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THEATER

Peoria theater showing Broadway hit on West Valley stage

“A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder” is on stage now at Arizona Broadway Theatre in Peoria this month.

Police: Theft suspect stole 2 police vehicles while handcuffed, survived 11 officers' gunfire

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — A man who crashed a stolen police vehicle, survived gunfire from 11 police officers and then drove off and crashed another police cruiser — all while wearing handcuffs in a …

Thousands of protesters in Armenia demand the prime minister's resignation over Azerbaijan dispute

YEREVAN, Armenia (AP) — Thousands of protesters in Armenia angered by the government's decision to hand over control of some border villages to Azerbaijan demonstrated on Friday in the center of …
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‘Dinner time’ burglaries slow after arrests made

The “dinner time” residential burglaries have drastically died down since March. The Town of Paradise Valley’s number of burglary incidents have gone back down to what it was …
ON TOUR

Chief Keef summer tour making way to Phoenix

Chief Keef announced his upcoming nationwide A Lil Tour will include a Phoenix stop.
ARTS

Ballet Arizona blends classical music, desert landscape

Some classical music mixed with ballet and desert landscape is available this month in Phoenix.
ADOT

Valley freeway projects dot weekend travel map

Crews will be working on five freeway projects this weekend, including US 60, Interstate 17 and Loop 101. The following work is scheduled from Friday night, May 10, until Monday morning, May 13: …
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Controversial parking lot looms over Glendale budget

Glendale nears its May 14 City Council meeting with the tentative adoption of the fiscal year 2025 city budget on the agenda. One large number looms over the budget process, attached to a controversial parking lot proposal
EDUCATION

Chicanos Por La Causa honors 4 Arizona Latino teachers

Chicanos Por La Causa announced its 2024 Esperanza Latino Teacher Awards honorees.
ON STAGE

‘Mad Hatter’ musical now playing at Phoenix theater

Long before Alice, there was the notorious Mad Hatter. Discover the tumultuous tale of his haunting backstory and follow his path to Wonderland, where the secrets of his transformation await in this new musical in downtown Phoenix.
Town Council

Florence council fills vacant seat

Longtime community advocate Cathy Adam has been selected to fill the vacant seat on the Florence Town Council. Adam was selected Wednesday after council members interviewed her and nine other …
ARTS

Phoenix youth theater bringing ‘Willy Wonka’ to life this summer

Valley Youth Theatre is bringing the whimsical musical Ronald Dahl’s “Willy Wonka” to its stage this summer in Phoenix.

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The Peoria Council is in the midst of developing the city budget.
On April 30 or May 1 going down R.H. Johnson coming from Bell Road, I saw a dead coyote laying on the curb by the center island.
A group of veteran attorneys has organized to defend the process of how most judges in Arizona are selected and stand for reelection.
As Scottsdale and other Arizona cities grapple with the chaos caused by invasion of mini hotels into our residential neighborhoods, the Arizona Legislature now threatens to double the number of short-term rentals (STRs) on single-family lots.
Awhile back there was a notice to change the Vistancia commercial core zoning that would allow different uses than previously allowed.

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Corbin Carroll hit a 2-out RBI single in the 8th to put the DBacks on top, beat struggling Reds 5-4

CINCINNATI (AP) — Slade Cecconi pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Corbin Carroll drove in the game-winning run with an eighth-inning single as Arizona hung on to beat Cincinnati 5-4 on …

Corbin Carroll hits a 2-out single in the 8th to put Diamondbacks on top, beat struggling Reds 5-4

Slade Cecconi pitched 5 1/3 innings of one-run ball, Corbin Carroll drove in the game-winning run with an eighth-inning single and the Arizona Diamondbacks hung on to beat Cincinnati 5-4. The win …

Suns fire coach Frank Vogel after getting swept out of the playoffs in the opening round

The Phoenix Suns have fired coach Frank Vogel after one disappointing season. The team made the announcement on Thursday, less than two weeks after getting swept out of the first round of the NBA …

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The bet is off between Washington Commanders quarterback Jayden Daniels and New York Giants receiver Malik Nabers. The former LSU teammates and friends agreed to a $10,000 wager on who would win NFL …
The New York Rangers have carried the form that made them the NHL’s best regular-season team straight into the postseason. That has them within a win of becoming the first team into the conference …
Placekicker Mark Jackson is hoping to trade one kind of football for another. The Ireland native grew up playing Gaelic football back home. He's now in Pittsburgh hoping to earn a roster spot as a …

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LON’s at The Hermosa Inn 'most romantic restaurant' on OpenTable

Hermosa Inn restaurant Lon’s is the driver of property.

LON’s at The Hermosa Inn has received two new accolades from OpenTable. For the fourth consecutive year, LON’s at the Hermosa has been named by OpenTable one of the Top 100 Brunch …

Build-to-rent bonanza: Communities continue to pop up Valley-wide

Sobremesa Villas has built-to-rent properties available now in Surprise and is in the later stages of construction, as seen in this late April photo (Independent Newsmedia/Richard Smith)

As demand for rental properties in the Valley remains acute, the build-to-rent category continues to boom in ways unique to metro Phoenix.

