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CASA GRANDE — A steel panel from custom fence art project has been stolen from the Casa Grande Art Museum grounds, 319 W. Third St.
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CASA GRANDE — A steel panel from custom fence art project has been stolen from the Casa Grande Art Museum grounds, 319 W. Third St.
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ELOY — CORE Construction and Architekton may have to set up a permanent office in Eloy.
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FLORENCE — All charges filed against a 16-year-old Pinal County boy have been dropped but could be refiled at a later date.
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MARICOPA – The city is moving forward in joining the Arizona-Mexico Trade Commission with the hopes of expanding economic development opportunities in Maricopa.
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CASA GRANDE — Because of state budget cuts, the Casa Grande Elementary School District has not been able to purchase library books for the last six years.
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GOLD CANYON — Smoke from a wildfire burning in the Superstition Mountains is visible in much of Pinal County and has resulted in air quality concerns. .
MARICOPA — Turner Stanek, a 16-year-old powerlifter who recently won fourth place in the world in his weight group, said his skills came as a natural gift. He started doing it only two years ago.
CASA GRANDE -- While most kids are out of school enjoying their summer vacation, a handful in Pinal County and their four-legged partners are gearing up to compete at rodeo nationals in South Dakota and Wyoming.
(Editor’s note: Tom Kessler has worked as a sports page designer, copy editor and sports writer for the Casa Grande Dispatch and PinalCentral.com since June of 2011.)
Major league statistics, through June 13, of former Central Arizona College players (source: baseball-reference.com):
TUCSON (AP) — Pima County authorities are investigating the discovery of a dead body southwest of Tucson.
PHOENIX — The Phoenix police chief promised change in her department after being booed by people gathered to discuss the video of officers who pointed guns and shouted obscenities at a black family they suspected of shoplifting.
PHOENIX -- Taken by surprise by reports that an elderly woman died a heat-related death after her power was cut off last summer, state utility regulators are now moving to curb the ability of electric companies to shut off power during the hottest months of the year.
PHOENIX (AP) — Police in Phoenix have identified two pedestrians who died after being struck by a vehicle on a sidewalk.
PHOENIX (AP) — Two suspects are in custody in connection with the killing of a 25-year-old man in a Phoenix park.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Department of Corrections received legislative approval Tuesday to begin replacing cell door locks, fire alarms and air conditioning at two state prisons after a contentious meeting where Democrats criticized the prisons director for allowing the systems to deteriorate.
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COOLIDGE — “We’re back!”
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Pope Francis on Wednesday deemed the first known black Roman Catholic priest in the United States to be “venerable,” positioning the former slave for possible sainthood.
One of the easiest habits to develop is obsessing about the faults of others and gossiping about them. There aren’t many social gatherings where judgmental chatter is not part of the communication norm.
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More than four years after Congress required the Department of Justice to assemble information about those who die in police custody, the agency has yet to implement a system for collecting that data or release any new details of how and why people die under the watch of law enforcement.
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WASHINGTON — The Trump administration on Wednesday completed one of its biggest rollbacks of environmental rules, replacing a landmark Obama-era effort that sought to wean the nation's electrical grid off coal-fired power plants and their climate-damaging pollution.
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WASHINGTON — A key Senate panel has given bipartisan approval to a modified version of President Donald Trump's $4 billion-plus request to care for tens of thousands of migrant refuges massing at the southern border.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump raised $24.8 million in the less-than 24 hours after kicking off his re-election campaign.
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BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) — The first meeting of identical twins in WTA Tour history ended with an upset as Kristyna Pliskova overcame a ranking gap of more than 100 places to beat Karolina at …
PHOENIX — The Colorado Rockies were in search of a return to some form of normalcy on the heels of a wild four-game split with the San Diego Padres in which they scored 48 runs and allowed 44.
TORONTO — Gunfire broke out and a stampede ensued as fans celebrated at a rally Monday for the NBA champion Raptors, leaving four people shot and thousands fleeing less than a block from where…
NEW YORK — Josh McCown was sometimes the starting quarterback, often the backup — and always among the most-respected and well-liked players in whatever locker room he was in.
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. — Very soon, Gary Woodland will be a father of three, and odds are he’ll answer the same way about the kids as he will about the three shots that cemented him as a U.S. Op…
WASHINGTON (AP) — Three years ago, Matt Adams' dad initiated a holiday tradition with his slugging son: No matter where Adams was playing, he would be in the stadium on Father's Day.
