December 22, 2004

The self-proclaimed "Clown Prince of Boxing" let it be known that his final stop on the circus tour could be tonight in Phoenix.

TUCSON - A 4-year-old girl whose body was found in a plastic tub inside a Tucson storage unit had half her ribs and her right shoulder broken in the weeks leading up to her death, an autopsy report shows.

Richard Gonzales is a lifelong Arizona sports fan. He watched Willie McCovey rip up the Pacific Coast League at old Phoenix Municipal Stadium. He’s been a season-ticket holder for Arizona State football for three decades and for the Cardinals since they arrived in 1988.

The sixth-ranked Mesquite High School girls basketball team had never beaten No. 3 Highland and knew a golden opportunity when it spotted one.

After a nearly two-year investigation, Mesa Police Department has arrested five people in connection with fraudulent business practices with dozens of victims at S.W.A.T. Towing/Auto Citi Towing.

WASHINGTON - Bowing to pressure, the White House will allow National Security Adviser Condoleezza Rice to testify in public under oath before the commission investigating the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks. President Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney also agreed to speak with the full panel privately.

The Tim Erikkson era at Chaparral began with something of a thud Monday, but made a very nice recovery Tuesday.

For the first time, two Arizona players will take part in the McDonald’s All-American High School basketball games in the same year.

On the surface, it appears that one superstar makes all the difference in Division V.

TUCSON - A U.S. Border Patrol program intended to jail all illegal border crossers captured in southern Arizona may be scaled back because of a lack of jail space, attorneys, law enforcement officers and judges.

Friday night, Ironwood's boys basketball team followed its most complete half of basketball, with its most frustrating half.

TUCSON - A program aimed at deterring illegal border crossings by prosecuting a select number of apprehended migrants will be expanded Monday to cover the busiest illicit entry corridor on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Little more than a decade ago, the East Valley music scene was being hailed as the “next Seattle,” a region set to explode with a plethora of talented bands.

WASHINGTON - President Bush promoted his most trusted foreign policy adviser to Secretary of State on Tuesday, tapping Condoleezza Rice to replace warrior-turned-diplomat Colin Powell as part of a sweeping second-term Cabinet overhaul.

February 4, 2005

Yuma Catholic is a fitting 2A title game foe for Northwest Christian — as the Shamrocks have served as a measuring stick for the Crusaders’ title chances.

Yuma Catholic is a fitting 2A title game foe for Northwest Christian — as the Shamrocks have served as a measuring stick for the Crusaders’ title chances.

Pinal County paid retired County Manager Stanley Griffis thousands of dollars above his regular salary during his last three years of employment, while labeling more than half his gross pay “excludable” on federal income tax records.

Pinal County paid retired County Manager Stanley Griffis thousands of dollars above his regular salary during his last three years of employment, while labeling more than half his gross pay “excludable” on federal income tax records.

January 4, 2005

Northwest Christian's well into the winter sports schedule now, with the boys soccer team looking to defend its 2010 title and talented girls soccer and boys basketball teams hoping for a breakthrough.

As President Bush would have it, the choice is simple. Either Congress renews the USA Patriot Act intact, with all the new powers for government now scheduled to “sunset” at the end of the year and a few new ones to boot, or America will be fighting terrorism with one hand tied behind its back.

Mesa has selected 16 people for a task force to study the best way to create a civilian committee to watch over the police department.