Trader Joe's coming to Chandler

Chandler's planning administrator, Kevin Mayo, points out during a social media video that helping the city land a Trader Joe's was one of his first assignments as a city intern 25 years ago. The city and Trader Joe's both recently confirmed a South Chandler shopping center will have a vacant space occupied within the next few years by the popular specialty grocer.

A Trader Joe’s market is going to be built in a shopping center on the northeast corner of Ocotillo Road and Arizona Avenue in South Chandler. Not many details, including an opening date, …

Housing on Chandler zoning board agendas

This map shows where 76 homes are planned in a housing development called Viviendo. Rezoning and preliminary plan approval for the project is one of a handful of items on the consent agendas for both the Chandler Planning and Zoning Commission’s study session and regular meetings Wednesday, May 1.

​The next steps in approvals for a 76-home housing subdivision are included in an item the Chandler Planning and Zoning Commission is set to address Wednesday. A study session is set for 5 …

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UMOM hosts Rock the Block to end homelessness at Phoenix Zoo on Saturday

UMOM New Day Centers is hosting its Rock the Block to End Homelessness event 6-9 a.m. Saturday at the Phoenix Zoo, 455 N. Galvin Parkway. (Courtesy UMOM)

PHOENIX — UMOM New Day Centers is thrilled to announce its 60th Anniversary Celebration with our Rock the Block event. As UMOM celebrates this significant anniversary, the group invites …

Larry Fitzgerald Jr.’s 14 Annual Fitz’s Supper Club success in Scottsdale

The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation held it’s 14th Annual Fitz’s Supper Club to raise money for breast cancer research and the Larry Fitzgerald Foundation Future Stars Coding Labs at Scottsdale’s Dominick’s Steakhouse April 29.

The Larry Fitzgerald Foundation commemorates another year of achievement at the 14th Annual Fitz’s Supper Club, in collaboration with Dominick’s Steakhouse. This year’s event was …

National Prevention Week May 13-16

National prevention week spotlights substance use prevention May 13-16.

National Prevention Week serves as a vital national public education platform spotlighting the efforts of communities and organizations nationwide committed to raising awareness about substance use …

Scottsdale’s beat the heat outreach program accepting donations

The City of Scottsdale’s beat the heat outreach program is accepting donations like Brita water pitchers and filters and reusable water bottles for homebound residents.

The City of Scottsdale is now taking donations for its beat the heat program. You can bring summer relief to low-income, homebound and isolated seniors by donating to the Beat the Heat outreach …

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Israeli war hero to speak on conflict in Middle East

Israeli war hero Avigdor Kahalani will speak on the current fighting in Gaza at Chabad of Scottsdale, 10215 N. Scottsdale Road at 7 p.m. on May 20.

Israeli war hero to speak on conflict in Middle East Chabad of Scottsdale is offering a special lecture event, featuring Israeli war hero and expert on the current situation in Israel, Avigdor …

L.A. actor will join live podcast taping at Sun City West theater

“Scaredycast” podcast hosts, from left, Brian Young, Tony Gautier and Kelsey Dickerson are pictured at their first live show at Ghostlight back in 2022. They’re coming back for a new taping before a live audience on June 15 in Sun City West.

Ghostlight Theatre is taking a one-night pause from its usual busy schedule of plays for a special presentation in June.

Phoenix Symphony to fuse rap, classical music in May concerts

Guest conductor Steve Hackman will lead The Phoenix Symphony in performances this month of “The Resurrection Mixtape.”

With guest conductor Steve Hackman, The Phoenix Symphony is fusing Notorious B.I.G. and Tupac Shakur with classical music in a groundbreaking performance this month.

Arizona Opera’s new season to blend classics, expanded recital series

La Bohème opens at Symphony Hall in Phoenix on Jan. 25, 2025.

Arizona Opera has announced its lineup for the upcoming 2024-25 season.

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Obituaries & Memorials

Patricia Ann Scalzi

Patricia Ann Ingala Scalzi, 83, passed away peacefully in the early hours of April 30, 2024, shortly after suffering a stroke. Patricia had moved to Colorado to be closer to family in late summer …

Thomas (Tom) Hiram Smith

Thomas (Tom) Hiram Smith - dedicated husband, father, grandfather, brother, uncle, godfather and friend - passed away in his sleep at home in Gold Canyon, Arizona on Sunday, May 5, 2024. Tom was …

Charles Ray Shriver

Charles, 87, of Fountain Hills, Arizona, passed away on Thursday, April 25, 2024. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri. Charles, known as “Charlie” to his loved ones, was a beloved …

Lloyd E. Schill

Lloyd, age 92, of Sun City West, Arizona passed away peacefully at his home on Tuesday, April 23, 2024, after a long illness. Lloyd was born in Cleveland, Ohio on September 24, 1931. He graduated …

Doris Louise Boneham Engle

In Loving Memory of Doris Louise Boneham Engle, beloved wife, mother, sister, grandmother, and friend, peacefully passed away in her sleep on Thursday, April 18, 2024, at The Colonnade Assisted …

