CASA GRANDE — Steven Hill loves history and adventure. And with a collection of items ranging from a possible 16th century mummy to a uniform he believes may have been worn by Napoleon, Hill aims to highlight just how fascinating studying the past can be.
COOLIDGE — Tucked away just off Randolph Road, behind a gate designed to keep intruders out, the TransCanada Coolidge Generating Station might come off as a little intimidating to the average passerby.
COOLIDGE — Riders of the around-town bus service, the Cotton Express, may notice that a new bus has joined the fleet.
SUPERIOR -- Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a museum of sorts to the desert’s diverse and aesthetically thrilling wildlife. Walk around the grounds just outside Superior and you’ll be surrounded by little pieces of nature you have never seen before.
CASA GRANDE — Steven Hill loves history and adventure. And with a collection of items ranging from a possible 16th century mummy to a uniform he believes may have been worn by Napoleon, Hill aims to highlight just how fascinating studying the past can be.
CASA GRANDE — Work continues on several Pinal County roadways, officials said.
FLORENCE — A Mesa man is under arrest after allegedly sexually extorting a woman from Pinal County by using a revenge porn scheme eight years after they first met.
CASA GRANDE -- High school volleyball in Pinal County had a down season, there’s no way to sugarcoat it. But while team success was lacking, several individual players stood out, and they comprise the 2018 PinalCentral all-county volleyball team.
First Team
COOLIDGE — Imagine Prep Coolidge is on the verge of winning its first state championship.
GARDEN CITY, Kan. — Running as a tightly bunched group, Central Arizona College claimed the NJCAA men’s cross country championship Saturday.
PHOENIX -- Attorneys for members of the Arizona Corporation Commission told a judge Tuesday he should block a bid by one of the panel's members to investigate whether financial help they got or are suspected of getting from Arizona Public Service for their elections tainted their vote to all…
GRAND ISLAND, Neb. (AP) — A federal safety agency has proposed fining a company in connection with the death of an employee who was working in a Hall County cornfield.
PHOENIX — The latest votes counted appear to put Democrat Sandra Kennedy close to being able to reclaim a seat on the Arizona Corporation Commission.
GLOBE (AP) — Authorities in eastern Arizona said Tuesday they may never fully know what motivated a gunman to open fire inside a bar, killing two people and wounding two others.
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — The FBI says four people are dead and a woman wounded after an apparent murder-suicide on the Navajo Nation in northwestern New Mexico.
KINGMAN (AP) — The cost to defend an Arizona murder suspect already is approaching a million dollars and the suspect's trial isn't until April.
We have all wondered at one time or another why we were created. What is our purpose in life? It’s those big questions that arise within us that spark contemplation of our own existence and our place in society. Indeed, we find ourselves pondering our role in the grand scheme of the known universe.
CASA GRANDE — New Life Pregnancy Center is being reborn.
Religion Notes provides information on church activities throughout the Casa Grande Valley. Deadline for publication is the Wednesday before the preceding Saturday. To have an announcement included in Religion Notes, send an email to events@pinalcentral.com. Announcements may also be brought…
CASA GRANDE — A little pocket change has brought in enough money for the Casa Grande Tornadoes Special Olympics delegation to buy new T-shirts for local teams.
WASHINGTON – Arizona Sen.-elect Kyrsten Sinema was already in Washington Tuesday, just one day after Republican Martha McSally conceded in the one of the narrowest, most closely watched races in the country.
WASHINGTON – Arizona’s two newest members of Congress joined more than 80 other newly elected House members for freshmen orientation Tuesday, as Democrats prepare to seize control of the lower chamber for the first time in eight years.
In a year of liberal challenges to President Donald Trump, an avowed centrist scored the Democratic Party’s biggest coup — flipping a red state’s U.S. Senate seat.
SCOTTSDALE – Griffin Jax wears two uniforms.
DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings are playing inspired hockey after a sluggish start to the season.
OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — The Golden State Warriors don't expect Draymond Green's latest dustup with Kevin Durant to become a long-term issue for the two-time defending NBA champions.
NEW YORK — Bob Melvin’s job was a lot different as a rookie manager with Seattle in 2002, and even when he was voted Manager of the Year with Arizona in 2007 and Oakland in 2012.
The College Football Playoff rankings held steady at the top, with Alabama, Clemson, Notre Dame and Michigan an unchanged first four from last week.
