday, ending his winless streak at 66 races. PIR has been the place to end long winless streaks lately. Ryan Newman ended a 77-race checkerless streak... more »

• Phoenix airport worker arrested in luggage thefts

  September 3, 2010 9:38 AM

  A man who worked at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport was arrested Thursday on suspicion that he stole hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of items from the luggage of passengers in a case that could include hundreds of victims from around the world. Officers saw Michael Hegstad, 23,... more »

• Colorado GOP in Arizona to talk about immigration

  August 19, 2010 8:11 AM

  Colorado Republicans were in Phoenix Wednesday to learn about Arizona's new immigration enforcement measure and talk about crafting one of their own. Colorado Rep. Kent Lambert, who is running for Senate this year, says he plans to introduce legislation that matches Arizona's law "as identically as possible." Lambert... more »

• Pilot killed in fiery Arizona plane crash

  August 4, 2010 12:28 PM

  The Federal Aviation Administration is sending investigators to the scene of a deadly plane crash in north Phoenix. FAA spokesman Allen Kenitzer said the pilot was killed in the Wednesday morning crash. He was believed to be the only one on board. His name has not been released. ... more »

• Woman survives 5 days in ravine

  July 19, 2010 9:18 AM

  A Carlsbad, California woman is recovering after spending five days at the bottom of a ravine near Santa Maria. Travelers spotted the woman and her car Friday morning. Investigators believe the accident happened five days before that. The woman's husband had reported her missing July 8. "I've... more »

• Abducted California girl found in Phoenix

  July 15, 2010 8:28 AM

  Authorities say a girl abducted by relatives from her California foster parents nearly seven years ago when she was an infant has been found living in Phoenix. Investigators from the Phoenix Police Department, Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office and FBI found the 7-year-old girl Wednesday afternoon at a Phoenix... more »

• Phoenix police say officer shot, killed

  May 26, 2010 9:33 AM

  Police say an officer has been shot and killed at a gas station convenience store in west Phoenix. Police spokesman Sgt. Trent Crump says the officer died at St. Joseph's Hospital. The shooting occurred around 1 a.m. Wednesday. Police had responded to a call about a suspicious vehicle in... more »

• Phoenix police arrest man in Pueblo phone fraud case

  April 14, 2010 11:13 AM

  Phoenix police arrested a man accused of trying to defraud an elderly Colorado woman. Forty-four-year-old Sullivan Kizzee was booked on charges of forgery and fraudulent schemes. Detectives said an 86-year-old Pueblo, Colo., woman received a phone call April 1 from a man identifying himself as a Chase Bank employee. The... more »

• Update: 6 people killed when bus collides with semi

  March 5, 2010 9:59 AM

  Arizona authorities say six people were killed after a passenger bus was clipped by another vehicle and rolled over on the interstate south of Phoenix. Department of Public Safety spokesman Bart Graves says 15 others, including two 11-year-olds, were injured in the Friday morning accident on Interstate 10 about... more »

• Multiple people killed in bus crash near Phoenix

  March 5, 2010 8:49 AM

  Rescuers are breaking out windows to get to victims on a passenger bus that crashed on an Interstate south of Phoenix. Multiple people were killed in the accident early Friday morning. Television reports said the bus appears to be a tour bus. Details of the accident are unclear.... more »

• UPDATE: Alcor representative says she didn't see written revocation

  February 26, 2010 12:59 PM

  UPDATE: 10:50 a.m. An Alcor employee Jennifer Chapman is now testifying by phone. She says that she didn't see a document revoking Alcor membership in her file for Mary Robbins. Chapman says she and another employee spoke to daughter Darlene Robbins on February 8, a week before Mary Robbins... more »

• US Air done in Colorado Springs

  January 3, 2010 11:05 PM

  Sunday night the last US Airways flight out of Colorado Springs departed for Phoenix. Reaction from those who fly came quick. "It's going to be a pain having to use the other airlines," says Andrew Washington. His kids routinely fly US Air out of Colorado Springs. "My son flies from... more »

• Man stumbles into backyard fire pit

  December 31, 2009 3:04 PM

  How's this for a dreadful death--officials in Phoenix say a man stumbled into a three foot deep fire pit that had been dug in a backyard to roast a pig. Family and friends rushed to his aid, but couldn't pull him from the fiery hole before he died. The... more »

• Phoenix announced as new home of Chinese solar biz

  November 16, 2009 10:28 AM

  A Chinese-owned manufacturer of solar panels plans to build a 100,000 square-foot headquarters and manufacturing plant in the Phoenix area. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer plans to announce Monday that Suntech Power Holdings will open a facility that would produce solar panels sometime in 2010 and eventually employ 250 or more... more »

• Pair arrested in thefts of bags at airport

  November 4, 2009 10:46 AM

  Two people suspected of stealing up to 1,000 pieces of luggage from baggage claim carousels at Phoenix's airport have been arrested by police who found heaps of the stolen bags strewn throughout their home. There were so many suitcases that Phoenix police could only give a rough estimate of... more »

• Boulder authorities identify 1954 Jane Doe

  October 29, 2009 8:52 AM

  Authorities have identified the remains of a woman whose mysterious death in 1954 generated headlines across Colorado and new interest in 2004 when efforts were revived to find out who she was. Boulder County Sheriff Joe Pelle said Wednesday that the woman has been identified as 18-year-old Dorothy Gay Howard,... more »