"Mayor Scott Smith needs to have a ribbon cutting ceremony with champagne for his consolidated canal paths and traffic lights. I have seen no one walking on these heat strips. I guess they don't like the smell of rubber burning."

Germann Rd is pronounced “Jer-MAIN”, the way that particular family said it. Don’t move here and tell us we say things wrong. Take time to learn our history. Then, if you don’t like how we say things, go back to where you came from.

Mesa’s stand-alone Fourth of July fireworks show will end after 50 years, to be replaced by a two-day event downtown.

NEW YORK - Julie Chen had an overnight bag packed but no idea she'd be headed to Paris shortly after "The Early Show" went off the air Thursday.

Despite budget woes, Gilbert will sponsor a Fourth of July fireworks show at Mesquite High School this summer after all.

Less than 24 hours after saying he hadn’t spoken with Ohio State University about its athletic director position, Arizona State athletic director Gene Smith was in Columbus Friday, agreeing to leave the Sun Devils and join the Buckeyes for a big bump in prestige and pay.

If the Mercury don't make the WNBA playoffs, much of the blame will have to go to Katie Smith.

Joseph Smith, a Vermont farm boy who translated gold plates he found on a New York hilltop into the Book of Mormon, then birthed a worldwide church, was born 200 years ago Friday.

Joseph Smith, a Vermont farm boy who translated gold plates he found on a New York hilltop into the Book of Mormon, then birthed a worldwide church, was born 200 years ago Friday.

NASSAU, Bahamas - A formal inquiry into the death of Anna Nicole Smith's 20-year-old son has been scheduled for March 27 in the Bahamas, the chief magistrate said Tuesday.

October 5, 2004

LOS ANGELES - Former foes Larry Birkhead and Howard K. Stern sat side-by-side in a courtroom Tuesday as a commissioner admitted Anna Nicole Smith's will to probate and ordered that Birkhead, father of the late model's daughter, would be guardian of the estate while Stern serves as executor of her will.

The Chicago Cubs and Mesa will break ground on a spring training complex on July 11, and plans are underway for a public celebration despite the challenges of getting people outdoors in Arizona’s sweltering summers.

Mesa police Chief George Gascón will leave the city by the end of July to take on his new position as San Francisco police chief, City Manager Chris Brady said Wednesday.

Some churches stage lavish Christmas programs. Others focus their creative energies on Easter pageants. Religious holidays have long been an opportunity for churches to reach out to the community they serve by inviting folks to special services and celebrations.

July 28, 2004

July 19, 2004

Mesa Mayor Scott Smith said his city has discovered several ways to meet a July deadline to keep the Chicago Cubs in Arizona despite a setback that seemingly doomed the effort.

Mesa remains opposed to extending or eliminating an upcoming deadline that will end licensing of the payday lending industry.