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FLORENCE — Two inmates from the state prison in Florence, who are convicted for child molestation and kidnapping, are on the loose after successfully escaping the facility.
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CASA GRANDE — A volunteer group is hoping more people join its effort to clean up roadside trash and debris on Saturday, Jan. 30.
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CASA GRANDE — A Pinal County Superior Court judge who was pulled over on New Year’s Eve by a Casa Grande Police officer is seeking treatment for high blood pressure.
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MARICOPA — A grieving family is left with few answers after a 27-year-old man was shot and killed, and his roommate arrested, on Jan. 15 inside a Hidden Valley home.
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PHOENIX – State Rep. David Cook, R-Globe, has introduced a bill that will help promote growth in Pinal County with existing water safeguards.
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COOLIDGE — After nearly a year of drive-thru food donations to veterans, lack of funding and the pandemic have forced the shutdown of Open Hands Outreach Program.
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CASA GRANDE — Basketball games aren’t often won in the first quarter, but it may have been the most important quarter for the Vista Grande boys in their home opener against Poston Butte on Friday.
FLORENCE — In a home game Thursday night in which visiting American Leadership Academy-Ironwood struggled just to get within four baskets of the hosts, there was a surprise announcement halfway through the fourth quarter.
FLORENCE — After an awkward first half, the Gophers pulled it together and smoked visiting American Leadership Academy-Ironwood 47-17 Thursday night.
MARICOPA — A year after a couple of Rams qualified for state, the Maricopa wrestling team expects those returning to be back in the running for a state title.
CASA GRANDE — High school coaches often talk about having young teams, but it’s hard to think of many teams that will be younger than the Vista Grande girls basketball squad.
SAN TAN VALLEY — After qualifying for the play-in round last year for the first time in school history, the Poston Butte girls basketball team has reloaded.
KINGMAN (AP) — Mohave County authorities expect to release updated information Monday about last week’s tour bus crash that killed one person and injured dozens of others, including five seriously.
LOS ANGELES -- After a weekend storm that brought some much-needed rain and snow to California and much of the Desert Southwest, forecasters say the atmosphere is going to kick it up a notch this coming week.
PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona health officials on Sunday reported 7,217 new COVID-19 cases and 68 more deaths.
BULLHEAD CITY (AP) — Construction bids are being taken for a proposed second bridge over the Colorado River that would connect Bullhead City, Arizona and Laughlin, Nevada.
PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. (AP) — A multipurpose arena in Prescott Valley will be the latest large venue in Arizona to become a COVID-19 vaccination site.
YUMA – In his 17 years as a canine handler for the Border Patrol, Agent Ramon Lemos has had to travel far and wide to train with his new canine partners. So when he got the opportunity to do training in Yuma for his fourth and final canine partner, he was thrilled.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ road magic have them heading home to the Super Bowl, the first team to play in one on their home field.
GLENDALE — William Karlsson scored with 42 seconds left in regulation, Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 16 shots and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Arizona Coyotes 1-0 on Sunday.
TUCSON -- Arizona looks to extend Arizona State's conference losing streak to five games. Arizona State's last Pac-12 win came against the Cal Golden Bears 70-62 on Dec. 3, 2020.
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LOS ANGELES — Larry King, the suspenders-sporting everyman whose broadcast interviews with world leaders, movie stars and ordinary Joes helped define American conversation for a half-century, died Saturday. He was 87.
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A full-throated, supremely confident Lady Gaga belted out the national anthem at President Joe Biden's inauguration in a very Gaga way — with flamboyance, fashion and passion.
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The potential pitfalls of a movie that brings together Muhammad Ali, Malcolm X, Sam Cooke and Jim Brown for a night on February 25, 1964, seem so numerous, so prone to falling into caricature, that “One Night in Miami ...” feels like a miracle.
BARABOO, Wis. (AP) — Born to teenage parents who divorced when she was 10 and watching her mom struggle to overcome poverty and alcoholism, Dr. Amy DeLong had long battled self-doubt to find a place in this world.
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) — A woman who was declared missing while hiking in Yosemite National Park was found dead the same day, without a public update from the National Park Service.
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A monument for five bicyclists killed last month in a highway crash near Searchlight has been unveiled.
MATHIS, Texas (AP) — Six people were killed and three others seriously injured in a head-on collision in south Texas, according to Texas state police.
SALT LAKE CITY — Republican lawmakers in several more states want to loosen gun restrictions by allowing people to carry concealed firearms without having to get a permit, continuing a trend that gun control advocates call dangerous.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Something good came out of 2020 after all.
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WASHINGTON — A growing number of Republican senators say they oppose holding an impeachment trial, a sign of the dimming chances that former President Donald Trump will be convicted on the charge that he incited a siege of the U.S. Capitol.
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is confronting the political risk that comes with grand ambition.
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PHOENIX — Arizona Republicans voted Saturday to censure Cindy McCain and two prominent GOP members who have found themselves crosswise with former President Donald Trump.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona Democrats on Saturday picked Raquel Terán, a progressive state lawmaker, to be the party's next chairwoman as they look to maintain their top-of-the-ticket successes and extend them to down-ballot races.
