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Updated: Dec. 2, 2023 at 12:37 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
Fortunately, the officer's injuries were not life-threatening and she was back on patrol a few months later.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2023 at 11:16 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Police say McSally was assaulted as she was jogging at Tom Hanafan River’s Edge Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2023 at 8:46 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Galchenyuk’s father told officers in Arizona that he had never seen his son act that way.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2023 at 11:38 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A teenage boy in Arizona is in critical condition after he crashed his motorcycle into a cow, officials said.
Updated: Oct. 11, 2023 at 3:42 PM CDT
|By Casey Torres, AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
An Arizona father stripped down to shorts and a crop top during a school board meeting to make a statement about the district’s new dress code.
Updated: Sep. 9, 2023 at 10:50 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
The suspect was taken to the hospital with non-life-threatening injuries before being booked on charges.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2023 at 12:25 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
It was taken from the Arizona Goodwill store to the Medical Examiner’s Office for further evaluation.
Updated: Sep. 3, 2023 at 4:35 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Police say the truck was seen weaving and speeding through traffic on a freeway in Arizona.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2023 at 2:29 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
Deputies in Arizona have cracked a case in the brutal murder of a college student over three decades ago.
Updated: Aug. 18, 2023 at 6:34 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
A spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Prisons confirmed that an incident occurred Thursday at their gun range in Phoenix.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2023 at 12:02 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
Authorities say the infant was recovered safely.
Updated: Jul. 6, 2023 at 6:35 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and David Baker
Deputies say 37-year-old Anthonie Ruinard is now facing first-degree murder and a slew of other charges stemming from the homicide.
Updated: Jun. 6, 2023 at 3:46 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
Police said 22-year-old Reuben Xavier Rochas was taken into custody Monday afternoon.
Updated: May. 25, 2023 at 11:14 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Debra Worley
A pregnant dog was bitten by a rattlesnake last week in Arizona. Shortly after, she gave birth to three pups.
Updated: May. 11, 2023 at 8:30 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
The 82-year-old woman drove southbound in the northbound lanes for about five miles before two troopers were able to stop her.
Updated: May. 3, 2023 at 5:42 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Court paperwork states that the man was chained for six to seven hours.
Updated: Apr. 25, 2023 at 10:38 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Police said a man damaged cars and hurt people in Tempe, Arizona, on Sunday.
Updated: Apr. 23, 2023 at 11:40 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Phoenix police said they responded to an armed robbery call on Thursday.
Updated: Apr. 11, 2023 at 2:14 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A woman who killed a Phoenix mother in a hit-and-run was sentenced Monday to 90 days in jail followed by three years of probation.
Updated: Mar. 7, 2023 at 1:23 PM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
The 16-year-old's parents had notified deputies a few days before his body was found to report him as missing.
Updated: Feb. 24, 2023 at 5:25 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff, Peter Valencia, Briana Whitney and Gray News staff
Local, state and federal authorities shared details on Thursday about a major drug bust that took three years to pull off.
Updated: Feb. 14, 2023 at 12:48 PM CST
|By Casey Torres, AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
Bagheera the African serval has been spotted a few times, and one neighbor even captured her on video.
Updated: Feb. 7, 2023 at 11:48 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
The climber was booked on trespassing and criminal nuisance charges.
Updated: Dec. 24, 2022 at 11:22 PM CST
|By Dani Birzer, Alexis Cortez, AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Police say she was driving with her family when, while she tried to make a left turn, her car was hit by a suspected DUI driver.
Updated: Dec. 17, 2022 at 1:34 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Police received a 911 call from a man who said he was involved in a crash with another driver who was attacking him.
Updated: Dec. 14, 2022 at 6:42 PM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Someone who was not an employee came onto the premises and allegedly shot a contracted worker, authorities said.
Updated: Nov. 30, 2022 at 2:31 PM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
The road rage incident took place in late October when the father of the 8-year-old was driving shortly after picking up his three daughters from school.
Updated: Nov. 13, 2022 at 12:57 AM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
The medical examiner’s office will conduct an autopsy to determine the cause of death.
