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- Theft and run
![A graphic shows images from a comprehensive sign plan submitted for Terrible's includes Chevron branding. [City of Maricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260916-terribles-chevron-rtijuwz3bi8v4k6qmrj6cy0xes8hfetpg1ij4txm6c.jpg "20260916-terribles-chevron"){kind=icon}
- Signs of progress
![This rendering shows a redesign of the Maricopa High School football field, shown during a Maricopa Unified School District governing board meeting on Jan. 22, 2025. A final design will be revealed in a future meeting. [Submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Homecoming-MHS-field-Willy-rayhezpvpfio0w4gikgk62sotmpvmgmgh3l4kpu1dw.jpg "Homecoming-MHS-field-Willy")
- LETTER TO THE EDITOR
![Medics treat an injured motorcyclist on John Wayne Parkway near Cobblestone Farms Drive on Sept. 16, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260916-spencer-jwp-motorcycle-crash-4-rti1sqzy1y7uiil858656ifxb2tk8cplq0orxnxw1w.jpg "20260916-spencer-jwp-motorcycle-crash-4")
- motorcycle crash
![A Maricopa police vehicle sits next to a damaged vehicle in a crash on John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue on Sept. 16, 2026. [InMaricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260916-welch-jwp-crash-rthuy44gswlc5wuabm87xqzu1egejfl35ac8pxmop0.jpg "20260916-welch-jwp-crash")
- Morning traffic alert
- No break for 347
- Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
State Route 347 gave Maricopans a two-day breather, but now it’s back to business. Construction resumes tonight, with another weekend of one-lane traffic in both directions between Casa Blanca Road […]
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![Gene Coleman accepting a check for Maricopa Mustangs during Maricopa Moose bingo night at Duke's Roadhouse on Sept. 14, 2026. From left to right: Kelly Garcia, Maricopa Moose; Kaui Wilson, Maricopa Arts Council; Gage Coleman; Gene Coleman, Maricopa Mustangs Special Olympics; Aaron Cicero, Manager of Duke's Roadhouse; and Andrew Anderson, President of Maricopa Moose on Sept. 14, 2026.[Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260914-bartunek-maricopa-moose-bingo-6-scaled-rtgg1w7xlntf2cblel4o7n638fc6v0ep6jf46lipdk.jpg "20260914-bartunek-maricopa-moose-bingo-6")
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Staff Reports
By Ron Smith
![Maricopa police and fire crews eat lunch during a shift change at Maricopa Fire Department Administration Office on Sept. 9, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260909-spencer-first-responders-lunch-3-rt652tjaqhq62rb9ns63jr06bcsufhorp22mvj7zeg.jpg "20260909-spencer-first-responders-lunch-3")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Business
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Kaydence Shipman, Editorial Intern
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![An exterior view of MADCAPS, a family entertainment center planned next to Copper Sky Regional Park. [Submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MADCAPS-Outdoors-scaled-rt5xepg15hqxmedsyxidlxcodnqacajaqf6wuem96g.jpg "MADCAPS Outdoors")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
Government
![May 2026 sign renderings for Black Rock Coffee Bar overlay a file photo of construction at Edison Pointe, near the John Wayne Parkway site where the coffee shop would be built if approved. [City of Maricopa/Elias Weiss]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260506-BlackRock-scaled-rn2lapuoth94dnvknhixxg00dv164x32a3vsm3qj20.jpg "20260506 BlackRock")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Amber Rutan holds a sign that reads "Remove Flock cameras: Protect our fourth amendment rights" during a protest outside Maricopa City Hall on Sept. 1, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260901-spencer-anti-flock-1-rsu8e64q3zlbmw3jhxn6r4itwudarx4x8j4p99d69k.jpg "20260901-spencer-anti-flock-1")
![Maricopa Police direct traffic while a crash on Porter Road is cleared March. 1, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_9252-scaled-2-rdutcuc56ahbryjhsyefjdfe9yyse9uexf4ayw5dyw.jpg "PJ_9252-scaled")
Public Safety
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![[Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260904-pcso-rodney-white-arrest-rsx15gdhl32kix9jpcjc9ajr8ty1j87dlx86kl5kvs.jpg "20260904-pcso-rodney-white-arrest")
![[Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260903-pcso-david-zuniga-rsvdym4sjq4164fgba42u03zxcl24mx1b8s78wkmbc.jpg "20260903-pcso-david-zuniga")
Education
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Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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![Assistant Principal Dustin Hunt, Dean of Students Nate Wong and Prinicipal Rachele Reese. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BPJ_9378-rb3umd6tv0ao2b4u80uj2gaqxyo5dbl1cwhq0c9r7c.jpg "A+ Charter School")
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Real Estate
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![Maricopa residents Euphemia and Sherman Weekes founded Crest Premier Properties in 2006 and manage about 150 homes, a quarter of which are in Maricopa. [submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Weekes-portrait-scaled-rb3tz9bnumnwnep65j9p9s7t7ykb56ul6j50agj660.jpg "Weekes-portrait")
Staff Reports
By Sherman & Euphemia Weekes
Traffic
![[Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260910-adot-sr-347-restrictions-update-rt7uof9ombgj3s4beuqmmn8nm8ijcaf5l6d3xp5pmg.jpg "20260910-adot-sr-347-restrictions-update")
![[Arizona Department of Transportation]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260903-adot-lane-restrictions-2-rsvthf6njz2rckqb9tti5zn5huao6rcc52y08w0v7c.jpg "20260903-adot-lane-restrictions-2")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![[Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260827-adot-weekly-lane-restrictions-rsjmfluppa3vprk44oelhj5z4f58p1cqdk8jrzgoag.jpg "20260827-adot-weekly-lane-restrictions")
![Arizona State Mine Inspector Les Presnyk. [Submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260908-les-presnyk-photo-rt479wu9qfqtjzgaa2b24dgegklt9ym77bek1v4vzs.jpg "20260908-les-presnyk-photo")
