A Phoenix man was arrested this afternoon after robbing three stores in 20 minutes, getting his car stuck in the mud, and leading police on a foot chase that ended in a nearby lake.

A fiscally challenged City of Phoenix is looking to spend $6 million to acquire a downtown hotel for future use by Arizona State University.

Authorities say a grand jury has indicted a Phoenix couple on child abuse charges involving their 14-year-old daughter.

Five people were aboard a helicopter that crashed just north of Phoenix over the weekend, including the owner and founder of a national firm that is Arizona’s second-largest privately held company, Services Group of America.

On March 15, U.S. Census forms will start arriving in mailboxes across Phoenix and Maricopa County.

Former congressman J.D. Hayworth officially kicked off a campaign challenging John McCain for his Senate seat — setting up a showdown between well-known Republicans that promises to be McCain’s toughest re-election battle.

An ex-convict has been sentenced to life in prison stemming from an alcohol-related crash in Glendale that killed three people and injured two children.

Two people were killed and two remain in critical condition after an accident in west Phoenix Saturday night.

Maricopa County Sheriff Officer Joe Arpaio speaks during a news conference regarding an immigration raid his officers conducted at HMI Contracting February 11, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Maricopa County Sheriff Officer Joe Arpaio speaks during a news conference regarding an immigration raid his officers conducted at HMI Contracting February 11, 2009 in Phoenix, Arizona.

Share + Feb 14, 2010 6:51 pm US/Eastern PHOENIX, Ariz. 1 of 1 One child and two adults died in a helicopter crash in north Phoenix Sunday afternoon, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman said.

The oldest death row inmate in the U.S. has died of natural causes at age 94. An Arizona Department of Corrections spokesman says Viva Leroy Nash died late Friday at the state’s prison complex in Florence.

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January’s storms put a big dent in the state’s drought and filled reservoirs powering Valley homes and businesses, but it’s too soon to know if they will help dampen summer wildfires.

A man who killed three people by hitting them with his truck in 2008 while fleeing Phoenix police could spend the rest of his life behind bars.