Avondale News

AVONDALE, AZ a ' Police are looking for suspects after a truck driver was held at gunpoint, tied up, and robbed in Avondale on Tuesday morning.

The Goodyear and Avondale fire departments will go door to door this month installing smoke alarms for free in older homes and mobile-home parks.

Avondale police arrested a man on suspicion of stealing more than $6,500 worth of property from a home Friday afternoon, officials said.

An Avondale man who sexually abused a then-13-year-old female relative will serve 13 years in prison and be placed on lifetime probation, court documents show.

An officer responding to an accident scene was involved in a minor crash with an ambulance.

Judy Bihary, public relations chair of Art League West, submitted this article. Art League West, one of the West Valley's professional art associations, has delivered three original abstract paintings to Care1st Avondale Resource and Housing Center.

For 55 years, Avondale celebrated Billy Moore Heritage Days, a tribute to its founder.

A 14-year-old Avondale girl has been shot and police have detained a man for questioning.

Tickets are available for Avondale's eighth annual Daddy-Daughter Dance, set for 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Feb.

AVONDALE Police say a 14-year-old girl was shot at a home in Avondale Monday afternoon.

Smashburger is more than a name. It's a process. "We do literally smash our burgers on the grill," said Dave Doty, a managing partner of SunWest Burgers, LLC, which holds franchise rights for the Denver-based company for Maricopa County.

Avondale is partnering with First Things First to offer early-literacy programs to families with children up to age 5. Early Literacy Connection provides free workshops that promote child literacy and school readiness 6-8 p.m. Wednesdays, beginning next week, at Care1st Avondale Resource and Housing Center, 328 W. Western Ave.

A Maricopa County Sheriff's deputy shot a man in the leg during a traffic stop late Saturday evening, a sheriff's spokesman said Sunday.

Avondale police are looking for two men who shot and stabbed a man at a house party Saturday night, officials said.

The Phoenix FBI Bank Robbery Task Force needs your help to find a couple of bank robbery suspects - and they've given them a name that isn't very flattering! They're calling these guys the "Average at Best" bandits.

More than 150 people vying for five Avondale police positions came out to participate in a series of recruitment tests Tuesday morning in what was the largest applicant turnout in the Police Department's history.

A family of five was displaced from their Litchfield Park home on Wednesday night after a fire broke out in the kitchen.

John Chamberlain, owner of the defunct Iron Mountain Autoplex, is back to work in the automotive industry, this time at Avondale Toyota in Avondale, Ariz.

A 3-year-old Avondale girl was not harmed when a family friend took her from her home Friday, authorities said.

As far as water goes, Avondale is in great shape now and into the future, according to early results of an updated Water Resource Master Plan.