Updated: Oct. 26, 2022 at 10:44 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Debra Worley
A man in Arizona was charged with DUI after passing out behind the wheel of a car in an elementary school pickup line, police say.
Updated: Oct. 18, 2022 at 2:45 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Doctors say the 12-year-old was lucky because they believe it was not a direct strike, and the lightning most likely struck right next to her.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:50 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
Officials said the bodies of a man and 6-year-old boy were found at the Navajo Nation home.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 7:50 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Debra Worley
According to the Phoenix Police Department, a body was found in a suitcase.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 1:26 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff, Holly Bock and Debra Worley
A man in his 20s died Monday afternoon when a group of hikers he was with ran out of water and got lost on a trail in Arizona.
Updated: Aug. 31, 2022 at 1:11 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Debra Worley
Deputies were called to the elementary school after someone reported a second-grade student had a weapon in his backpack.
Updated: Aug. 29, 2022 at 8:34 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
Officers said the situation started when the suspect, wearing full tactical gear, including a vest and a helmet, walked out of a hotel and began firing his semi-automatic rifle randomly.
Updated: Aug. 26, 2022 at 9:29 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Debra Worley
The woman was booked on one count of attempted second-degree murder, one count of aggravated assault and one count of endangerment.
Updated: Aug. 22, 2022 at 5:15 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
The alleged smugglers hid the drugs using metal boxes and trap doors in the vehicle, while attempting to cross the Arizona border into the United States.
Updated: Aug. 16, 2022 at 11:13 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
A man in Arizona was arrested after stabbing a man dozens of times, killing him, then stealing his tablet, according to police.
Updated: Jul. 29, 2022 at 9:48 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
Officers say the man got into a fight with others and pulled out a gun. He then reportedly ran inside the mall before police arrived.
Updated: Jul. 28, 2022 at 11:17 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News Staff
A woman is now facing felony charges after police say she poured gas on a man and lit him on fire, killing him and sparking a blaze at an apartment last month.
Updated: Jul. 20, 2022 at 11:03 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Parents in Arizona were taken into custody after officers said they found their three children living without food or running water.
Updated: Jul. 13, 2022 at 11:31 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Police in Phoenix said a newborn was found dead in an alley near Grand Canyon University early Tuesday morning.
Updated: Jul. 7, 2022 at 8:11 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
A man is recovering at a hospital burn unit after being set on fire with gasoline outside of a Circle K convenience store in Arizona.
Updated: Jun. 28, 2022 at 10:14 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Two young brothers are dead after they drowned in a backyard pool Friday evening at a home in Arizona.
Updated: Jun. 17, 2022 at 12:10 PM CDT
|By Alexis Cortez, David Baker, Gray News Staff and AZFamily Digital News Staff
A babysitter is facing a child neglect charge after a toddler nearly drowned in a bathtub.
Updated: Jun. 14, 2022 at 1:09 PM CDT
|By Peter Valencia, AZFamily Digital News Staff and Emily Van de Riet
Authorities arrested a Louisiana man Sunday who they say started the Pipeline Fire, a wildfire in Arizona that has so far destroyed more than 20,000 acres and caused hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.
Updated: Jun. 4, 2022 at 10:59 AM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
An official stated that a group of about 100 people were at the strip mall during the shooting.
Updated: May. 24, 2022 at 5:52 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Andrew McMunn
Arizona police say they’ve arrested two people from Phoenix after a traffic stop uncovered hundreds of thousands of fentanyl pills, a gun and a large amount of cash.
Updated: May. 4, 2022 at 12:54 PM CDT
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff
A woman lost more than $30,000 in what police are calling a romance scam.
Updated: Feb. 15, 2022 at 2:00 PM CST
|By AZFamily Digital News Staff and Gray News staff
It’s not clear how many baptisms are affected, but the diocese stated it presumes all of them the priest performed before June 17, 2021, are invalid. Arango has been a priest since 1995 and came to Phoenix in September 2005.