NEW YORK — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the bloody end …
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FLORENCE — Grandparents’ Day is on Sunday, and grandparents around the nation will be honored for the love and support they give to children in their lives.
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ORACLE – Pinal County Sheriff’s deputies arrested two men for allegedly taking $16,000 worth of supplies and computer equipment from the Oracle School District in August.
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FLORENCE — The jury in an Apache Junction double murder trial heard closing statements Friday afternoon.
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ELOY – An Eloy man is facing charges after he allegedly knocked out one man and injured another after a verbal argument escalated.
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APACHE JUNCTION – Apache Junction officers arrested a Phoenix man after receiving a call of a potential domestic fight.
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CASA GRANDE — A Casa Grande man is charged with burglary after he was allegedly found living in an empty office building.
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MARICOPA — It takes quite the game to leave players and coaches speechless on both sidelines. But then again, what transpired Friday night in the Maricopa Rams’ home opener against Mesa Skyline was anything but normal, certainly not with a score of 7-5.
CHANDLER - It was a tale of two halves.
CASA GRANDE – What a rip-roaring debut it was for coach Jon Roberts and the Vista Grande football team.
QUEEN CREEK — Queen Creek Benjamin Franklin held visiting Combs to just one touchdown in each half to roll to a 31-14 win Friday at the teams’ first-ever meeting on the gridiron.
PEORIA — With their season opener starting on the right foot in a 26-14 win over Phoenix Sunnyslope, the Casa Grande Union Cougars continued their winning ways, hanging on for a 35-21 win over Peoria.
SAN TAN VALLEY — When two teams clash in a playoff rematch from the previous season, everyone hopes for a competitive, tough-nosed matchup between football players with something to prove.
PHOENIX — State auditors say public safety may be put at risk by reporting gaps and a backlog in the database that Arizona uses for conducting background checks of people seeking certain jobs or occupational licenses and for helping prosecutors and judges decide whether defendants should get…
BUCKEYE (AP) — Buckeye authorities said three young children were hospitalized Saturday after being found underwater in a home swimming pool in the Phoenix suburb.
TUCSON (AP) — The uncertainty of the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a national dip in college enrollment.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona on Saturday reported over 3,000 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases for the first time in six days as virus-related hospitalizations during the current surge remained above 2,000.
TUCSON (AP) — Arizona authorities are looking for the person who shot and mortally wounded a mountain lion in central Tucson.
PHOENIX — Arizona is free to tell women they can’t have an abortion if the reason is because of genetic fetal defect, even if it is prior to viability, the state’s top prosecutor is arguing.
NEW YORK — British teenager Emma Raducanu arrived in New York last month with a ranking of 150th, just one Grand Slam appearance to her name and a flight booked to head out of town after the U…
VERMILLION, S.D. (AP) — Travis Theis ran for two touchdowns, Jonathan Joanis returned an interception 51 yards and South Dakota rolled to a 34-7 win over Northern Arizona on Saturday.
COLUMBUS, Ohio — C.J. Verdell ran for 161 yards and had three touchdowns as shorthanded No. 12 Oregon exploited a porous Ohio State defense to upset the No. 3 Buckeyes 35-28 for their first re…
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ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Mary Benjamin was feeling giddy.
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WINSLOW -- A singer with ties to Casa Grande will be a featured performer at the Standin’ on the Corner music festival in Winslow Sept. 24 and 25.
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ELOY — When Robson Ranch author and illustrator Judiann Lewinski picked up paper and pen and began working on her new children’s book, “The Red Wagon Heroes,” she hoped the story would inspire a kinder, gentler world.
NEW YORK — The world solemnly marked the 20th anniversary of 9/11 on Saturday, grieving lost lives and shattered American unity in commemorations that unfolded just weeks after the bloody end of the Afghanistan war that was launched in response to the terror attacks.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The estate of a man fatally shot in downtown Portland after a pro-Trump car rally last year is suing the city, the mayor and the county district attorney, saying their negligence contributed to his violent death.
YACHATS, Ore. (AP) — A California man who attempted to jump across a wide cove of frothing water at Cape Perpetua Scenic Area is presumed deceased, according to state police.
JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Finn the Labrador retriever was tuckered out, and her master, Lauren Wendt, knew it.
SMITHFIELD, Utah (AP) — A Utah man was killed when he was crushed by a piece of farm vehicle a small child accidentally set in motion.
More than 65,000 fans packed a stadium in Tampa to watch Tom Brady lead the Buccaneers to a win in the NFL's season opener, just hours after President Joe Biden announced a sweeping new plan to slow the latest COVID-19 surge.
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NEW YORK — Three American presidents stood somberly side by side Saturday at the National September 11 Memorial in New York, sharing a moment of silence to mark the anniversary of the nation’s worst terrorist attack with a display of unity.
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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The unusual legal strategy used to ban most abortions in Texas is already increasingly being employed in Republican-led states to target pornography, LGBT rights and other hot-button cultural issues.
PHOENIX -- Gov. Doug Ducey says it's illegal and "will never stand up in court.''
