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Copa Kitchen to open next month

A favorite Maricopa food truck trades four wheels for four walls to serve customers at a new location. Asian Seoul owner Charlotte Stessel plans to...

Wily drug suspect arrested after trying to play MPD officer

A 33-year-old Maricopa man faces drug charges after a police officer discovered he was in possession of a torch lighter, a pipe and narcotics. A...

Injury crash slows traffic at major intersection

Maricopa Police were investigating the cause of a two-vehicle crash that was diverting traffic at the intersection of John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Road.  Paramedics...

BoSa’s creamy soft opening attracts cruller-crazed crowd

About the only thing softer than the inside of a BoSa Donut was the store’s Maricopa soft opening this morning.  The store in the Walmart...

Supes might appoint new local judge tomorrow — but still undecided

Pinal County Board of Supervisors tomorrow will discuss and possibly appoint a District 4 Justice of the Peace to serve Maricopa and Western Pinal...

Cocina Madrigal fire may snuff Maricopa plans

An award-winning restaurant with fleeting ties to Maricopa is looking even less likely to serve taco-craving patrons. A kitchen fire closed Cocina Madrigal on Sunday...

Desert Sunrise earns 2024 RED honors

Desert Sunrise High School has earned top honors in the K-12 category at the 2024 Real Estate Development Awards. The RED Awards recognition celebrates the...

Hammer time: Cops nail accused assailant in Walmart parking lot attack

A November hammer attack in the Maricopa Walmart parking lot, in which the accused assailant escaped, led to an arrest four months later. An InMaricopa...
An image of shredded paper. [Pixabay]

Shred-A-Thon returns next month

Will your office overflow with paper documents after Tax Day? You’re in luck, because the Maricopa Senior Advisory Committee and Pinal County Attorney’s Office will...

Overnight closure next week for Riggs overpass

Late night commuters, take note! The westbound lane on the Riggs Road overpass at Interstate 10 will close for a few hours Monday night for...

QuikTrip fight anything but on the q.t., witnesses say

A 28-year-old Maricopa woman was arrested on assault and disorderly conduct charges after a fight at a QuikTrip convenience store left another woman with...

Reader majority prefers keeping green street signs

Maricopa residents prefer keeping green street signs over the city’s new brown ones, according to InMaricopa’s weekly poll. Of the 177 votes responses to the...

Couple’s fight over dog food gets violent, leads to arrest

An alcohol-fueled fight over the price of dog food led to a Maricopa man’s arrest on a domestic violence assault charge. In a probable cause...

More rentals coming to Stonegate

Move over, Circle K and Starbucks — more housing development is coming to the growing Stonegate commercial area. Minnesota developer Roers Companies proposed building another...

Two decades and counting

InMaricopa celebrates its 20th year of operation this year. Over the last two decades, InMaricopa published 26,000 articles about the happenings in Maricopa (more than...

MPD wants to know where your home, business cameras are

Maricopa Police Department yesterday relaunched its Camera Registration Program, aimed at enhancing community safety. “Community safety is a shared responsibility, and our Camera Registration Program...

Starbucks reopens after weeks of remodeling

Without fanfare, Maricopa’s only standalone Starbucks reopened early this morning after a six-week closure for remodeling. The 1,900-square-foot store at 21423 N. John Wayne Parkway...
An exterior view of Nando's Mexican Cafe on John Wayne Parkway and Edison Road on Jan. 22, 2024. [Monica D. Spencer]

Nando’s confirms opening date

Mark your calendars because your taco and margarita cravings are going to be satisfied in just a matter of days. Nando’s Mexican Café yesterday announced...

Spring Carnival set for Copper Sky park

The same promoters who brought the Wild West Music Fest to Maricopa are presenting a pop-up Spring Carnival, which will take place at Copper...

Better lock your car doors — young thieves still at it

Another day, another spate of car burglaries, or at least attempted. This time in the Acacia Crossings neighborhood, near Costa Brave Drive and Gavilan Drive,...

At-risk adult missing a second time

Maricopa Police Department is asking for the public’s help locating 33-year-old Brandon Gallegos.Gallegos, who suffers from a traumatic brain injury, left home and was...
A tow truck begins to haul away a pickup truck involved in a two-vehicle crash on John Wayne Parkway and Cobblestone Farms Drive on March 13, 2024. First responders were seen attending to crash victims, including three children. [Jeff Chew]

Crash blocks John Wayne southbound traffic

Updated 4:15 p.m., March 13, 2024.  Expect the drive home this afternoon to be a little slower than usual. Maricopa police and fire crews responded to...

City releases Bdubs plans

The rumors are true: Buffalo Wild Wings plans to sling beer and chicken wings in Maricopa’s near future. The Atlanta-based sports bar submitted pre-application paperwork...

EXCLUSIVE VIDEO: 14-year-old on the run gets double-shot of cop’s taser gun

A 14-year-old car burglary suspect learned at a young age early Tuesday morning what you get if you try to outrun Maricopa police —...
City Planner Derek Scheerer presents a rezoning case during a Planning and Zoning Commission meeting on Nov. 13, 2023. [Monica D. Spencer]

Vote approving pot shop not unanimous

In a rare move, Maricopa Planning and Zoning Commission wasn’t unanimous in greenlighting a new business in town. The commission approved a permit for the...

City leaders meet with Washington lawmakers

Maricopa Mayor Nancy Smith and City Councilmembers Eric Goettl and Henry Wade flew to Washington, D.C., late last week to push for support on...

Homes evacuated after fiber optic crew hits gas line

Seven homes in Santa Rosa Crossings were evacuated late this morning after a gas leak. Southwest Gas employees in hazardous materials suits clamped off a...

PHOTOS: MFMD responds to gas leak false alarm

Maricopa Fire and Medical Department responded to a reported gas leak at Stagestop Marketplace this morning.  Just before noon, employees evacuated the building at 44301...

Maricopa isn’t the second-safest AZ city. It’s not even in the top 25

City Hall raved in February about its recent rank as Arizona’s second-safest city. But the city forgot to check its source, which turns out...

Playing hooky: Keeping kids in classrooms is a problem. Twice as bad as...

Maricopa Unified School District administrators are taking new steps to combat chronic student absenteeism, which ballooned during the pandemic and is slow to recover...
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