Little League challenger division players have big day at Copper Sky
Copper Sky Recreation Complex baseball fields were packed Saturday as the first-ever Arizona State Challenger Division Baseball Jamboree paired players with physical or developmental...
Police investigate allegations against special needs teacher
Maricopa police are looking into allegations against a contract employee who taught a special needs class in the Maricopa Unified School District.Superintendent Steve Chestnut...
2nd youth track meet raises money for MHS team
Prepped to sweat, more than 30 kids competed in Maricopa High School’s second youth track meet Saturday.The meet hosted competitions for kids third- through...
Rams baseball, softball split pair with McClintock Chargers
The Maricopa High School baseball team visited McClintock High School in Tempe Tuesday while the softball team hosted the Chargers in Maricopa.The baseball squad...
Bahama Buck’s has a Free Sno Day this week
Bahama Buck's will serve free Sno during a one-day promotion this week.
The shaved ice shop at 17470 N. Porter Road (Oasis at the Wells)...
2 MHS students sign letters of intent
Two Maricopa High School seniors picked up their pens on National Signing Day Wednesday and committed to playing sports at the next level.Christian Palafox...
MHS grads earn $2.7 million in scholarships
Maricopa High School’s Class of 2014 earned a record $2.7 million in college scholarships. An unprecedented 146 of 268 of MHS graduates received scholarship...
Plumber: 12 things to never, ever flush down your toilet
By Terry Leamon, My Maricopa Plumber
Toilets are a modern-day convenience meant to dispose of human waste, and nothing else. Flushing household products and other...
MLL hosts first-ever Challenger Jamboree Saturday
Maricopa Little League will host the first-ever Arizona State Challenger Division Baseball Jamboree Saturday at the recently opened Copper Sky Recreation Complex.In its 25th...
MUSD board to vote on head coach, AD positions
The MUSD school board is set to vote on a new head football coach and a new athletic director Wednesday, according to a district...
School board tables staff bonuses, hiring support staff
A proposal to pay all Maricopa Unified School District employees a one-time, 1-percent bonus was derided by several elementary teachers and was the nexus...
MUSD board approves academic plans for charter, noncharter district schools
The Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board approved academic focus plans Wednesday for all nine district schools, including the six new charter schools, that...
Copa Glow: Balloon rides, vendors, craft beer garden
The City of Maricopa will hold it second Copa Glow Night Market on Friday, Jan. 15 after the success of last year's event.
The free...
Future firefighter, star athlete among students of the month
Four students — two high school seniors and two eighth-graders - were recognized in April at a school board meeting as Maricopa Rotary Club’s...
Full STEAM ahead: Couple’s lifetime of model railroading becomes new education
Part toys-for-grownups, part engineering marvel and part art project, the model train layout fills an entire room of a Province home. More than anything,...
Prenda microschools expand rapidly in Maricopa
In August 2019, Tom Bogle opened a microschool in Maricopa for a few students in grades 3-8 and was soon joined by a neighbor...
Dads voted ‘the best’ in Maricopa
Kevin Hunt keeps busy with nine children and 41 grandchildren.
The first-place winner of the 2022 Best Dad InMaricopa contest sponsored by Maricopa Ace Hardware...
MUSD sixth-graders to stay in elementary; wheels in motion to create single junior high
The MUSD school board voted Wednesday to retain sixth-grade students in the elementary schools starting with the 2013-2014 school year.Board President Torri Anderson voted...
Legislature considers MHS’ CTE funding
Maricopa High School’s Career and Technical Education program budget is still up-in-the-air and in the hands of the state Legislature as part of the...
School board tables half-day kindergarten decision
MUSD teachers expressed concerns to the board over potential shortened kindergarten day and additional budget cuts.
MUSD keeps tuition-free full-day kindergarten
Board members decided not make any changes to the current all-day kindergarten system.
MUSD sets new start date for in-person instruction
Maricopa Unified School District will come back to in-person classes Sept. 8.
That is the day after Labor Day and two weeks after Gov. Doug...
School board members finishing terms tell election intentions
Maricopa Unified School District board member AnnaMarie Knorr said she intends to seek another term of office. Member Scott Bartle said he is not...
MUSD mile meet results
Fourth- and fifth-graders competed in the Maricopa Unified School District's annual Mile Meet at Maricopa High School Friday.Results: Fourth-grade boys1. Phillie Villapadaa, MES,...
Investigation clears MUSD board president
MUSD Governing Board President Scott Bartle has been absolved of any wrongdoing in 10 of 11 allegations made by former board member Geoff Goddard.The investigation into...
Merry Copa holiday event slated for Friday night
The City of Maricopa will hold its annual Merry Copa holiday event on Friday from 6 to 9 p.m. at Copper Sky Regional Park.
Complimentary...
School board approves replacing synthetic turf
The Maricopa Unified School District school board voted Wednesday to replace the synthetic turf at the Maricopa High School athletic field with the Revolution...
MUSD board considers sixth-grade move, kindergarten tuition
The Maricopa Unified School District governing board is set to discuss, and possibly take action, on moving sixth grade back to the elementary school...
Obituary: Lupe Gomez, 47, of Maricopa
Guadalupe “Lupe” Martinez Gomez, 47, of Maricopa died on Jan. 23, 2021.
Gomez was born on Feb. 25, 1973, in Casa Grande to Sergio and...
Rams baseball, softball seasons underway
The crack of the bat, the smell of the fresh-cut grass, the perfectly lined chalked baselines, everything that makes springtime in Arizona the best...