BANGKOK — The death of a 13-year-old boy who was knocked out during a kickboxing match in Thailand has sparked debate over whether to ban matches involving children.
PARADISE, Calif. — Ernest Foss was a musician who gave lessons out of his home when he lived in San Francisco, where an amplifier that ran the length of a wall served as the family’s living room couch. Carl Wiley refurbished tires for Michelin. Jesus Fernandez, known as “Zeus,” was described…
WAVERLY, Ohio — A family of four was arrested Tuesday in the gruesome 2016 slayings of eight people from another family in rural Ohio in a crime that prosecutors suggested stemmed from a custody dispute, authorities said.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — The man appointed by President Donald Trump's administration to run the Environmental Protection Agency's Southeastern regional office has been indicted, along with a former business partner, on state ethics charges in Alabama.
ATLANTA (AP) — Chick-fil-A customers no longer have to go get their chicken because the chicken will come to them.
Who among us has not crashed early on the couch and awoken in the wee hours to the frantic pleas of the TV pitchman? You know the drill.
The Jeep Cherokee is built with off-road ability, and the more options ordered, the more capability it has. The base engine is a 2.4-liter rated at 180 horsepower and hooked to two-wheel drive. Order the 4x4, and you get a 3.2-liter V6 with 271 hp.
FLORENCE — The Sun Lakes Radio Control Club will host the International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC) annual competition Saturday and Sunday with the Best in the West Shootout at Felix Ranch, 7663 E Hunt Highway in Florence.
SUPERIOR -- Boyce Thompson Arboretum is a museum of sorts to the desert’s diverse and aesthetically thrilling wildlife. Walk around the grounds just outside Superior and you’ll be surrounded by little pieces of nature you have never seen before.
ELOY — Six teams from around Eloy battled Friday in hopes of being the last standing to hoist the trophy for the Eloy Ballslinger Tournament.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico (AP) — The U.S. government said it was starting work Tuesday to "harden" the border crossing from Tijuana, Mexico, to prepare for the arrival of a migrant caravan leapfrogg…
GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) — Hamas and other militant groups said Tuesday they had accepted an Egyptian-brokered cease-fire to end two days of intense fighting with Israel that had pushed the …
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Supreme Court on Tuesday suspended the president’s order to dissolve Parliament and hold new elections, opening the way for lawmakers to vote on whether t…
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…
The world’s greatest doctor must work inside the nondescript trailer home at 19997 N. Justin Drive in Maricopa. A banner outside simply says “Healing Rooms.” Inside, a binder more than an inch…
It’s the oldest Pinal County church building listed on the National Register of Historic Places, but drive by and you might miss it.
LISTED ON THE NATIONAL REGISTER OF HISTORIC PLACES:
The church affiliations of Pinal County’s many female pastors are as divergent as their individual paths in life. But all assert their destiny to serve came from an unseen source.
Grace 91.1, KVNG-FM, isn’t the only religious radio station broadcasting in Pinal County.
Padre Eusebio Francisco Kino (1645-1711) was an Italian explorer, cartographer and astronomer who spent the last 24 years of his life in the Pimería Alta, an area that is modern-day Sonora in …
I drifted away from God and didn’t return for almost 40 years.
According to a 2016 estimate by the Public Religion Research Institute, 69 percent of Americans were Christian, 24 percent were “unaffiliated or unanswered,” 2 percent were Jewish, 1 percent e…
The Bible instructs Christians to spread the Gospel of Jesus Christ, although there’s only so much a small church in Casa Grande can do. How do you bring the Gospel to a shack on the Gila Rive…
Oracle is home to ranchers, miners, artists and retirees, people with vastly different backgrounds. They also have different political views, as David and Stacy Raneri found out when they open…
CASA GRANDE -- Omar, a little blonde dog, has a job.
Teddy suffered from degenerative myelopathy, a spinal-cord disease common among long-backed dogs that robs them of coordination in their hind limbs. The Welsh Corgi was found wandering the str…
Jurassic Park is in Pinal County. The dinosaurs are a lot smaller than a T. Rex, but you can’t miss the place. If you don’t notice the billboards on the side of I-10 between Casa Grande and Tu…
For as long as people outside the loop have confused FFA and 4-H with one another, the two organizations have taught young people such as Ashton Redd about animals through hands-on experiences.
People may think veterinarians spend their time with animals. The Department of Labor job description says they “care for the health of animals and work to improve public health. They diagnose…
Mr. Wiggins
