Preparing for a debut of his short film on Tuesday for friends, family and a panel of local cinematographers, Mountain Pointe High School senior Vincent Cota was putting the finishing touches on the piece after school this week.

A Chandler man convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of his girlfriend has been sentenced to 21 years in prison.

Eric James Coulter was found guilty of manslaughter Monday for fatally shooting his girlfriend, Monique Cota, in Chandler.

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A man has pleaded no contest to a murder charge in the beheading of a man in Arizona who police say had stolen drugs from a Mexican drug cartel.

It didn’t matter that Paradise Valley's boys basketball team was facing a No. 1 seed. It didn’t matter that it was the state tournament semifinals.

Here are the local athletes expected to sign Letters of Intent with colleges beginning Wednesday. For additions, email varsity@evtrib.com and include the athlete's name, high school, sport and college of choice.

Five local chefs have been chosen for the inaugural Ripe awards, an honor started by The Phoenix Art Museum’s Men’s Arts Council to celebrate chefs who create cuisine worthy of national recognition, exhibit passion for Phoenix’s growing culinary scene, and draw a national spotlight to the area.

Police say a Mesa man was the victim of a Gilbert shooting Sunday afternoon.

Highland’s journey to its first girls soccer state championship in 2011-2012 was years in the making, but could a repeat merely take months?

Have you heard of Pinterest? If you are somewhat crafty (or want to be) then you know what I’m talking about. Pinterest is an online bulletin board that has idea after idea, after idea, after idea.

TUCSON — Almost a year to the day that Notre Dame Prep pulled off one of the biggest surprises of the 2011 playoffs, the Saints made another trip to face Salpointe Catholic in a first round Division II contest.

Salpointe drove 73 yards for the game-winning touchdown with just more than a minute left to defeat Chaparral, 27-20, in a Division II football matchup on Friday.

The trial of a man police say participated in the beheading of a Chandler man nearly two years ago — a crime believed to be the first of its kind in the U.S. connected to a Mexican drug cartel — has been rescheduled.

Ronald McDonald House Charities of Phoenix — with assistance from McDonald’s franchise owners of Phoenix and Northern Arizona — is awarding $215,000 in total college scholarships to 88 Arizona high school students this year.

Stay up all night, haven’t done that in a long time. But I pretty much did on Saturday night. It all started last week when my Mountain Pointe High School junior said, “Mom, we need one more chaperone or we can’t stay all night at the Relay for Life.” Exactly how am I supposed to say no to that? My husband was already an over-night chaperone, so I joined the fun. “What do I have to do?” I asked. “Just come and sleep in the tent and be there by 10 p.m. on Saturday night.”

Filmmaker Charlie Minn returns to the East Valley today to premier his documentary movie about Mexican drug cartel-related violence. His latest venture examines the the deep-rooted culture of murder in the city of Juarez, Mexico.

Filmmaker Charlie Minn returns to the East Valley today to premier his documentary movie about Mexican drug cartel-related violence. His latest venture examines the the deep-rooted culture of murder in the city of Juarez, Mexico.