19-year-old accused of killing 1, wounding another with 5-year-old in car in DeSoto tracked to Arizona

A 19-year-old is waiting to be extradited back to DeSoto after police determined he was responsible for a shooting that killed one and injured another while a 5-year-old in their car watched on in horror last week.

Border Patrol nabs 32 Mexican nationals dressed in camo in Arizona

Mounted Border Patrol officers arrested nearly three dozen border crossers decked out in camo near the Arizona-New Mexico state line.

PD: Tempe mother accused of killing her two children with meat cleaver

A 9-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy have been found dead after a woman told a Tempe police officer she was hearing voices telling her to kill her kids, officials said Saturday morning.

Man accused of planning 153-person Grand Canyon hike

Joseph Don Mount spent months planning the Grand Canyon hike despite park officials repeatedly telling him it violated their COVID-19 restrictions.

Tempe police officers surprise boy with new toy gator tractor after his old one was stolen

"Our officers answered a family’s prayers this morning by gifting 4 year old Gerald a new Gator after his was stolen a couple weeks ago," officers said in a Twitter post on April 24.

More than 5,000 people attend illegal party in Tonto National Forest

Authorities said violations included DUI, double riding, speeding, reckless vehicle operation, staging camps in illegal areas, blocking roadways, illegal use of fireworks and target shooting.

Five conjoined kittens born in Arizona animal rescue

The kittens were born this week at Little Whiskers Animal Rescue in Maricopa, and were connected by the skin of their belly.

Border Patrol K-9 finds fentanyl stuffed in breakfast burritos near Yuma

"Smugglers are under the false assumption that they can disguise drugs within food to throw off canines and their handlers," officials said in a statement. "On the contrary, canines have the ability to detect a target odor among a myriad of other odors.

George Floyd mural in Phoenix vandalized

Vandals painted the word "Fentanyl" on the mural, which is located near 15th Street and Oak. The eyes and mouth were also crossed out on Floyd's image.

102-year-old Arizona great-grandmother joins in on first-grader's PE's class

A boy attending Camelview Elementary in the Madison School District was doing his virtual P.E. class when his great-grandma decided to join in.

One of Arizona's last surviving Tuskegee Airmen passes away at 95

On March 5, 2021, Arizona lost one of its last surviving Tuskegee Airmen. Retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Robert Ashby passed away after a prolific and barrier-breaking life.

Man accused in incapacitated woman’s rape at Phoenix facility contests evidence

An attorney for Nathan Sutherland said the evidence should be tossed because Phoenix police officers didn’t get a warrant or have probable cause to take his client’s DNA and instead relied on a court order with a lesser standard of proof to gather the evidence.

Phoenix mother of 7 left devastated after husband dies from COVID-19

After losing her husband to COVID-19, a Phoenix mother of seven children is left to pick up the pieces. "It's the most awful, awful feeling I've ever experienced."

Arizona man heads to Texas to help repair water damaged homes

An Arizona man took it upon himself to head to Texas to help with restoring homes with water damage during a series of winter storms that left the Lone Star State devastated with no heat and undrinkable water.

Phoenix Police say thrift store toy had more than 5,000 fentanyl pills inside

A little girl got a stuffed animal from her parents, but they later realized there were thousands of fentanyl pills stuffed inside the glow worm. They handed the pills over to the Phoenix Police Department.