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PHOENIX (AP) -- Maricopa County Attorney Allister Adel is seeking treatment for an eating disorder and alcohol use.
PHOENIX -- A Republican state senator who has backed away from the election audit she once supported is now the victim of at least one threat.
WASHINGTON – Gov. Doug Ducey’s threat to withhold funding from schools that impose mask mandates took a severe hit Thursday, when the White House said local school districts can apply directly to the federal government “to restore funding withheld by state leaders.”
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KABUL, Afghanistan — The Taliban raised their flag over the Afghan presidential palace Saturday, a spokesman said, as the U.S. and the world marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks.
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ST. JOHN'S, Newfoundland (AP) — People in the Canadian Atlantic coast province of Newfoundland woke up Saturday to streets littered with branches and debris, torn and tossed around by the fero…
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LONDON — Queen Elizabeth II marked the 20th anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks by offering her sympathies to the victims, survivors and families affected by the atrocity.
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BERLIN (AP) — Is anyone missing an ostrich?
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TLALNEPANTLA, Mexico — A section of mountain on the outskirts of Mexico City gave way Friday, plunging rocks the size of small homes onto a densely populated neighborhood and leaving at least …
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BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Former Colombian soldiers arrested in Haiti in the assassination of President Jovenel Moïse have accused local authorities of torture, saying they’ve been burned, stabbed an…
Diane Coxe’s mind could not accept what her eyes were seeing.
America’s major religions and denominations, often divided on other big issues, have united behind the effort to help receive an influx of refugees from Afghanistan following the end of the United States’ longest war and one of the largest airlifts in history.
ROME — The world’s top Christian leaders — Pope Francis, the Archbishop of Canterbury and the spiritual leader of Orthodox Christians — on Tuesday issued a joint appeal for delegates at the upcoming U.N. climate summit to “listen to the cry of the Earth” and make sacrifices to save the planet.
CASA GRANDE - Merlin D’souza is no stranger to the Casa Grande Dispatch newspaper.
TUCSON -- With scientists beginning to more seriously consider constructing bases on celestial bodies such as the moon, the idea of space mining is growing in popularity.
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TUCSON (AP) — An Arizona Board of Regents panel has endorsed plans to build a new home for Arizona Public Media, a Tucson-based public broadcasting outlet hosted by the University of Arizona.
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SAN RAMON, Calif. — A federal judge ordered Apple to dismantle a lucrative part of the competitive barricade guarding its closely run iPhone app store, but rejected allegations that the company has been running an illegal monopoly that stifles competition and innovation.
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Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy.
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WASHINGTON — Inflation at the wholesale level climbed 8.3% last month from August 2020, the biggest annual gain since the Labor Department started calculating the 12-month number in 2010.
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PHOENIX — Arizona’s first sports betting operations officially opened for business Thursday in time for the start of the NFL season, with live wagers taken on college and professional sports online and at two retail locations in Phoenix.
MARICOPA — Workplaces around the world looked a lot different last year.
Maricopa is a city of dreams and ambitions. That’s how it started, of course, with a group of developers staring at miles and miles of farmland and dreaming of a time when they would all be fi…
MARICOPA — As students in Maricopa prepare for the new school year, many are looking forward to a return to in-person education. For some students though, the transition to online school has b…
You are riding your bike along Whimsical Drive here in beautiful Maricopa admiring the Estrellas and thinking about that slice of rhubarb pie you are going to enjoy after your exercise when yo…
A public health crisis is hard enough for any community to get through, but it might be a little easier if there’s a hospital in town. While all can hope that there isn’t another pandemic for …
Can you imagine a high school taught at a movie theater? Or online? Due to varieties of events, our first year was taught at a movie theater (scholars loved it!); our second year was a COVID o…
When Joe Jackson finally makes his way onto a court in Japan, he will be representing Maricopa on quite the international stage.
Last year was an unforgettable demonstration of resilience, flexibility, perseverance, and patience. We have been transformed as a community and emerge with talents and skills we never expected.
MARICOPA — It’s been more than a year since the applause and cheers of crowds could be heard in The Events Center at Harrah’s Ak-Chin Casino, but with a slate of concerts on the schedule, fans…
MARICOPA — More than a year after the COVID-19 pandemic prompted the closure of churches, worshipers have been returning to Maricopa area churches.
Kids heading back to school are not only starting out a new school year, they’re starting a “new normal” — a post-pandemic school system. Students last year were faced with obstacles most have…
MARICOPA — Since childhood, Theresa Judkins has been passionate about music, singing and playing various instruments.
You might have seen the phrase hung up on walls at a diner or in a well-stocked house: “Home is where the food is.” The problem in Maricopa was that the food itself didn’t have a home, a perma…
It seemed just like any night, sitting in my car and waiting for my turn in line. It could have been a drive-thru at a fast food restaurant based on the whole vibe. But finally I drove under t…
In the spring of 2020, as the pandemic was sending people home and shutting down the economy, Kooline Plumbing Heating & Air President Mohammed Nazeem received some bad news. His general m…
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