The Rock Burglar, a thief who broke into hundreds of luxury houses in and around Scottsdale and evaded local and federal authorities for more than a decade, has vanished.

Eleven Arizona schools posted a combined 7-23 record against teams from other states over four days of play in the prestigious Nike Tournament of Champions, the 72-team national girls prep basketball tournament that just completed its third consecutive year in the Phoenix area.

TUCSON - Unknown assailants threw rocks at a National Guard border observation post in southern Arizona, breaking two windows on a Guard vehicle, but no one was injured, a Border Patrol spokesman said Tuesday.

Authorities said Friday that they have arrested a man believed to be the elusive "Rock Burglar" who broke into nearly 400 houses in affluent Phoenix suburbs over the last 17 years.

Although they are calling it a long shot, detectives with the Scottsdale Police Department have a lead in the rock burglar case.

Although they are calling it a long shot, detectives with the Scottsdale Police Department have a lead in the rock burglar case.

Although they are calling it a long shot, detectives with the Scottsdale Police Department have a lead in the rock burglar case.

The jewel thief who preys on million-dollar homes in the north East Valley struck four times in the past 10 days, police said Tuesday.

The jewel thief known as the rock burglar drives a distinctive white Ford pickup truck, police disclosed Tuesday.

FLAGSTAFF — Residents of northern Arizona awoke to a thick blanket of snow Monday morning, and forecasters say more is expected throughout the day.

A winter storm is expected to bring snow and strong wind throughout much of Arizona on Sunday.

FLAGSTAFF — A wintry storm has dropped more snow in the state's northern and eastern mountains, making driving tough along Interstates 17 and 40.

FLAGSTAFF – Snow began to taper off early Tuesday as a winter storm moved eastward, but another one could be on its heels.

When I tell people about Arizona’s winegrowing areas south and east of Tucson, the response usually goes something like: “What?! I didn’t even know wine was being made in Arizona.”

FLAGSTAFF — Fresh snow blanketed the Flagstaff area early Thursday, adding to the 3 feet of snow already on the ground, and forecasters say another 2 feet of snow is on the way.

A radio station that launched inside a former grocery store near downtown Mesa and became a staple for generations of Valley listeners soon will reach a milestone: KDKB (93.3-FM) turns 40 on Aug. 23.

A radio station that launched inside a former grocery store near downtown Mesa and became a staple for generations of Valley listeners soon will reach a milestone: KDKB (93.3-FM) turns 40 on Aug. 23.

The first meeting of a House panel on forest health Tuesday turned into a forum for lashing out at "radical environmentalists'' -- and, to an extent, the federal government -- as the cause of the size of the recent fires.

The first meeting of a House panel on forest health Tuesday turned into a forum for lashing out at "radical environmentalists'' -- and, to an extent, the federal government -- as the cause of the size of the recent fires.

In Chris Van Allsburg’s 1985 book, “The Polar Express” — and in the 2004 Robert Zemeckis film by the same name — a boy travels by train to meet Santa Claus.

State senators refused Wednesday to let employers cite religious reasons to refuse to provide coverage for birth control for their workers.

Led by strong retail hiring, the state’s seasonally adjusted jobless rate dropped a tenth of a point last month, to 9.4 percent.

The elusive jewel thief known as the rock burglar last used his pitching arm in Paradise Valley a year ago Thanksgiving.

Saying the gun’s role in killing Indians is not the issue, the state House voted Tuesday to declare the Colt single action Army revolver as the official state firearm.