Gilbert News

A Sacaton man was sentenced to 27 years in prison on Thursday for hitting and killing a bicyclist.

A woman who has used a forged credit card in the East Valley and other Arizona towns was seen on store surveillance videos during her shopping spree.

Adelaida Severson was chosen Thursday by the Gilbert Unified School District as the nominee to fill a vacancy on the governing board.

A private Christian school in Gilbert is hoping to raise $40,000 for a new playground and lockers through its "Joy-A-Thon." Each grade at Heritage Christian Academy, 919 E. Guadalupe, will complete its own charity project in Gilbert or Mesa Nov.

An unexpected surge in demand for new homes in the southeast Valley is generating momentum for some home builders, bringing measured optimism to an industry still fraught with challenges.

Higley Unified School District students and staff were mourning the loss of a high school teacher who died Friday after getting a severe case of swine flu that sickened her for a month.

Around Our Schools is written by local school districts and printed as space permits.

Lawrance Hester did electrical work in the construction industry before the economy went south.

This column by Gilbert Chamber of Commerce President Kathy Tilque announces a contest for town residents aimed at promoting the Shop Gilbert Program.

The Gilbert Police Department will offer residents a chance to protect themselves from identity theft and vehicle theft and get rid of dangerous old drugs.

Residents of a near-empty development in south Gilbert are sighing relief after three developers announced plans to build homes in the subdivision.

Gilbert police say the 37-year-old Levy was taken into custody on Oct. 14, five days after he was arrested on an outstanding warrant for failing to appear in court.

Deborah Marsh lives life in the raw. The Gilbert wife and mother has self-published "Raw-Riffic Food's 101 Super-Charged Juices, Shakes & Smoothies."Including easy-to-prepare recipes, the full-color book discusses how raw foods can change your life - and, she says, maybe even save it.

Farmer Jeff Scott can remember many a long afternoon when he sat alone on the plaza at Dr.

Anchored by a growing airport and hoped-for world-class resorts, the Gateway area is expected to emerge over time as one of Arizona's premier destinations.

When Highland High School's assistant band director Lewis Nelson last fall suggested the school organize a high-profile educational jazz festival for Arizona, Jodie Weiss jumped on the bandwagon.

Gabe Bush signs autographs on bookmarks after his segment on the Tiger Town News, a program played Fridays in classrooms at Gilbert Elementary School.

When it comes to taxpayer dollars, the watchword these days is "transparency": Residents are demanding more, and Arizona elected officials are promising they'll get it.

Hazardous-materials crews responded to a San Tan Valley Walmart after a driver crashed his truck into a stack of car batteries in the store's auto-center Friday morning.

A bookkeeper for a small air-conditioning equipment company in Tempe paid to enhance her breasts and funded a non-profit traveling basketball team for kids with the more than $228,000 she embezzled from her employer, Tempe Police said after the woman's arrest Wednesday.