Plumber: Never put these things down garbage disposal
By Terry Leamon, My Maricopa Plumber
A few common things can cause backed-up drains. Here’s a few tips on stuff that you should NEVER put...
Former motocross star opens city’s first bike shop
If real estate is all about location, location, location, then retail businesses are all about finding the right niche. And what could be better...
Babe Ruth League has impact in Maricopa
Babe Ruth League might not be as well-known as Little League, however in its short existence in the city it is beginning to make...
Change of plans: State Fair moves back to Phoenix
The 2021 Arizona State Fair is moving back to the fairgrounds.
It was previously announced the annual event would be held at Wild Horse Pass...
MUSD to blend tech learning, traditional teaching
Ninety sixth-, seventh- and eighth- graders will get a crack at a new kind of classroom in the Maricopa Unified School District this fall.Students...
2021 Arizona State Fair moving to new location
Maricopa residents have a big new event in the immediate area to love – or hate.
The Arizona Exposition and State Fair Board (AESF) decided...
Young minds + 3D printer technology = winners
Young inventors will show off the products of their imaginations and skills Thursday during a Maricopa Center for Entrepreneurship-hosted event.The 3D printer contest awards...
State sues Rise & Shine school owners, alleges fraud
The Arizona Attorney General’s Office announced May 30 the filing of a lawsuit against, Rise and Shine Exceptional Services LLC owners Desiree Truett and...
Light parade, carnival, rodeo, concerts highlight annual Ak-Chin Masik Tas
The annual Ak-Chin Masik Tas, or “birthday” celebration of the Ak-Chin Indian Community, opens Dec. 4 and runs through Dec. 18 at venues around...
Tractor Supply coming to Maricopa
Tractor Supply, the largest rural lifestyle retailer in the United States, has taken initial steps to come to Maricopa, a city official confirmed Tuesday...
Standoff in Rancho El Dorado ends peacefully
A standoff between police and an armed man in Rancho El Dorado today ended peacefully with the man being arrested by a Chandler Police...
CAC breaks ground on Maricopa campus
Land that was once used for agriculture will soon be the site of one of nation’s most state-of-the-art college campuses.A groundbreaking ceremony was held...
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Missing MHS student located
The Maricopa High School student who went missing from school Thursday has been found.
Maeva McGuire, 17, was located Saturday evening at the Greyhound Bus...
MHS grad at Mayo Clinic for mystery illness
His mother’s updates read like a nightmare, because that is what the situation has been. In fact, it is a recurring nightmare.
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MHS girls win Hoops Holiday Classic, boys finish 4-2
With four strong victories in two days, the Maricopa High School girls’ basketball team captured the Maricopa Hoops Holiday Classic championship for the second...
Maricopa population tops in Pinal County
U.S. Census Bureau's release of 2020 data shows Maricopa is the most populous city or town in Pinal County with 58,125 residents. And as...
A tale of two courses and their golfers
Maricopa’s two golf courses – The Duke at Rancho El Dorado and the Ak-Chin Southern Dunes Golf Club – complement each other, experts say.“We...
Valley Christian edges MHS girls’ basketball
Defending state champion Chandler Valley Christian had to battle into the closing minutes to hold off a stubborn Maricopa girls’ basketball team, 59-55, last...
Jake Plummer tosses football with Ak-Chin youth
Kids in the Ak-Chin Indian Community showed off their football skills Wednesday, when the Arizona Cardinals’ youth football program and Jake Plummer led them...
Rams’ baseball, softball seasons come to a close
The Maricopa High School varsity baseball and softball teams have hit a wall.After great starts from the boys (5-3) and girls (7-3), the teams...
268 say goodbye to Maricopa High School
Maricopa High School’s Class of 2014 graduation ceremony took place Thursday evening at the football stadium. Two hundred and sixty-eight students graduated.“It was a...
Rams’ baseball ends season on high note
The Maricopa High School baseball program struggled in the final month of the season, losing nine straight. However, the Rams took the final game...
Family searching for missing MHS student
A Maricopa High School student left class Thursday and jumped into a blue sports car that drove away.
The student, Maeva McGuire, 17, told staff...
DNA test reveals a father – and a family
It’s said life can turn on a dime. For Mike Otis, it changed on a $69 DNA test.
Otis, a retired technical writer, did what...
Street names a road to city’s history
People are moving to Maricopa every day. But do the newcomers — or the old timers, for that matter — give any thought to the...
PTO treasurer embezzled $6,000
Zulema Andrews, treasurer of the Saddleback Elementary Parent Teacher Organization, has admitted embezzling an estimated $6,084.63 of the Saddleback PTO’s funds, according to a...
Maricopa group to run in Sally Meyerhoff Memorial 5K
A group of more than 100 Maricopa runners, mostly new to the sport, will join local coach Carrie Hinton in a five-kilometer race in...
MUSD consultant, two children to be remembered Friday
A celebration of life gathering is scheduled for Friday for the Maricopa Unified School District consultant and her two children who died in a...
MHS girls win two, boys one, in Hoops Holiday Classic first day
The Maricopa High School girls’ basketball team won both of its games, while the boys took one of three on the first day of...