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A detective testified that the former University of Illinois doctoral student charged in the slaying of a visiting Chinese scholar began to tremble and break out in what appeared to be hives when he was confronted with inconsistencies in his version of events.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Authorities charged leaders of a California prison gang Wednesday with orchestrating killings, drug sales and other crimes from behind bars in a case filed two weeks after a different prison gang was accused of organizing drug trafficking and killings from their state pr…
NEW ORLEANS — Billions of mosquito lookalikes are showing up in the New Orleans area, blanketing car windshields, littering the ground with bodies and even scaring some folks.
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FORT DEFIANCE (AP) — More than 230 homes on the Navajo Nation have been connected to the electric grid as part of a pilot project.
CASA GRANDE — A new nurse practitioner has joined Sun Life's Family Practice in Casa Grande.
To protect the environment, many couples are saying "I do" to Zero-Waste weddings, focusing on sustainability for everything from floral design and dresses to invitations and food.
With two blockbuster British royal weddings this year and an enduring fascination with the Brits, American brides craving a regal look with personal twists can find plenty of inspiration.
While the big, traditional wedding cake shows no signs of going away, many couples are also including an array of sweet little bites at their receptions.
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COOLIDGE — Fans of the television show “Dr. Who” will have a chance to engage in a part of the fictional universe and attempt to escape the weeping angels on Wednesday at the Coolidge Public Library.
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COOLIDGE — Summer break is an annual event that kids eagerly await all year. But for parents, not so much.
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MARICOPA — A free family event, Maricopa Battle of the Bands and Skateboard Demo, will benefit youth initiatives and the Maricopa Veterans Care Center Project.
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TAPACHULA, Mexico — Thin mattresses cover every inch of floor each night at the Good Shepherd shelter near the Mexico-Guatemala border, even spilling into the kitchen and the chapel, as an ove…
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NIEUWEGEIN, Netherlands (AP) — International prosecutors announced murder charges Wednesday against four men — three of them Russians with military or intelligence backgrounds — in the missile…
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U.S. NAVY 5TH FLEET BASE NEAR FUJAIRAH, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The limpet mines used to attack a Japanese-owned oil tanker near the Strait of Hormuz last week bore "a striking resemblance…
Stella Garcia is well known around Pinal County for her upbeat personality and willingness to help people. She made friends during her years working in marketing at Central Arizona College and…
By the late 1930s in Florence, the Wild West era was thought to be over. It had been 50 years since the infamous gunfight in which former Sheriff Pete Gabriel shot and killed his former deputy…
“The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven.” — John Milton (1608-1674), English poet
Twelve-step programs have been helping people overcome addictive and compulsive behaviors since Alcoholics Anonymous was founded in the 1930s. The 12 steps aim to condition the mind for health…
Emily Sebring is used to skeptics. The holistic health care practitioner has encountered a few during the last seven years as the owner of Root 2 Route Botanicals & Natural Medicine, forme…
Physician shortages in rural parts of the United States have become increasingly alarming in recent years, with Arizona at the forefront. A 2015 report released by the American Medical Associa…
Every day thousands of people turn 65 and are therefore eligible for Medicare. For many, Medicare options can be confusing.
A relative of mine recently was in a hospital, then was moved to a care facility. My wife joined other relatives one day keeping him company and waiting for the doctor so they could ask questi…
A cattle rancher spends much of his time outside wearing boots and a cowboy hat, but he has to be able to think like someone who wears a suit and tie.
If you were stuck living in a home where you didn’t like your surroundings or your neighbors, getting out would be difficult. You might have to make repairs, hire a real estate agent, get read…
It's 8 a.m. on Wednesday, but it looks and sounds like Saturday.
Jason Stephens has spent about 8,000 hours of his life in the sky at the controls of different types of aircraft, including more than a few above the desert and mountains of northeast Pinal Co…
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KariLee Dancer completed her first marathon about a dozen years ago, but it wasn’t pretty. She didn’t train enough, and 26.2 miles of asphalt is a long way to travel on foot when you’re mostly…
For many independent artists, juggling their creative endeavors and turning them into an entrepreneurial feat is no easy task. From lugging their work to festivals and fairs, to learning the r…
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Have an update on a Pinal County restaurant? Send an email to Casa Grande Valley Newspapers Inc. food editor Melissa St. Aude at mstaude@pinalcentral.com.
Imagine, for a moment, you are a man who owns nothing. You have no money or possessions. You have no wife or romantic partner, nor will you ever. You live in complete obedience to your boss. A…
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