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A false alarm brought multiple fire units to a local elementary school on Monday morning, according to a city information officer.  At about 10:30 a.m.,...

A man was shot and killed Sunday evening inside a home in the 21000 block of West Duncan Drive in Rancho El Dorado, Maricopa...

This Christmas, Maricopa Neighbors in Need, a community outreach group with more than 2,000 members on Facebook, will hold its annual “Operation Christmas Child.” The...

A man and infant child killed Friday afternoon in a crash involving a suspected impaired driver in Gilbert have been identified as the son...

City Council unanimously agreed last week to sell 0.8 acres to First Baptist Church of Maricopa, which will then move its entrance from John...

The holidays are upon us. With the chaos of running back and forth getting ready to celebrate, it is important for us to remember...

A man is accused of putting a restaurant manager in a headlock and breaking his clavicle after the manager asked the man to leave...

Jacob Cowing, a Maricopa High product, who was regarded among the best players in the 2022 NCAA football transfer portal, announced that he will...

A man is accused of closing a car window on his partner’s arm, trapping it, and then pulling her by reversing the vehicle on...

The vast majority of Maricopans appear to be impressed with the credentials of new police chief Mark Goodman and welcome him. In our unscientific readers’...

The pine scent of a fresh-cut Christmas tree is as much a part of the holiday season as eggnog and presents. Getting that tree...

Christmas is almost here. This magical time of year means so many things as it brings people together. It’s a celebration with family and friends,...

It's the time of year when spirits are light in Maricopa Unified School District classrooms as the holidays approach. MUSD students engaged in concerts, plays...

A Honda coupe caught on fire in the Maricopa Professional Village parking lot alongside West Smith Enke Road at about 3 p.m., on Thursday,...

For the second year in a row, the Maricopa High School Marching Rams received an invitation to the Vrbo Fiesta Bowl Parade this Saturday....

Just days after City Council approved the final plat for the city’s largest-ever apartment community, the Planning and Zoning Commission gave the OK to...

The Heritage District will become home to a small, multi-family residential project following Planning & Zoning Commission approvals Monday. The commission approved site, landscape, photometric...

Dell’s Pizza, a Casa Grande institution for 58 years, will open a scaled-back version in Maricopa in early 2023, a store manager said. The Maricopa...

Michael Sharpe, who served for a year as vice chair of the city Planning & Zoning Commission, resigned during Monday’s meeting. He had been...

Most Maricopa city employees are getting a break for the holidays. City Hall will be closed Friday, Dec. 23, through and including Monday, Jan. 2....

The city is advising drivers to plan for alternate routes around Bowlin Road beginning Dec. 19. Bowlin will be closed to reconstruct the roadway and...

Maricopa Unified School District’s Governing Board has unanimously approved drafting of a new employee-benefit trust agreement, which allows the district to work with Phoenix...

A woman is accused by police of driving under the influence after she was found motoring the wrong way on North John Wayne Parkway...

The Planning & Zoning Commission approved four measures Monday that move the city’s second hospital closer to becoming a reality. The commission approved: A minor...

Electrical District No. 3 recently completed a major upgrade to the Sonny Dunn Substation on the Maricopa-Casa Grande Highway, just southeast of Porter Road,...

A Maricopa woman saw it, but would not have believed it even the Arctic, much less in Arizona: a flying penguin.   And it was...

A proposed Tractor Supply store in Maricopa Wells Power Center on Monday received unanimous approval of site, landscape, photometric and elevation plans by the...

Two men and a woman were arrested on Saturday night, after what police say was a home invasion of a Homestead residence.  Freddie R. Madrid,...

A man is accused of assaulting a woman in a Homestead residence on Thursday after a minor in the home called 911.  Lorenzo D. Blackmon,...

Among the institutions most disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic was education. Students were out of classrooms for extended periods. Ostensibly, they were being educated remotely...