MUSD extends at-home learning through Jan. 29 – at least
Students in the Maricopa Unified School District will return to their school classrooms no sooner than Feb. 1.
The district’s Governing Board on Thursday night...
Utility work will close 2 roads for 2-plus weeks
Sections of White & Parker and West Farrell roads will be closed to traffic in the coming weeks.
Road closures will be in effect from...
Amber Alert for 4 Pinal children canceled
An Amber Alert issued for four children missing in Pinal County has been canceled by authorities.
https://twitter.com/AMBERAlert/status/1347074556197003270
Police in Eloy, a city about 30 miles southeast...
Man who calls police finds himself under arrest – twice
A man who summoned police to a Maricopa home was arrested for violating a protection order, then rearrested three days later.
Andrew M. Pacheco, 20,...
Fatal dog mauling in Tortosa stirs controversy
A walk with the dogs turned tragic earlier this month for a Tortosa couple.
Carol Cook was walking Kali, a miniature schnauzer, and Lacey, a...
SR 347 lane restrictions extended for weeks
The pavement resealing project on State Route 347, originally expected to be completed by the end of the year, will continue into late February.
Overnight...
MPD’s internal investigation into K-9’s death due in January
A Maricopa Police Department internal investigative report into the June death of a K-9 officer is now expected to be released in January.
Ike, a...
Your favorite family photos from Christmas (GALLERY)
On Christmas Night, InMaricopa asked you to post a favorite family photo from the day on our Facebook page.
Dozens of you submitted pictures and...
Driver rams DPS patrol vehicle on JWP, sparking air search
Authorities are searching for the driver of a Dodge Charger who rammed a state police vehicle during a traffic stop on Tuesday night and...
Package travels 4,000 miles from Scottsdale to Maricopa
I came to Maricopa from the suburbs of Philadelphia in April. My brother Mike was gracious enough to make the 2,359-mile drive with me...
Crash kills motorist on SR 347 at Riggs
A motorist was killed on Tuesday morning when a car slammed the back of a box truck on State Route 347 at Riggs Road.
The...
Study: Pinal is 2nd most at-risk U.S. county for being uninhabitable
A recent study says Pinal County is the second most at-risk county in the United States of being uninhabitable in the near future due...
MUSD board rejects extension of Winter Break
The Maricopa Unified School District Governing Board voted unanimously Wednesday night to reject its superintendent’s recommendation to extend Winter Break.
School will resume after the...
Mother accused of strangling children, hitting them with hammer
A Maricopa mother is accused of strangling her three children and hitting them with a hammer, according to police.
The mother, whose name was not...
Safe place opens for women, teen girls in crisis
Women and teen girls facing crisis have a new safe place available to them.
Hope Women’s Center, a faith-based non-profit organization, opened Dec. 1 in...
Flood Control District awaits FEMA response, engages Province, Villages HOAs
The Maricopa Flood Control District is still awaiting a response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) on next steps in the city’s efforts...
Economist forecasts bright future for Pinal
Homeowners in Pinal County looking for signs of what is to come in the housing market can rest easy, according to a leading expert...
City lights Christmas tree with flicks, fireworks (GALLERY)
The lights are on.
Mayor Christian Price on Friday night presided over the lighting of the city's Christmas tree at Copper Sky Regional Park.
The tree...
Maricopa Mambas (12u) are state champions
The Maricopa Mambas 12u football team won the state championship on Saturday in its inaugural season.
The team defeated the Peoria Panthers, 30-13, in a...
County tables takeover, pushes Maricopa to get along with water district
Maricopa was told to try harder.
City Hall took its issues with Maricopa Consolidated Domestic Water Improvement District to the Pinal County Board of Supervisors...
Council members sworn in as Brown gets emotional sendoff
With new members being sworn in, Maricopa City Council paid emotional farewell to Marvin Brown Tuesday night. Brown is stepping down from the council...
MUSD tracks bullying even during COVID
Elementary-aged children are far more likely to tell adults they are being bullied than high school students.
Secondary-aged students who have self-identified as or been...
AZ researchers: 3-week lockdown needed to avoid COVID ‘catastrophe’
A shelter-in-place order in Arizona, from Tuesday through Dec. 22, is necessary to avoid a public health “catastrophe,” a team of coronavirus researchers is...
Black Friday 2020: Lighter crowds, but some sweet deals
It took Rhianon Bender a year to get her Black Friday deal, but she got it.
The Maricopa resident came out of Walmart on Friday...
Police Chief Steve Stahl announces retirement
Maricopa police Chief Steve Stahl on Wednesday afternoon announced his retirement. It is effective Jan. 4.
Cmdr. Jim Hughes, who has been with MPD for...
MHS confirms 2020 graduation date, seeks contact info
Maricopa High School administration confirmed Tuesday that plans for a December graduation for its 2020 seniors would be postponed until late May.
Public health restrictions...
More serious accidents in Maricopa as city grows
When a stretch of Bowlin Road between White and Parker Road and Rancho Mirage Boulevard opened in late August, the City was seeking to...
MHS Class of 2020 graduation apparently postponed
The December graduation proposed for 2020 graduates of Maricopa High School will be postponed again, according to Patti Coutre, a Maricopa Unified School District...
MUSD to close middle school as quarantine limits teachers
Numbers of COVID-19 cases had been creeping up recently at Maricopa Wells Middle School. Today, the school district opted to close the school from...
Hundreds line sidewalks for festive Veterans Day parade
The American flags were plentiful and puffed on Porter Road on Saturday morning.
Hundreds and hundreds of people lined the thoroughfare for the fourth annual...