A Tempe man has been sentenced to life in prison after causing a crash in which an 11-year-old boy died .

All Kyle Chalmers could do last season was watch.

There is no substitution for experience.

Mesa Arts Center is inviting music lovers — or workers needing a change of scenery on their lunch breaks — to enjoy free concerts 12:30 p.m. to 1:30 p.m. Thursdays through April 11 in its outdoor Wells Fargo Garden.

Gardens can be great training grounds for fitness buffs.

Third-graders in Laura Grunewald’s class at Chandler’s Knox Gifted Academy were given a task Monday. Using a limited number of sticks, small cups, paper clips, paper and tape, they were to design a device that can hold three plastic balls 6 inches above the ground.

There are duds and then there is something so out of character it becomes insurmountable.

There are duds and then there is something so out of character it becomes insurmountable.

No. 1 Blue Ridge vs. No. 3 Seton Catholic

I recently saw a post on Facebook from a friend who just became certified to foster. It was a letter from her licensing agency thanking her for her decision to foster and explaining the great need that there is now for adults to open their homes to kids in need.

The Mountain Pointe Theater Company is performing its last showing of “The Nerd” tomorrow in the school’s auditorium.

State qualifying: Teams that finish in the top half of their sectional among scoring teams (or any individual from a non-qualifying team that places in the top 25) advance to the state meet. If there is an odd amount of teams, the number is rounded up. Example: If there are 15 teams, 8 teams advance.

Peppered with fun facts and cheeky asides, actor Roger Moore’s book looking back on the golden anniversary of James Bond on screen is a treat for 007 fans. He takes us on a lively spin around the milestones of cinema’s longest-running franchise in “Bond on Bond: Reflections on 50 years of James Bond Movies” (Lyons Press).

Mountain Pointe students in K.R. Scott’s AP Government class will host a forum on Wednesday, Oct. 24, at 6:30 p.m. between candidates for Legislative District 18 Senate: Janie Hydrick (Democrat) and John McComish (Republican).

Two years ago, the Tempe Elementary School District governing board voted to close three schools.

Upset parents, confused children and signs that read “Save our school” have become a familiar sight in the East Valley in the last few years.

For the past five years, Sabrina Ramirez has collected hundreds of Halloween costumes for kids around the Valley.

SAN DIEGO — Schools in Yakima, Wash., are taking nearly a month to deliver transcripts to former students. The Mexican consulate in Denver introduced Saturday hours last month after passport applications spiked by one-third. San Diego public schools added five employees in a new office to handle records requests.