Maricopa County News

Five men who had eaten cactus to survive were rescued from the desert on Wednesday, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said.

PHOENIX After Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio and his Cold Case Posse lead investigator Mike Zullo announced there was probable cause to believe the long form Certificate of Live Birth for President Barack Obama posted on the White House website on April 27, 2011 was a forgery, constituents pressed Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett to ... (more)

He strung his dog with wire between two tires, threw rocks and slabs of concrete at him, then took swings at him with a shovel, police say .

A man is suspected of shooting at a Phoenix police car after robbing a Circle K, according to the Phoenix Police Department.

Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak and Stewart has apparently settled a defamation suit against Maricopa County, Ariz., over claims in a termination letter that the firm may have expanded its assignments and possibly inflated its legal bills.

Maricopa County has opted to not pursue a bike station project for the long vacant ground floor of Downtown Phoenix's historic Security Building.

TONTO NATIONAL FOREST, Ariz. -- A 19-year-old man has head trauma, back injuries and broken bones after falling on a 95-foot cliff at Saguaro Lake Tuesday morning.

The Yavapai County Attorney has reportedly decided to not file charges against Tempe Mayor-elect Mark Mitchell in the case involving the woman who recently came forward claiming Mitchell sexually abused her as a kid.

Phoenix police say 33-year-old Carlos Tino Villareal has been booked into the Maricopa County Jail on suspicion of second-degree murder.

A Mesa man accused in the death of his aunt after an argument over cigarettes has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.

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Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio said he was "not impressed" by the letter the state of Hawaii sent to Arizona Secretary of State Ken Bennett confirming President Barack Obama's birth.

Valley residents hoping to cap off the Memorial Day weekend with a lazy float down the Salt River on Monday were in for long waits as overcrowding caused full parking lots and road closures.

In my last diary, I looked at the race in Arizona's new LD-18, which has a Republican quasi-incumbent but where statewide Democrats have performed pretty well.

The Tempe City Council is expected to review a proposal next week to increase the city's combined property tax rate by as much as 37 cents per $100 of assessed valuation.

Mike Zullo was kind enough to set a few minutes aside from his exhaustive investigation regarding the veracity of Barack Obama's birth certificate to sit down with Mark Gillar, the host of the Tea Party Power Hour.

The man, whose identity was not immediately available, drowned while swimming in the area known as Fireman's Cove, said Jeffrey Sprong, spokesman for the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.

When he finally confessed to creating a fake porn profile for his son's assistant principal, Robert Dale Esparza Jr.

Firefighters battled a large brush fire near Saguaro Lake Sunday night that forced the evacuation of nearly 40 campers enjoying their Memorial Day weekend.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors has decided to spend $3.8 million in federal funds to purchase and rehabilitate a Phoenix complex to house veterans and low-income and formerly homeless residents.