1+ day, 19+ hour ago   (141+ words) A 23-year-old Phoenix man, Adonijah Josiah Ortega, has been sentenced to 171 months in prison for a 2022 carjacking during which Ortega shot and assaulted a man with a firearm. Ortega previously pleaded guilty to Carjacking and Discharge of a Firearm During…...

4+ day, 15+ hour ago   (163+ words) An argument between two women has led to the shooting death of one man. According to Sergeant Chris Berrelleza of the Phoenix Police Department, on September 8th, 2026, at approximately 5:45 a.m., officers responded to a reported shooting at a residence in the area…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (115+ words) A Phoenix man is dead after confronting officers with a knife. According to the Phoenix Police Sergeant John Buchanan, on September 6th, 2026, at approximately 11:00 a.m., officers responded to a call of a suicidal subject, identified as 20-year-old Jonathan Marquez Delgado, in the…...

1+ week, 20+ hour ago   (214+ words) PHOENIX – Two jaywalkers were killed on Phoenix roadways two days in a row. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on September 5th, 2026, at approximately 4:00 a.m., Phoenix Police and Phoenix Fire responded to reports of a vehicle-pedestrian collision near 33rd Drive and Deer…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (174+ words) The Phoenix Police Department is asking for the public’s help in an investigation of two early‑morning burglaries that occurred on August 12 and August 26, 2026. According to the Phoenix Police Department, on August 12th, unknown suspects entered a cemetery near 2000 North 48th Street…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (719+ words) City Journal ran a recent story about the Sixth Street Bridge in Los Angeles being covered in graffiti, having its copper wiring stolen, and generally falling into disrepair. Why should you care? Because you paid for part of it, even…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (289+ words) A fugitive, Antonio Rios, 26, who fled to Mexico after a 2022 murder in Phoenix has been sentenced to 18 years in prison. According to the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office, the 26-year-old Rios was sentenced for killing Jose Juan Lopez after pleading guilty…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (329+ words) Tempe – Tempe Union High School District employee, Antony Nikai Cruz, was arrested and booked into the Tempe city jail today, following an investigation into the inappropriate usage and downloading of district security video footage for personal use. The Tempe Police…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (136+ words) Arizona Daily Independent Hundreds of Scottsdale-area students headed back to the classroom this month with the supplies, resources and support they need to succeed through the city’s annual Back to School Program. This year, the program served 429 families and 920 students,…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (650+ words) A story in AZ Big Media out of Phoenix claims that Tucson saw the biggest increase in median household income in Arizona over the last year and ranks 23rd nationally out of 94 cities in income growth. If true, that’s good and…...