Maricopa County News

Sseven girls from Heartland Elementary School in the Blue Valley School District, now mostly middle-schoolers at Harmony or Aubry Bend, for a few years had been competing in an international problem-solving educational program, Odyssey of the Mind.

In Arizona, a federal judge ruled against the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department, saying it used racial profiling to enforce the state's tough immigration laws.

Jodi Arias stands as the jury is excused after the verdict for sentencing was declared a hung jury for her first degree murder conviction at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Ariz., on Thursday, May 23, 2013.

The Jodi Arias jurors were mentally and emotionally exhausted at the end of the nearly five-month murder trial and felt like they failed by not reaching a decision on her sentence, the jury's foreman said Friday.

A federal judge ruled Friday that the office of America's self-proclaimed toughest sheriff systematically singled out Latinos in its trademark immigration patrols, marking the first finding by a court that the agency racially profiles people.

Accused pervert David Talkington lives with his parents and raps about wearing nice clothes and -- it shouldn't surprise you -- grabbing girls.

However, as the brief points out, A.R.S. 19-202 was not passed consistent with the methods for amending the Arizona Constitution SCOTTSDALE Attorney Larry Klayman, founder of Judicial Watch and Freedom Watch, held a press conference this week to announce the progress in the case of Citizens to Protect Fair Election Results against Respect Arizona, ... (more)

A group supporting Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio is asking a judge to let its lawsuit seeking to end a recall effort against the sheriff move forward in court.

Four West Valley schools were placed on lockdown Thursday afternoon while authorities searched for a documented gang member on the run from the law.

Maricopa County sheriff's detectives arrested 15 people Wednesday suspected of entering the country illegally and attempting to travel to Tennessee and North Carolina.

Jurors who spent five months determining the fate of convicted murderer Jodi Arias couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for killing her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people.

Jodi Arias will not be put to death -- at least not yet. A judge declared a mistrial in the sentencing phase of her murder trial Thursday, after the jury could not agree on whether to sentence Arias to death or to life in prison for murdering her ex-boyfriend, Travis Alexander, in 2008.

Jurors who spent five months determining Jodi Arias' fate couldn't decide whether she should get life in prison or die for murdering her boyfriend, sending prosecutors back to the drawing board to rehash the shocking case of sex, lies and violence to another 12 people.

MESA, Ariz. Valley residents looking to get rid of their unwanted prescription drugs can now do so with a quick visit to a Mesa police substation.

Police identify the man arrested Wednesday evening in the attempted kidnapping as 22-year-old David Vincent Talkington.

PHOENIX Arizona Musicfest is proud to announce the 2013/2014 Arizona Musicfest Scholarship Recipients.

The saga continues in the fight for the $1 billion behavioral health services contract for Maricopa County.

MARICOPA COUNTY The Maricopa County Parks and Recreation Department is currently seeking individuals, organizations and agencies to assist with maintenance efforts for Maricopa Trail.

Judge Sherry Stephens looks at a question from the jury with prosecutor Juan Martinez, left, and defense attorneys Jennifer Wilmott and Kirk Nurmi, right, on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias murder trial at in Phoenix.

Convicted killer Jodi Arias speaks during an interview at the Maricopa County Estrella Jail on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, in Phoenix.