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California governor would slash 10,000 vacant state jobs to help close $27.6 billion deficit

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says the state’s budget deficit is $27.6 billion. The figure Newsom announced Friday is smaller than the deficit he anticipated in January. That’s because it …

Search crews recover bodies of 2 backcountry skiers buried by Utah avalanche

SANDY, Utah (AP) — Search crews on Friday recovered the bodies of two backcountry skiers who were swept away and buried by an avalanche in the mountains outside Salt Lake City a day earlier, …

700 union workers launch 48-hour strike at Virgin Hotels casino off Las Vegas Strip

About 700 workers have walked off the job at a hotel-casino near the Las Vegas Strip in what union organizers say will be a 48-hour strike after spending months trying to reach a deal for new …

Film academy launches $500M fundraising campaign ahead of 100th Oscar anniversary

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences announced a $500 million fundraising campaign Friday to ensure long-term, global support for its Oscar prizes, museum, educational programming and …

Most of 15 million bees contained after bee-laden truck crashes

CLINTON, Maine (AP) — A tractor-trailer hauling about 15 million honey bees to be used to pollinate blueberry fields crashed and overturned on Interstate 95, officials said. The driver was …

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World

Prince William says Kate's 'doing well,' in rare comments since she announced her cancer diagnosis

LONDON (AP) — Prince William on Friday offered a positive assessment of his wife's health, a hospital administrator said, in one of the royal's few comments about Kate's condition since she …

Biden administration won't conclude Israel violated terms of US weapons agreement, AP sources say

A soon-to-be released Biden administration report to Congress does not conclude that Israel has violated the terms for its use of U.S. weapons, That's according to three people who have been briefed …

The United States is expected to announce a new $400 million package of weapons for Ukraine

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. is expected to announce a new $400 million package of military aid for Ukraine on Friday, U.S. officials said, as Kyiv struggles to hold off advances by Russian troops in …

A bus plunges off a bridge in the Russian city of St. Petersburg, killing 3 and injuring 6 others

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia (AP) — A bus veered off a bridge in St. Petersburg, Russia’s second-largest city, killing at least three people and leaving six others injured on Friday, officials …

Environmentalists attack a case holding a copy of the Magna Carta in London but document unscathed

LONDON (AP) — Two environmental activists attacked a glass case containing an original copy of the Magna Carta at the British Library on Friday, causing minor damage to the reinforced box but …

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Entertainment
FILE - Musician Brian Wilson, left, and his wife Melinda Ledbetter Wilson arrive at the 55th annual Grammy Awards on Sunday, Feb. 10, 2013, in Los Angeles. A judge found Thursday that Beach Boys founder and music luminary Brian Wilson should be in a court conservatorship to manage his personal and medical decisions because of what his doctor calls a “major neurocognitive disorder.” (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Here's what to know about conservatorships and how Brian Wilson's case evolved

A judge has put Beach Boys founder Brian Wilson under a court conservatorship to oversee his personal and medical affairs after the legendary songwriter’s doctor reported that he has a major …
Bambie Thug of Ireland performs the song Doomsday Blue during the dress rehearsal for the final at the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, Friday, May 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

How to watch (and stream) the Eurovision Song Contest final

MALMO, Sweden (AP) — Get out the glitter ball and put on your dancing shoes: It's time to find out who will be crowned the 68th Eurovision Song Contest champion. Acts from more than two dozen …
This image release by the Zurich Opera shows Tomas Konieczny, left, as Wotan with Valkyries in a rehearsal of Andreas Homoki’s production of Wagner’s “Die Walküre” at the Zurich Opera. (Monika Rittershaus/Zurich Opera via AP)

Zurich presents counterrevolutionary staging of Wagner's Ring Cycle under Noseda and Homoki

ZURICH (AP) — In an age of radical reinterpretations, conductor Gianandrea Noseda and director Andreas Homoki created a counterrevolutionary version of Wagner’s four-night, 15-hour Ring Cycle …
Eden Golan representing Israel gestures during a press meeting with the entries that advanced to the final after the second semi-final of the 68th edition of the Eurovision Song Contest at the Malmö Arena, in Malmö, Sweden, Thursday, May 9, 2024. (Jessica Gow/TT News Agency via AP)

For Israel’s contestant, the Eurovision Song Contest comes with tight security, boos and cheers

Eden Golan is in Sweden for the Eurovision Song Contest, but she is not seeing much of the country. The 20-year-old Israeli singer is surrounded by security as she travels between hotel and the …
Harvey Weinstein appears in Queens criminal court, Thursday, May 9, 2024, in New York. Harvey Weinstein returned to court in New York City as authorities considered an extradition request from California to serve his sentence for a 2022 rape conviction. The 16-year sentence Weinstein received for raping a woman at a Los Angeles film festival in 2013 had been on ice while he served time in New York. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Harvey Weinstein won't be sent back to California while he awaits New York rape retrial

Harvey Weinstein will remain locked up in New York as a court works out whether he should stay in a city jail while he awaits a retrial in a rape case or be sent back to California to continue …

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