CASA GRANDE — A piece of battlefield history recently was sold at an auction in Casa Grande.
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CASA GRANDE — A piece of battlefield history recently was sold at an auction in Casa Grande.
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FLORENCE — One of the two men who could face the death penalty for the murder of four people in Casa Grande in 2017 will not be going to trial soon.
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FLORENCE — The 32-year-old Casa Grande man who had been charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon after being accused of pointing a BB gun at two people in Casa Grande pleaded guilty to a reduced charge Friday morning.
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MARICOPA — The Maricopa Police Department is calling on parents and the community to help stop illegal teen activities and damage to vacant new homes.
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CASA GRANDE — New Superintendent Adam Leckie was seated at the dais during Tuesday’s Casa Grande Elementary School District board meeting, before his official start date Friday.
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CASA GRANDE — The five candidates running in the Casa Grande City Council election spoke about housing, recreation and infrastructure during a forum sponsored by the Casa Grande Dispatch and PinalCentral.
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CASA GRANDE — With school not in session, the summer break brings new opportunities for the youth of Casa Grande to shine. With that opportunity Casa Grande Little League is sending four teams to state Little League tournaments.
CASA GRANDE — The COVID-19 pandemic forced many sports programs to come to a halt to keep both children and adults safe. However, now with a clearer and safer vision in 2022, a longtime favorite event has returned in full swing.
MARICOPA — Although June might not be considered a traditional football month, the sharp heat and dust storm conditions did not stop 32 teams from coming out to Copper Sky in Maricopa and trying to prove offseason dominance at the Just Chilly Flight Club 7-on-7 Tournament.
CASA GRANDE — It’s certainly been a crazy ride for former Vista Grande and Santa Cruz Valley running back Alec Wyble-Meza, but after many twists and turns he has found his way back to Arizona after transferring to Northern Arizona.
GLENDALE — Although the prep basketball season is still in its peak hibernation stage, some programs aren’t using that as an excuse and are getting back on the court, testing their skills. Over the course of four days, boys basketball teams from across the country gathered in State Farm Stad…
SIGNAL PEAK – Jared Koenig joined a lengthy list of former Central Arizona College baseball players to reach the major leagues when he made his debut on June 8.
WASHINGTON — A divided Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that states can prosecute non-Natives for crimes against Native people on tribal lands, a ruling that critics called a “disaster” for tribal sovereignty and an “act of conquest.”
PHOENIX — The question of whether some or all abortions are currently legal in Arizona — and for how long — remains unresolved as the issue goes to judges here.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A sunken boat dating back to World War II is the latest object to emerge from a shrinking reservoir that straddles Nevada and Arizona.
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will present the nation’s highest civilian honor, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, to 17 people, including actor Denzel Washington, gymnast Simone Biles and the late John McCain, the Arizona Republican with whom Biden served in the U.S. Senate.
BOISE, Idaho — In Arizona, Republicans are fighting among themselves over whether a 121-year-old anti-abortion law from the pre-statehood Wild West days, when Arizona was still a frontier mining territory, should be enforced over a 2022 version.
PHOENIX — The U.S. Supreme Court on Thursday allowed enforcement of a 2021 Arizona law that lets prosecutors bring felony charges against doctors who knowingly terminate pregnancies solely because the fetuses have a genetic abnormality such as Down syndrome.
DENVER — David Peralta, Alek Thomas and Carson Kelly homered, and Merrill Kelly pitched seven strong innings Friday night to lead the Arizona Diamondbacks to a 9-3 victory over the Colorado Ro…
NEW YORK — Eduardo Escobar hit a tiebreaking three-run homer, expectant father David Peterson tied a career high with 10 strikeouts in six innings and the New York Mets beat the Texas Rangers …
NEW YORK (AP) — Yankees outfielder Aaron Judge and Atlanta Braves outfielder Ronald Acuña Jr. were elected Thursday to start in the July 19 All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.
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TOKYO — Canadian rock legend Randy Bachman’s long search came to an end Friday when he was reunited in Tokyo with a cherished guitar 45 years after it was stolen from a Toronto hotel.
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CASA GRANDE — Casa Grande Main Street plans a Downtown After Dark event on Friday, July 8, with a focus on “burgers and beer.”
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FLORENCE — Freedom Fest, Florence’s July Fourth celebration, begins with free admission to the Aquatic Center from 1-5 p.m. There will be open swim, music and games throughout the day.
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to delay the sentencing trial of Nikolas Cruz in the 2018 shooting at a high school in which 17 people were killed.
A former Georgetown University tennis coach who once coached former President Barack Obama's family was sentenced Friday to 2 1/2 years in prison for pocketing more than $3 million in bribes in exchange for helping wealthy parents cheat their kids' way into the school.
A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories and visuals of the week. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The first lawsuits have been filed only days after an Amtrak train collision and derailment in rural Missouri that left four people dead and injured up to 150 others.
SARASOTA, Fla. (AP) — A Florida judge has refused to dismiss a lawsuit in which the parents of Gabby Petito claim that Brian Laundrie told his parents he had killed her before he returned home alone from their western trip.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. (AP) — A local government in Kansas has agreed to pay $12.5 million to a man and his mother after he spent 23 years in prison for a double murder he did not commit.
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JACKSON, Miss. — A Mississippi judge has set a Tuesday hearing in a lawsuit by state’s only abortion clinic, which seeks to block a law that would ban most abortions. A temporary restraining order would allow the clinic to remain open, at least while the lawsuit is pending.
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INDIANAPOLIS — The number of abortions performed in Indiana rose by 8.5% last year, according to a state report released Friday as state lawmakers are expected to soon debate tighter anti-abortion laws following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Emails and phone calls from same-sex couples, worried about the legal status of their marriages and keeping their children, flooded attorney Sydney Duncan’s office within hours of the Supreme Court’s decision eliminating the constitutional right to abortion.
