Prominent Mesa attorney David Udall offered money to the Riverview at Dobson referendum leaders in exchange for them halting their petition drive.

March 15, 2005Prominent Mesa attorney David Udall offered money to the Riverview at Dobson referendum leaders in exchange for them halting their petition drive.

A former Mesa police officer was sentenced Friday to six years in prison and lifetime probation for fondling three women while on duty.

Part 2 of a 4-day series

School board members in Chandler Unified School District retained their seats while newcomers are joining incumbents in Tempe Union and Mesa Unified, according to unofficial election results late Tuesday.

Mesa colluded with Cactus Towing lawyer David Udall to assure that Cactus would be the recipient of the city’s towing contract, a lawsuit filed Friday claims.

May 14, 2005

Riverview at Dobson backers and opponents — including a heckler, a mascot and carpenters union — made their positions loud and clear Tuesday during the first of two election debates in the Mesa council chambers.

March 30, 2005

Any day now, scientist and businessman David Halstead expects to get a call from federal investigators looking into football helmet safety.

BOUQUETS to the Mesa City Council majority for voting to keep new homes away from Williams Gateway Airport and to preserve the current industrial and commercial zoning.

The Maricopa County Attorney's Office announced Thursday that a former Chandler Sunday school teacher was sentenced to 35 yearsin prison for sexually molesting children under his care.

Part 1 of a 4-day series

Cactus Towing and Mesa have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the city and its towing provider colluded to assure the awarding of a new contract.

Cactus Towing and Mesa have asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit that alleges the city and its towing provider colluded to assure the awarding of a new contract.

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PHOENIX - A Mesa high school student, who was arrested last month for allegedly plotting to kill herself and some of her peers, will not be tried as an adult.

April 18, 2005

April 18, 2005

A Gilbert high school band instructor who pleaded guilty to sexual conduct with a 15-year-old student was sentenced Friday morning to two years in jail and placed on lifetime probation by a Maricopa County Superior Court judge.

A Scottsdale man who pleaded guilty to a carjacking and home invasion this summer in connection with a case in which Gilbert police burned down a Valley home, was sentenced to 15 years in prison Wednesday.

The Tempe woman who stabbed her lover to drink his blood the night before Valentine’s Day was sentenced to 10 years in prison Tuesday.

A former janitor at Scottsdale’s Saguaro High School was found guilty Thursday on six counts related to sexual misconduct with a 14-year-old girl who attended the school.

Anonymous donor helps cancer victim avoid foreclosure