COOLIDGE — Last year presented a series of challenges to local Nana’s Coffee Shoppe owner Kristen Szakacs.
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COOLIDGE — Last year presented a series of challenges to local Nana’s Coffee Shoppe owner Kristen Szakacs.
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MARICOPA — A hit Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is coming to the stage in Maricopa, and local actors are encouraged to come be a part of the production.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa Citizen Leadership Academy delves into the city's history, development process, and police and fire department with the hope of creating more people committed to the civic good.
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CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Police Department on Wednesday responded to Cactus Middle School and McCartney Ranch Elementary School to investigate an online threat.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa residents who want to put their abstract abilities to the test are invited to compete in a free online art contest.
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CASA GRANDE — The local veterans community honored former Casa Grande Police Department Deputy Chief Reginald Winston at a formal ceremony at Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1677 on Monday night.
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CASA GRANDE — The Casa Grande Union boys basketball is searching for a home a way from home while trying to wrap up the regular season on the right track as they have their eyes set on the program’s first postseason appearance since the 2015-16 season.
SIGNAL PEAK — While Central Arizona head coach Jesse Brown said that the team has improved since the beginning of the year, he also noted that “the peaks and valleys are so extreme right now.”
SIGNAL PEAK — The Central Arizona College Vaqueras entered their Wednesday night game against Mesa Community College suffering from a four-game losing streak.
COOLIDGE — Four young Robles Gym fighters are gearing up for the national Silver Gloves youth boxing competition on Feb. 8 in Independence, Missouri.
PHOENIX — The Arizona Interscholastic Association held its Spirit State Qualifier and Championships over the weekend at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
FLORENCE — The pressure is on for both the Coolidge and Florence girls basketball teams as the season begins to wind down with only six games left on the schedule for both teams.
PHOENIX — State lawmakers took the first steps Wednesday to honoring assassinated reporter Don Bolles in the same way Arizona honors various veterans, pioneer women, the Ten Commandments and Jesuit missionary Father Kino.
PHOENIX — The top prosecutor from the state’s second largest county said a planned study of how the death penalty is implemented in Arizona doesn’t go far enough.
WASHINGTON — Speaker Kevin McCarthy reiterated Tuesday that he will block Democratic Reps. Adam Schiff and Eric Swalwell of California from serving on the House committee that oversees national intelligence, saying the decision was not based on political payback but because “integrity matter…
PHOENIX — The need for skilled people willing to get their hands dirty is growing across the country. But will there be enough craftspeople to meet that demand?
PHOENIX — Women in Arizona no longer have the legal right to an abortion due to a fetal abnormality at any stage of the pregnancy, even if Arizona courts finally conclude the procedure is legal through 15 weeks for no reason at all.
PHOENIX — Arizona is ranked No. 3 among the states for water efficiency and sustainability, but still has a lot of room for improvement, according to a new analysis released this week.
PHOENIX — Luka Doncic's early injury on Thursday night gave the Dallas Mavericks a very valid reason to lose on the road.
TEMPE — Nick Schmaltz had his first NHL hat trick, Karel Vejmelka made 33 saves for his third shutout of the season and the Arizona Coyotes beat the St. Louis Blues 5-0 on Thursday night.
SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Brock Purdy’s NFL career started with the moniker of “Mr. Irrelevant” and the weeklong trip to Newport Beach to celebrate the player picked last in the draft.
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MARICOPA — A hit Lin-Manuel Miranda musical is coming to the stage in Maricopa, and local actors are encouraged to come be a part of the production.
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MARICOPA — Maricopa residents who want to put their abstract abilities to the test are invited to compete in a free online art contest.
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CASA GRANDE — With only a handful of weeks to go before the 65th annual Cactus Fly-In to be held at Casa Grande Municipal Airport on March 4, organizers Fred Borns and Rusty Gavagan have told PinalCentral that one key theme of the annual event that has stood the test of time is the camarader…
MEMPHIS, Tenn. — The Memphis police chief has called the actions of five officers involved in the violent arrest of Tyre Nichols “heinous, reckless and inhumane" and made a plea to residents of the city to protest peacefully when video of the arrest is released to the public.
LOS ANGELES — Homeowners who held off on selling their home in 2022 as the housing market slowed missed out on a windfall and may have to settle for slimmer profits if they opt to sell this year.
MONTEREY PARK, Calif. — The 72-year-old gunman who sprayed bullets into a Southern California ballroom dance hall, killing 11 people, had no known connection with the victims and investigators were still trying to determine a motive for the massacre, the Los Angeles County sheriff said.
Will Keeps was a 15-year-old member of a Chicago gang when he witnessed rival members kill his friend. He escaped the streets and moved to Iowa to help other young people from troubled backgrounds.
HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — A farmworker accused of killing seven people in back-to-back shootings at two Northern California mushroom farms was charged Wednesday with seven counts of murder and one of attempted murder.
OLYMPIA, Wash. — Abortion rights proposals have been front and center in Olympia, Washington, this week as state lawmakers heard hours of public testimony on seven proposals that would reinforce abortion access.
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JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority declared Thursday it would halt the security cooperation that has solidified the authority’s hold over the West Bank, following Israel’s military raid into the occupied territory that killed nine Palestinians.
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OLYMPIA, Wash. — Abortion rights proposals have been front and center in Olympia, Washington, this week as state lawmakers heard hours of public testimony on seven proposals that would reinforce abortion access.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Footage of the attack on former U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband will be released to the public after a judge on Wednesday denied prosecutors' request to keep it secret.
