A fire broke out at a vacant building in Mesa Thursday morning.

Firefighters say flames that rushed through a Mesa home early Wednesday were fueled by a hoarding situation.

After the high-profile shooting of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry in 2010, Scott Rollefstad felt he had to do something to help keep other agents safe.

Several fire agencies fought a first-alarm house fire early Wednesday morning in Mesa.

Mesa Fire Station 219 is the first City of Mesa building to be given LEED certification.

A prosecutor on Thursday portrayed Jodi Arias as a manipulative liar who stalked her ex-boyfriend and killed him in grisly fashion before courting the media spotlight in her sensational murder case.

A helicopter took off one recent Wednesday morning from Mesa’s Falcon Field for a nearly two-hour flight around Arizona.

‘Had I known about the crime problems around Arizona State University I would have never let Kyleigh move to Tempe.” Those are the words of Karen Montenegro, the mother of murdered ASU student Kyleigh Sousa.

A toddler is in critical condition after the child got into the family pool while his aunt was sleeping, according to Mesa Fire Department officials.

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.

Learn about CPR and what to do in an emergency during a workshop hosted April 30 by Bella Vista Senior Living, a Senexus Community, and presented by the Mesa Fire Department.

Learn about CPR and what to do in an emergency during a workshop hosted April 30 by Bella Vista Senior Living, a Senexus Community, and presented by the Mesa Fire Department.

Defense attorneys in Jodi Arias' murder trial rested their case Tuesday after about 2 1/2 months of testimony aimed at portraying the defendant as a victim of domestic violence who was forced to fight for her life on the day she killed her one-time boyfriend.

Enjoy a family day at Pioneer Park, where the City of Mesa provides a bevy of free entertainment including laser tag, bounce houses and carnival rides. There will also be live music, food and beverage vendors, displays from the police and fire departments — including a fly-in from the Mesa Air Unit — and a raffle with various restaurant and shopping prizes.

Authorities say four men are in custody in connection with a string of arsons in Mesa over the past 15 months.

Wayne Pomeroy prides himself on saying he’s always had a job.

Wayne Pomeroy prides himself on saying he’s always had a job.

Rick McConnell didn’t intend to spend the last 28 years coaching boys basketball at Dobson.

Because of the actions of two Paz de Cristo Community Center employees and the quick response of Mesa and Tempe fire departments, the facility that serves as a food bank, social services center and dining hall for the homeless and working poor was spared major damage when flames broke out last week.

Public safety, health officials and volunteers will walk Mesa neighborhoods Saturday as part of the annual Walk for Water Safety. Participants will distribute 5,000 water safety bags door-to-door.

A 44-year-old man died in a single vehicle motorcycle collision in Gilbert Wednesday night, Gilbert Police said.