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Most of the students at S.T.A.R. Academy are in their classrooms or at lunch on a recent school day.

Avondale voters approved home rule by a wide margin Tuesday, giving the city another four years to control its budget and provide services based on current financial conditions.

Avondale police arrested three teenagers Monday night on suspicion of burglarizing a vacant home, officials said.

Beginning Nov. 17, there will be no access to Lower Buckeye Road from Central Avenue in Avondale.

An $8,000 grant will allow Surprise police to purchase software to analyze computer information and hardware used to retrieve data from cellphones.

Phoenix Mayor Phil Gordon is proposing a temporary sales-tax increase to prevent services and programs from being cut further.

Randall McDaniel, a hometown hero and former Minnesota Vikings player, returned to Avondale last week.

Avondale will host another "City Hall Comes to You" on Thursday. The premise behind the monthly "City Hall Comes to You" program is to make elected officials and city staff more accessible to residents and to promote one-on-one dialogue.

The 2009 seasonal flu shot is available at all Cigna Medical Group and Cigna Medical Group CareToday centers.

Estrella Mountain Community College's SouthWest Skill Center will hold a completion ceremony for 168 students at 4 p.m. Friday in the Ceremonial Plaza.

A substitute teacher has been accused of sexually abusing his 13-year-old adopted daughter, according to Maricopa County Superior Court documents.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has dismissed obscenity charges against a former Buckeye high school teacher accused of showing cellphone photographs of his genitals to female students.

The Goddard School in Goodyear marks its grand opening today at 13235 W. Thomas Road.

For Avondale, providing bus service comes down to a matter of money. For Southwest Valley bus riders, bus service is a matter of getting to work and school.

The 14th Annual Mayors Challenge Golf Tournament will be held Oct. 24 at the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park.

Because budget deficits are one of the Arizonaa s top priorities, an ASU graduate plans to run for the Arizona State House of Representatives to make sure Latino issues are not overlooked.

This area received another half inch of rain on Friday and Saturday. This makes the harvesting come to a crawl and it isn't conducive to drying the last cutting of hay that is on the ground.

Owners of residential-rental property in Avondale must register their properties or face civil penalties and court appearances.

Learn fire safety techniques and practice home escape plans from 9 a.m. to noon today at a Goodyear fire station in the Estrella community.