Peoria News

A recent gathering of West Valley mayors to discuss El Mirage's financial plight with Luke Air Force Base ended on a sour note.

As West Valley cities struggled to balance their budgets this year, canceling Fourth of July fireworks shows yielded big savings, at least for Glendale and Avondale But for Peoria, Surprise, Goodyear, Tolleson and Litchfield Park, the show must go on - and be prepared to accommodate the nearly 52,000 people left looking for nearby festivities.

While most Americans are pinching pennies in every way they can, one part of life that can be extraordinarily expensive - and often with no way to reduce costs - is paying for prescription drugs.

PHOENIX a ' The Phoenix Police Department is investigating a shooting that sent two men to the hospital with life-threatening injuries Sunday night.

Banner Arizona Medical Clinic-Sunrise Terrace will host a free seminar on teen and childhood obesity.

A 42-year-old Peoria police officer with two years on the job shot at a berserk man who pointed a rifle at him last night, cops say.

A 23-year-old man who allegedly threatened several people with a gun is in police custody this morning.

Police are asking for your help in finding a bank robbery suspect. Take a look at the surveillance pictures.A Peoria police say the male suspect robbed a US Bank inside a Safeway grocery store near 67th Avenue and Peoria.

Peoria's Tool Lending Center will open by the end of June. The Tool Lending Center is similar to the concept of a library, and will allow Peoria residents to checkout tools or equipment needed for landscaping projects, yard cleanups, community rebuilding and other improvement jobs.

With Glendale canceling it Fourth of July fireworks show, the festivities at the Peoria Sports Complex could be even more crowded than in past years.

Peoria is updating its General Plan this year to include sustainable development efforts and outline goals to encourage trip reduction, public transportation, green building, open space preservation and natural resource management, according to the Planning and Zoning Department.

In an effort to slow speeding vehicles on 91st Avenue from Thunderbird Road to Bell Road, the Peoria Police Department has started a speed enforcement campaign that will run 24 hours a day until June 30.

An Arizona woman recruited as many as 136 people to pose as college students and defraud the government out of nearly $540,000 in student aid money, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday.

What's the difference between a "speed enforcement campaign" and a "speed trap?" Well, maybe it's just the terminology, says Mike Tellef, spokesman for the Peoria Police Department.

A 49-year-old Peoria woman admitted to two incidents of shoplifting after police identified her using a program that creates a stronger communications link between businesses and law enforcement, police said today.

A rollover on Loop 101 northbound near Peoria Avenue sent one person to a local hospital Wednesday morning, said Harold Sanders, spokesman for Arizona Department of Public Safety, in a statement.

Peoria police are looking for a suspect for an armed robbery of a McDonald's on May 8, officials said.

A 2-year-old child has been taken to the hospital after a near-drowning at a home near Beardsley and 91st Ave in Peoria.

A miracle is happening in Peoria, as Councilman Dave Pearson calls it. The Peoria Regional Medical Center, the city's first full-service hospital, is expected to be complete by the end of 2010 or early 2011.

The legislative equivalent of a dam burst in the state Senate on Friday, as lawmakers approved bills that will allow people to carry guns in restaurants that serve liquor, require local enforcement of federal immigration laws and put further restrictions on abortion.