AAA is urging party-goers to include a safe ride home in their Cinco de Mayo plans. However, should a motorist have too many margaritas and find themselves without safe ride home, AAA will provide a Tipsy Tow. Service will start at 6 p.m. Sunday, May 5, and will run through 6 a.m. Monday, May 6.

A recent rise in the number of arrests for drug-related DUIs is related to the misuse of prescription drugs, officials say.

It was no surprise a 20-year-old man was arrested over the weekend for stabbing another man at the Country Thunder music festival in Pinal County. News reports tell of an argument escalating into violence. I’d bet excessive and criminal alcohol consumption played a part in this crime.

Tempe Police Department has been awarded an $80,000 grant by the Governor’s Office of Highway Safety, led by Director Alberto Gutier.

“Mr. Basha used to be a neighbor of mine, although I did not know immediately know it. My son, about 13, came home one day from carousing in the neighborhood. I asked where he had been. He replied ‘we were at Eddie’s house playing tennis.’ You know where this story is headed. It was Eddie Basha. He was like that, a kind man who was for the kids. Needless to say, I did not mind my son going there to play tennis. R.I.P. Mr. Basha.”

Words struggled to exit her throat: “They let us see him. I sat there, behind the curtains and sobbed and hugged my son’s leg. I pleaded, Oh God, Oh God! How can I live without him?” Ten years ago, this month, this East Valley mother buried her only son.

Police are investigating after a Valley woman left her 4-year-old child with a stranger at a Chandler park and then passed out in her car.

Dozens of St. Patrick's Day partiers were arrested Sunday during special DUI patrols in the East Valley.

Use spice and drive, and it may be more likely you’ll pay for the crime in Mesa.

It’s very rare that I’m motivated to write a follow up column, but the dangers generated by alcohol’s sacred position in our society demands more attention. Nothing is better to use as comparison than the uproar about the private ownership of guns and the dangers of both.

It's a Saturday afternoon, and a multitude of fans – 25,000 total throughout a day defined by a peek-a-boo sun – meander underneath Chase Field's retractable roof for the annual D-Backs annual FanFest. The day is a prelude to the upcoming season – an opportunity for the Diamondback faithful to snag a few autographs, take a few cuts against a wiffleball-lobbing Wade Miley and, most importantly, bask in the glow of the lovely optimism that comes before the realities of a 162-game season commence.

FLORENCE — A man deported five times since 2005 has been arrested in Arizona on a probation violation and for allegedly assaulting a Pinal County Sheriff's deputy.

Drivers beware. The Arizona Governor's Office of Highway Safety reported that 'drugged' driving is on the rise.

A man was arrested early Sunday morning after striking a power pole in Tempe and attempting to flee police.

A woman driving with her infant son in her car crashed through a gate at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport and drove on the runway in the latest in a series of similar mishaps across the country that have raised questions whether the nation's airports are truly secure.

A fire broke out in a home in the 500 block of South Hassett in Mesa Wednesday afternoon after a driverless truck crashed into the house.

Authorities say former Arizona Diamondbacks first baseman and television analyst Mark Grace has been indicted on four felony counts of driving under the influence.

Razors in candy, drunk drivers, smashed pumpkins, kidnapping, burglary and drunken assaults are just some of the crimes most worry about as Halloween night creeps closer. Since there are often rises in crimes such as theft, assault and DUI, it is important for both adults and children to be alert and stay safe this year. Fortunately, most cases of crime have decreased in Tempe on Halloween within the last two years.

Regarding the letter by Dr. Jeff Eger in Friday’s paper, “Is Grace getting fair treatment?”: I’m surprised that it was written by a doctor. He thinks that we should give the man a break. He also says, “I know Mark violated the law with a DUI.” Mark didn’t violate the law once; he violated it twice, and after the first time the Diamondbacks warned him that if he did it again, he would be done. Dr. Eger also mentions “broadcasters and players who enjoy a drink or two after the game.” This was not just “a drink or two”; Mark’s alcohol level was twice the legal limit.

Are we, as a community, being too hard on Mark Grace the man? I look back when Jerry Colangelo got Mark Grace to come here, for a reduction in salary, with a mutual vision of being World Series champion. Was Mark a great leader on the field, in the locker room, and in our community? Was he an integral part of getting the Diamondbacks to the World Series? Did he and Curt Schilling keep their untested and underdog team motivated and loose playing against the established and mighty N.Y. Yankees? You can feel Mark’s passion, spirit and understanding of the game of baseballl when he was broadcasting the D-Back games to us.

The Maricopa County Sheriff's vehicular crimes unit has received a $30,000 grant award from the Governor's Office of Highway Safety to investigate fatal, life threatening and/or serious injury traffic collisions.

A 23-year-old man was arrested in Gilbert for DUI, felony flight, reckless driving, possession of drug paraphernalia and possession of dangerous drugs Thursday, according to Gilbert police.

An arrest video that led to the dismissal of an extreme DUI case is now the center of another case after an investigation revealed that the video once used as evidence was altered, according to Gilbert police Monday.