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MINNEAPOLIS — When Mike Lindell, better known to TV viewers as the MyPillow Guy, went to the White House last week to try to persuade President Donald Trump to keep pushing bogus theories about the election, he came away disappointed. Unexpectedly, Trump passed him — and his claims about sab…
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WASHINGTON — The words of Donald Trump supporters who are accused of participating in the deadly U.S. Capitol riot may end up being used against him in his Senate impeachment trial as he faces the charge of inciting a violent insurrection.
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CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico — Mexican authorities say they have found 19 shot and burned bodies near a town across the Rio Grande from Texas in an area that has seen violent territorial disputes b…
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URK, Netherlands (AP) — Rioters set fires in the center of the southern Dutch city of Eindhoven and pelted police with rocks Sunday at a banned demonstration against coronavirus lockdown measu…
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MOSCOW (AP) — The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin says the U.S. Embassy’s statements about the nationwide protests, in which more than 3,500 people reportedly were arrested, int…
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BEIJING (AP) — Eleven workers trapped for two weeks inside a Chinese gold mine were brought safely to the surface on Sunday, a landmark achievement for an industry long-blighted by disasters a…
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — Argentina’s groundbreaking abortion law goes into force Sunday under the watchful eyes of women’s groups and government officials, who hope to ensure its full impleme…
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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden's first calls to foreign leaders went to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador at a strained moment for the …
VATICAN CITY — Ailing Pope Francis, who this week is making limited public appearances due to persistent pain, has drawn attention to the plight of homeless people in winter, including a Nigerian man who froze to death near the Vatican.
About 2008, Melissa Kutney was scouring cubbies built into a room of her former Scranton home when she discovered a 19th century Bible and a broken rosary tucked away in a back corner, almost buried in insulation.
MARICOPA — The Mark Forester Family will perform in concert at 6 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 27, at Maricopa Community Church, 44977 W. Hathaway Ave.
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CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — The average U.S. price of regular-grade gasoline jumped 10 cents a gallon over the past two weeks to $2.45.
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BONDURANT, Wyo. (AP) — The coldest town in Wyoming now contains another curiosity: the only free-standing ice bar in America.
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CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) — One of the keys to President Joe Biden’s $2 trillion clean energy plan could be a mineral that lies in a salt flat above a prehistoric volcano just south of the Oregon-Nevada line.
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When COVID-19 first swarmed the United States, one health insurer called some customers with a question: Do you have enough to eat?
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — One winning ticket was sold in Michigan for the $1 billion Mega Millions jackpot, making it the third-largest lottery prize in U.S. history.
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PHOENIX (AP) — Legal sales of recreational marijuana in Arizona started Friday under licenses approved by the state Health Services Department.
COOLIDGE -- Kenilworth School is one of the oldest buildings in Coolidge. The property is also one of the oldest schools in Arizona.
APACHE JUNCTION -- Take a scenic drive out through the Superstition Mountains and you will discover a town like no other — a town focused on preserving history and building memories. This is G…
COOLIDGE -- Skip Laclair understands cars. He also understands car collectors.
CASA GRANDE -- Jeff Law still remembers his first record. He was 7 years old and rode his bike with his allowance in his pocket to a local store, where he found a 45-rpm single of Cheap Trick’…
GOLD CANYON -- On any given night, you may be sitting down to your meal at a local eatery in Gold Canyon when all of a sudden, the front door swings open and you hear the shout of excitement: …
FLORENCE -- When Tom and Lynn Smith were newlyweds in the early 1960s, they would drive up from Tucson to visit Tom’s aunt and uncle, with whom he lived as a teenager. Lynn still recalls her s…
ARIZONA CITY -- Connecting to the good ol’ days is the goal at Flashbacks, a ‘50s-themed casual diner in Arizona City.
SAM TAN VALLEY -- Redeemed Threads may be limited to a compact space between four walls, but the thrift store’s mission is limitless.
What does it look like to take something old and make it new again? That’s what we set out to explore nearly three months ago when our Pinal Ways team began discussing the theme for our winter issue.
A huge thank you to everyone who submitted their photos for this season’s section of Pinal in Pictures! We were thrilled to see so many classic cars throughout our county. Don’t miss our onlin…
In big cities, the history associated with the downtown is often forgotten — or in some cases reduced to street names and the occasional mural or memorializing statue.
CASA GRANDE -- For a few years, Kelsey and Peter Redwine have been on a mission to bring a good old-fashioned family fun venue to Casa Grande. And they’re on track to open their new entertainm…
CASA GRANDE -- Stepping into Grande Central Station is a visit back to early Casa Grande.
CASA GRANDE -- There’s nothing better than spending the day in your car on a long, open road with the windows rolled down, accompanied by 40 of your closest friends. At least, that’s what the …
CASA GRANDE -- From the outside, you can tell there are many cherished memories attached to the place that was once Casa Grande Union High School.