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Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump 's personal account in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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WASHINGTON — For months, U.S. officials balked at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair.
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. House overwhelmingly approved a resolution Wednesday expressing solidarity with people in Iran who have been risking imprisonment and even death to protest against the country’s theocracy.
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JENIN REFUGEE CAMP, West Bank — The Palestinian Authority declared Thursday it would halt the security cooperation that has solidified the authority’s hold over the West Bank, following Israel…
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LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Russia's path to sending a team to the Paris Olympics next year became clearer on Thursday amid fierce objections from Ukraine.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces fired another rash of missiles and self-exploding drones in nearly a dozen provinces of Ukraine early Thursday, causing the first attack-related death of the yea…
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BERLIN — Germany and the United States announced Wednesday that they will send advanced battle tanks to Ukraine, offering what one expert called an “armored punching force” to help Kyiv break …
LONDON — A trove of previously unseen photos taken by Paul McCartney as The Beatles shot to global stardom will go on display in London this year.
PARIS — The United Nations' cultural agency decided on Wednesday to add the historic center of Ukraine’s Black Sea port city of Odesa to its list of endangered World Heritage sites.
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis has shed light on the Catholic Church’s handling of sex abuse allegations against East Timor’s Nobel Peace Prize-winning independence hero, suggesting that he indeed was allowed to retire early rather than face prosecution or punishment.
CASA GRANDE — Although it opened only two years ago, Charli’s House has already outgrown its home.
NEW YORK — Administrators of a trust fund established to preserve historic Black churches in the United States on Friday revealed a list of houses of worship receiving $4 million in financial grants.
CASA GRANDE — If there was one thing Howard Wuertz enjoyed most about growing up on a farm in Coolidge, it was farming itself.
This week we get two SUVs to drive, beginning with the Honda Passport. Starting fee is $38K, but ours is an upgraded TrailSport. It has everything standard except for the $395 metallic paint job, and it hit a hefty $45K.
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Facebook parent Meta said Wednesday it will restore former President Donald Trump 's personal account in the coming weeks, ending a two-year suspension it imposed in the wake of the Jan. 6 insurrection.
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WASHINGTON — For months, U.S. officials balked at sending M1 Abrams tanks to Ukraine, insisting they were too complicated and too hard to maintain and repair.
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NEW YORK — For decades, work on a massive rail project has been grinding 15 stories below the shuffling footsteps of millions of New Yorkers and beneath the East Hudson River and Manhattan skyscrapers.
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LONDON — Microsoft said it's seeing some improvement to problems with its online services including the Teams messaging platform and Outlook email system after users around the world reported outages Wednesday.
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WASHINGTON — The Justice Department and eight states filed an antitrust suit against Google on Tuesday, seeking to shatter its alleged monopoly on the entire ecosystem of online advertising as a hurtful burden to advertisers, consumers and even the U.S. government.
For two days every January, hundreds of vendors, exhibitors, mobile eateries, artists and others line the streets of historic downtown Casa Grande for the annual street fair and car show.
There's so much that Casa Grande has to offer, but it may not always be easy to determine just how much. Which is something the Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce is keenly aware of.
Our latest Pinal in Pictures celebrates fall events! From Halloween events like the Florence Fright Fest to Eloy's magical Glow Festival, we hope you enjoy the latest collection of photos subm…
When: Saturday, Jan. 28, 9 a.m.
Artists have been capturing beautiful vistas, meadows, ocean-side views, cityscapes and even desert landscapes for centuries.
Although the coronavirus is far from a thing of the past, our world is regaining the sense of normalcy we were once accustomed to.
Though the winter months bring chillier temperatures to Pinal County, we are lucky enough to live in a climate that rarely gets snow and rarely see days where temperatures drop well below free…
MARICOPA — The first year Copa Glow was hosted by the city of Maricopa, it soared beyond expectations. Three years later, the event's popularity has continued to climb, and with it so has the …
There's a common cliché saying that knowledge is power.
Even though it's a young city, Maricopa has many stories to tell.
Maricopa may be a young city, but it's made a name for itself as an epicenter for development in Pinal County in the last two decades.
Drive around Arizona long enough and you’ll inevitably come across a community that just exists to sell cheap houses. There’s nothing wrong with a cheap house, of course, but drive around a bi…
Crystal Dennis loves fabric.
On Oct. 15, 2003, the Pinal County Board of Supervisors met to do something that hadn't been done in 25 years.
Grace Gomez has been living in the same home for just under four decades. In that time, she's seen a lot around Maricopa change.
Mayor Nancy Smith has "thoroughly enjoyed" her time as mayor thus far.
It's hard to picture Maricopa without also thinking of State Route 347, the state highway that serves as the primary entrance into the city.
Nadine Edwards's family has been a part of Maricopa for generations.
In most places, City Hall is at the heart of what is historically known as “downtown.” In Maricopa, City Hall is located in the middle of what the city will be in the future.
Headquarters Restaurant has been a part of the Maricopa community for nearly 70 years. And since opening, the restaurant's reputation for good food, service and as a meeting place for the comm…
In the past few years, Maricopa has made somewhat of a name for itself with events like Merry Copa and Copa Glow, which bring plenty of fun and entertainment to area residents and visitors alike.
As motorists zip along the streets and roads of Maricopa, they might not realize they are traversing on a piece of history.