Funeral services for a Mesa police officer who had been battling Lou Gehrig’s disease will be held Friday and Saturday.

DETROIT - Michael Irvin, erstwhile ESPN analyst and one-time Pro Bowl receiver with the Dallas Cowboys, was pontificating last week on the imprint a Super Bowl will leave.

DETROIT - Michael Irvin, erstwhile ESPN analyst and one-time Pro Bowl receiver with the Dallas Cowboys, was pontificating last week on the imprint a Super Bowl will leave.

Like Hall of Fame New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, Mesa police officer Mark Kelly knows the ravages of ALS, a terminal neurological disease that destroys the nerve connections between muscles and the brain, eventually robbing the patient of his ability to walk, speak, swallow or breathe.

Like Hall of Fame New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, Mesa police officer Mark Kelly knows the ravages of ALS, a terminal neurological disease that destroys the nerve connections between muscles and the brain, eventually robbing the patient of his ability to walk, speak, swallow or breathe.

Like Hall of Fame New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig, Mesa police officer Mark Kelly knows the ravages of ALS, a terminal neurological disease that destroys the nerve connections between muscles and the brain, eventually robbing the patient of his ability to walk, speak, swallow or breathe.

PHOENIX -- A Senate panel set the stage Wednesday for a confrontation between state and federal law enforcement over gun laws.

Having a legitimate ace starting pitcher is a must for any baseball team looking to become successful. Having two makes everything a whole lot easier.

It may not be a question of knowing whether Beethoven is better for you than the Beastie Boys.

 MALIBU, Calif. - Shannen Doherty, Jennie Garth and the cast of the CW's "90210" toasted the teen drama's return to television Saturday night at a lavish invitation-only beachside premiere party.

An Ahwatukee Foothills man scored the original 19-foot-long black, bubble-topped car used in the 1960s “Batman” TV show for $4.2 million Saturday night at the Barrett-Jackson car auction at WestWorld in Scottsdale.

Resign to run

Toys “R” Us shoppers in west Mesa soon will have a long trek for Geoffrey Giraffe-hawked playthings.

Sam Russell had a doubledouble with 28 points and 12 rebounds as host Chaparral beat Glendale Independence 58-40 in first-round action of the 4A-I girls basketball state tournament on Tuesday night.

If you’ve been thinking, "I just can’t wait until they make a movie about the Hilton sisters," you’re in luck.

If you’ve been thinking, "I just can’t wait until they make a movie about the Hilton sisters," you’re in luck.

Gun rights

At 5:20 a.m., the sun is slowly rising behind Las Sendas. The air will be crisp and cool for another 45 minutes. Jody Christiansen and Gina McDonough charge up the hill at a pace of about nine minutes per mile until their neon green tank tops disappear on the horizon.

It is getting personal in the Mormon Church.

The desert has been inhospitable to the Ducks in recent years.

NEW YORK - Between an ugly feud among Blondie members spilling over onstage and a rancorous letter from the absent Sex Pistols, the latest Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class did not enter quietly on Monday.

Foes of the governor’s plan to expand the state’s Medicaid program laid out their objections and alternatives Thursday, including one that actually would dump thousands of people from the program who are now getting care.

Not waiting for formal gubernatorial approval, foes of her Medicaid expansion already are moving to undo at the ballot box and in court what they could not block at the Legislature.

Yellow light slants low across the corral, where tethered horses sigh steam clouds waiting for their mounts. A chilly Saturday morning at South Ponderosa Stables, but British visitors Claus and Kate Gottschling are pleased to be here.