Tempe News

Roof rats are apparently finding the fruit crop better in the suburbs than in central Phoenix.

A house fire in Tempe proved difficult for firefighters to extinguish Friday due to hoarding, a Tempe Fire Department official said.

Amidst all the talk of GOP candidates and November elections, there is no better time to reflect on those that made our country what it is today.

Glenna and Lawrence Shapiro were murdered last month in their Paradise Valley home.

Sr. Officer Kevin Friend of the Osage Beach Police Department will be walking 25 miles in 2 days to raise funds for Concerns of Police Survivors and their Hands-On Programs for families and co-workers of officers who have been killed in the line of duty.

Clockwise from top left: Gin Blossoms' 1989 debut Dusted, songwriter/hitmaker Doug Hopkins, the old Long Wong's on Mill, Sara Cina, and the band in 1991.

This weekend is going to be busy in the Valley of the Sun. Not only is New Times invading Club Red/Red Owl for Soundcheck Festival 2012 , featuring Glass Heroes, Sugar Thieves, The Love Me Nots, Father Figures, Jason Devore, Crusher Sound System, The Insects , and many many more, but there are scads of other great shows popping off: One Be Lo takes ... (more)

The first campaign finance reports due Jan. 31 show that Councilman Mark Mitchell's fundraising is eclipsing that of the other two mayoral candidates in the Tempe election.

The Bloomberg Global Leaders Solar Index of 37 companies jumped 4.6 percent to $54.82 at the close in New York, the most since Jan.

TEMPE, Ariz. - Poor shooting and accompanying scoring droughts have proven costly for the Utah Utes in the first half of Thursday's game at Arizona State.

KASC The Blaze 1330 AM recently conducted an interview with guitarist Corey Beaulieu of Florida metallers TRIVIUM before the band's February 8 performance at the Marquee Theater in Tempe, Arizona with IN FLAMES .

Maricopa County prosecutors said Thursday that Michael Lee Crane, of Mesa, is charged in a direct complaint with two counts each of first-degree murder, kidnapping, armed robbery and arson, and one count of burglary in the Paradise Valley deaths of Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro.

A 75-unit apartment complex in Tempe is at maximum capacity six months after opening, but that's not what makes this complex different from any other in the city, the Valley or even most in the nation.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. -- The Police Officers of Scottsdale Association wants pay equal to that of other agencies around the Valley, and is petitioning the city to consider sworn personnel separate from other municipal employees.

Pillar Communities in Seattle purchased the San Portella apartments in Tempe for $45.1 million, or $146,428 per unit.

TEMPE, Ariz. -- Department of Public Safety officers are used to responding to crashes, but on Feb.

Even when one of its owners was an Internet pornography operator, a Chandler mansion mostly blended into the suburban background for nearly three decades with little notice.

Tempe and some of its high-tech employers are holding a job fair Thursday, Feb. 16A but don't fret about rushing the interview suit to the cleaners by then.

Each year when I head to Scottsdale it is easy to decide upon the top courses in the area.A But, unfortunately we need to play a few moderately priced courses as well during our trip.

So you can stay ahead of the news, here's a quick look at some of the stories ABC15 will be keeping an eye on Thursday, February 9. WORKERS RALLY Union leaders, public employees, and community leaders will rally against a series of bills they say will harm Arizona workers.