Fountain Hills will sign its first mutual aid agreement with the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation. The agreement will increase both communities’ fire and emergency services by allowing either one to call the other for backup, officials said.

Barry Scott, 22, a Phoenix police officer who died after a charity boxing match, was carried into the North Phoenix Baptist Church Saturday morning flanked by officers.

Family and friends soaked themselves in bubbles on Saturday morning to raise money for the family of Phoenix police officer Barry Scott, 22, who died last week at a Valley hospital after collapsing at a charity boxing match.

A Phoenix police officer who died last month after a charity boxing match may have injured his head months before the bout, according to a report released Friday.

Jordan Whitmer, Shauna Cunnington and Zachary Mann lived a combined 16 months. Now the babysitter Tempe police believe ended their lives 15 years ago is in a Georgia jail, waiting to return to the Valley for trial on three counts of first-degree murder.

Jordan Whitmer, Shauna Cunnington and Zachary Mann lived a combined 16 months. Now the babysitter Tempe police believe ended their lives 15 years ago is in a Georgia jail, waiting to return to the Valley for trial on three counts of first-degree murder.

Passengers flying out of the Phoenix-Mesa Gateway Airport will soon have nonstop access to one of the nation’s biggest airports, with Spirit Airlines adding service to Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

A Phoenix police officer who collapsed following a charity boxing match last week died Tuesday afternoon at a local hospital.

Mesa Community College saved its best football for the last game of the year, rolling to a 47-31 win over visiting Fort Scott (Kan.) Community College in Saturday’s Valley of the Sun Bowl at John D. Riggs Stadium in Mesa.

Shane Burcar is headed for his fourth job in four years. This time he’s not going far to begin his new assignment and it’s familiar territory.

Bradenton, Fla., defensive back Demarkus Perkins (6-2, 200) has been added to ASU’s 2011 recruiting class, bringing the total to 19. Perkins comes to ASU by way of Highland Community College in Kansas. He will have three years of eligibility, and earned Honorable Mention All-Jayhawk Conference honors in 2010 after totaling 43 tackles, eight pass breakups, four forced fumbles and one interception. Perkins played in the same junior college conference as fellow ASU signee Davon Coleman of Fort Scott Community College. He chose ASU over Florida International, Indiana, Miami (Fla.) and Minnesota and was also pursued by Arkansas, Kentucky and Mississippi.

Carol McGinnis: Recently my interest was stirred concerning the story behind the birth of our national anthem, “The Star-Spangled Banner.”

SAN FRANCISCO - Nine people were charged with bilking the Red Cross of at least $25,000 donated for Hurricane Katrina victims, the FBI said Tuesday.

April 27, 2005

A charity boxing event to raise money for injured police officers and firefighters took a tragic twist Friday, ending with a Phoenix cop in critical condition.

It was not an equation for coincidence. One woman. Three baby deaths. Nine months apart. There was never any doubt in the minds of detective Al Reed and his brother, detective Scott Reed, that Amy Lynn Scott killed three infants under her care in 1989.

It’s called the Valley of the Sun Bowl, but today, that title might temporarily change to the Valley of the Mud Bowl.

One more practice. One more sleepless night. One final step into the great unknown. Today means all of those things for the nine East Valley schools that open their football season Friday.

The Arizona Attorney General's Office announced Wednesday it is investigating the boxing-related death of Phoenix police officer Barry Scott, a revelation that came the same day a medical examiner determined the death was caused by a strong blow to the head.

For the second time this month a Gilbert district high school is looking for a new boys basketball coach.