A mock cemetery that has haunted a Scottsdale neighborhood for years is moving out. Chris Birkett, the Scottsdale man found guilty of disturbing the peace with his 2004 Halloween display, will put up his ghoulish show next year at Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek.

A mock cemetery that has haunted a Scottsdale neighborhood for years is moving out. Chris Birkett, the Scottsdale man found guilty of disturbing the peace with his 2004 Halloween display, will put up his ghoulish show next year at Schnepf Farms in Queen Creek.

Chandler Mayor Boyd Dunn announced Monday that he plans to postpone his annual State of the City address by a week because the original date, Feb. 3, coincides with funeral services for a slain Gilbert police officer.

This coming Tuesday, when the Sons of Confederate Veterans gather at Globe Cemetery, the historical veterans organization will honor Pvt. Wesley Lancaster, who has been buried in an unmarked grave for nearly a century.

Tucked away among the desert hills north of the Valley sits a tiny village grounded in Arizona history.

A career criminal with a history of assaulting cops shot and killed a Gilbert police officer Thursday, according to police. Police shot and wounded the two suspects on a mountainous two-lane road after a 50-mile, high-speed chase along U.S. 60 in which the suspects fired shots at cop cars and threw objects at them from their work truck.

Students from several East Valley schools and their chaperons are in Washington D.C. taking part in Inauguration events. They update readers through text messages and e-mail on what they see and do during their sure-to-be memorable trips. Tune in frequently for latest updates.

Read the text of the address President Barack Obama delivered Monday to the Veterans of Foreign Wars convention in Phoenix.