An Arizona Department of Corrections officer was shot and killed in what Buckeye police believe was a carjacking.

FLORENCE — Department of Corrections officials are investigating the death of an inmate housed at the Arizona State Prison in Florence.

Losing any local county Sheriff would be significant to regional law enforcement and would shake up the political landscape, since Arizona Sheriffs are usually the heavyweight in their respective county. The death of Cochise County Sheriff Larry Dever is far more significant, since he was a leader among elected Sheriffs and clearly helped shape a more reasonable conversation on border security.

Our View: Most speed enforcement cameras are going to remain in operation around Arizona at least until mid-2010. This will be good for the debate on the value of cameras in protecting the public versus their potential intrusiveness and displacement of patrol officers.

Sen. Jon Kyl, R-Ariz., presented the case last week to fast-track construction of the fence along the U.S.-Mexico border.

May 17, 2004

Women drug addicts who forge and steal are the fastest growing segment of Arizona’s prison population, raising concerns about the impact to their children and the ultimate cost to taxpayers.

Sen. Jon Kyl said he doesn't "feel totally safe'' with Janet Napolitano at the helm of the Department of Homeland Security, given that agency's handling of the attempt to blow up a Detroit-bound airliner.

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Technology needed to guard against terrorist infiltration is not reaching the Arizona border, and a top regional official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the reason is federal bureaucrats have misspent money reserved for that purpose.

Technology needed to guard against terrorist infiltration is not reaching the Arizona border, and a top regional official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the reason is federal bureaucrats have misspent money reserved for that purpose.

Technology needed to guard against terrorist infiltration is not reaching the Arizona border, and a top regional official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the reason is federal bureaucrats have misspent money reserved for that purpose.

Technology needed to guard against terrorist infiltration is not reaching the Arizona border, and a top regional official with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security says the reason is federal bureaucrats have misspent money reserved for that purpose.

Since a barbecue at scouting director Tom Allison’s house Tuesday evening, the Diamondbacks’ scouting department has been in full preparation mode for Thursday’s draft.

Youngtown has eliminated its longstanding police department and will contract with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to provide law enforcement services, effective today.

Youngtown has eliminated its longstanding police department and will contract with the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office to provide law enforcement services, effective today.

Two inmates from Arizona were caught after escaping Wednesday from a private prison in Texas, the facility's second escape since Arizona began sending prisoners there Dec. 4.

SALT LAKE CITY -- Addam Swapp, the leader of a small polygamous clan that bombed a Mormon chapel in 1988 and then made a standoff at their Marion ranch that ended in the death of a Corrections officer, has finished his term in an Arizona federal prison and is now serving his Utah state sentence in an Arizona state facility.

Overcrowding could force Arizona's prisons to shut their doors to new inmates this summer, corrections authorities said Thursday.

State and federal courts on Wednesday denied requests by inmate Donald Beaty to block his scheduled execution because of a last-minute replacement of one of three execution drugs.

A juvenile corrections officer arrested Wednesday night in Mesa had a six-month sexual relationship with a 16-year-old inmate at Adobe Mountain School in Phoenix, court records show.

Tempe officials have been struggling for the past week to limit damage to the reputation of the city and its police department after Tribune writer Nick Martin profiled a November segment of a cable TV program that featured a police sergeant who stopped two young black men for littering and asked them to rap for a video camera.

For decades, anglers have been told “early to bed, early to rise” is how to achieve summer fishing success. However, many anglers are discovering that night fishing with a fishing light isn’t just a way to beat the heat and busy waters. It is also a fun and productive way to catch more fish.