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SIOUX CENTER, Iowa — Stunning new revelations about former President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respond to Russia’s heavy reliance on long-range strikes in the war.
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WASHINGTON — U.S. climate envoy John Kerry said Friday that setbacks for President Joe Biden’s climate efforts at home have “slowed the pace” of some of the commitments from other countries to cut climate-wrecking fossil fuels, but he insisted the U.S. would still achieve its own ambitious c…
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Tropical Storm Bonnie formed over the Caribbean on Friday as it headed for a quick march across Central America and potential development into a hurricane after reemerging i…
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POKROVSK, Ukraine — A Russian airstrike on residential areas killed at least 21 people early Friday near the Ukrainian port of Odesa, authorities reported, a day after the withdrawal of Moscow…
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ROME — Starting in January, Venice will oblige day-trippers to make reservations and pay a fee to visit the historic lagoon city, in a bid to better manage visitors who often far outnumber res…
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. announced on Friday that it will provide Ukraine with $820 million in new military aid, including new surface-to-air missile systems and counter-artillery radars to respo…
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GAUHATI, India — Rescuers found more bodies Friday as they resumed searching for dozens of missing after a mudslide triggered by weeks of heavy downpours killed at least 19 people at a railroa…
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LONDON — British Prime Minister Boris Johnson's government is dealing with another boozy scandal after the deputy chief whip resigned from his post and then was suspended by the Conservative P…
NEW YORK — Among the world’s present-day religions, Zoroastrianism, founded more than 3,000 years ago, is one of the most ancient and historically influential. Yet even though its adherents maintain vibrant communities on four continents, they acknowledge their numbers are dauntingly small —…
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CASA GRANDE — With a theme of Big Island Adventure, Exploring God’s Big Love, vacation Bible school gets underway July 11 at Strong Tower Church.
CASA GRANDE — Many people from Coolidge and across Pinal County know Tom Shope as an owner of Shope’s IGA market. Others might know him as the former mayor of Coolidge, and some, the former Justice of the Peace for the Coolidge-Florence court.
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CASA GRANDE — A piece of battlefield history recently was sold at an auction in Casa Grande.
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The July Fourth holiday weekend is off to a booming start with airport crowds crushing the numbers seen in 2019, before the pandemic.
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NEW YORK — Stocks fell in afternoon trading on Wall Street Friday, continuing a dismal streak as markets worry about high inflation and the possibility that higher interest rates could bring on a recession.
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DETROIT (AP) — The global shortage of computer chips and other parts forced General Motors to build 95,000 vehicles without certain components during the second quarter.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — A cyberattack on a software company has disrupted unemployment benefits and job seeking assistance for thousands of people in several states.
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NEW YORK — Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, step right up and witness Coney Island’s Luna Park like you’ve never seen it before.
A day drip across the county: Seeing the arts wherever you go
From world-famous photographers to muralists, for decades, Pinal County has been a home for artists.
Amil Pedro is now 78 years old. His wife passed away a decade ago and his sister died in February. He lost a leg to diabetes in 2015. He admitted there have been periods recently where he’s fo…
Michael Baca is in demand as a portrait photographer, in Arizona’s metro areas as well as his home base of Florence. He has also been hired to shoot in Sedona, Flagstaff and on the beach in So…
The scenic Superstition Mountains with their intricate formation and impressive ridges are a source of inspiration for plenty of people, from hikers and trail blazing adventurers to photograph…
Florence starts celebrating its big annual country music festival a few days early with the “Road to Country Thunder,” a free Saturday night concert on North Main Street.
A huge thanks to everyone who submitted their work as painters, cake designers, jewelry makers and artists of all kinds to be featured in this issue. We owe another big thank you to the Artist…
The recording studio at Central Arizona College’s Signal Peak Campus is a state-of-the-art facility with instruments and equipment that can produce professional-quality sound. But maybe the ke…
Dancing gives the opportunity for self-expression and communication without having to use words. Ceylan Gentilella describes it as a “beautiful, ever-changing art” that’s a “way of life” and a…
Each person has a story.
Lisa Swanson and her ArtMobile van are often spotted at various places throughout Casa Grande, Stanfield, Arizona City and other parts of Pinal County. And when they see her, people know that …
Spring is always a wonderful time of year in Arizona. Consistently sunny, clear and temperate days are strung together throughout this special season like bright blue beads on a necklace.
After October’s “catch-up” event, Country Thunder is glad to be back in April for the first time in three years.
When it comes to art forms, architecture is considered one of the most intricate and complex.
Nichole Kluth was a busy mom with no artistic training when, one day in 2014, she attended her first paint party.
MARICOPA — Photographer and painter Ruby Valadez said she's always been an artist.
Youth sports at Copper Sky provide a positive atmosphere for summer fun to develop life skills, make new friends and become more confident.
Those who drove through Maricopa as recently as 2000 might not have even realized where they were. The area was still unincorporated, with a smattering of businesses in between farms and dairi…
MARICOPA — For five consecutive evenings every summer, more than 130 children gather at First Baptist Church of Maricopa for a week-long vacation Bible camp. They sing songs, play games, enjoy…
For most kids, no school is synonymous with all play.
Morgan Godfrey is the head lifeguard at Copper Sky. He helps make sure things run smoothly, everyone makes it to their shift and everything is ready for the pool guests.
MARICOPA — For those wanting to spend more time with family close to home, there's lots of options in Maricopa to help families do just that.
Pinal County is making front page headlines as economic development success, water and transportation issues are in the forefront of activity across the region, state and nation. What you may …
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