Outlook: Believe it or not, a win tonight will put the Rams in a good position to make the playoffs.

The Rams need to get off to a better start this season. A 32-6 loss to Hayden last season was the beginning of an 0-4 start and the Rams were playing uphill the rest of the season.

The Rams need to get off to a better start this season. A 32-6 loss to Hayden last season was the beginning of an 0-4 start and the Rams were playing uphill the rest of the season.

Outlook: This game could determine who gets into the 2A state playoffs and who stays home.

Editor’s Note: This is the second part of the top 20 news stories for Maricopa in 2007.

Just two weeks after carrying the ball a school-record 31 times in a season-opening

Residents of Maricopa who work or whose children attend school in the Phoenix metropolitan area are probably as familiar with the asphalt of State Route 347 and the sight of brake lights in front of them as they are their own homes or offices.

Looking to celebrate homecoming with a key victory against a division foe, Arcadia instead found itself on the receiving end of a 35-7 rout at the hands of Maricopa on Friday night.

View an interactive timeline of the ongoing showdown between Maricopa County's top elected law-enforcement officials, the county's Board of Supervisors and the judges that preside over the county's courts.

Pinal County public health officials are investigating people who came in contact with a child who was found to have an active case of tuberculosis in the city of Maricopa.

Most likely the house has gone "underwater," and the owners swam away. A house is considered underwater when the debt owed on the mortgage is greater than the value of the house on the market.

Cuba Gooding Jr. couldn’t have said it better. Maricopa’s mayor, council and economic development team had a simple goal in mind when planning out the Dec. 10 economic development forum: “Help me help you.” It was this pitch they made to local landowners while highlighting the work done by the city toward attracting business thus far and what more there was to be done.

Pinal County’s new mobile health clinic is now serving residents of the town of Maricopa two days a week.

Matt Fierros carried the ball 34 times for 260 yards and two touchdowns, but it was the Maricopa senior running back’s lone reception that proved the difference in a 3A South Region victory over Tucson Empire.

In an apparent fight Oct. 9 between an estranged husband and wife, a shooting ended the life of a man, Maricopa police reported Wednesday.