Buckeye News

A young father stopped to help a young man lying in the road late at night in Buckeye a year ago, only to get shot to death.

While auto-theft numbers are down statewide, Southwest Valley police agencies are dealing with a recent spike in pickup-truck thefts.

Beginning Nov. 17, there will be no access to Lower Buckeye Road from Central Avenue in Avondale.

I got into a debate with my Pops yesterday about Gladwell's piece and whether his argument that football and dog-fighting are of the same piece, was valid.

Billions of dollars in voter-approved Valley freeway-expansion work will be postponed and scaled back after plummeting tax revenue forced a regional transportation panel to slash spending Wednesday night.

Avondale will host another "City Hall Comes to You" on Thursday. The premise behind the monthly "City Hall Comes to You" program is to make elected officials and city staff more accessible to residents and to promote one-on-one dialogue.

The town voted Tuesday to run its local elections through the mail. Residents still have the option of voting in person at Town Hall, 530 E. Monroe Ave.

A group of Tempe women has been helping some state prison inmates to develop a creative pursuit.

Sales-tax collections are behind projections in Southwest Valley cities, only two months into the new fiscal year.

Buckeye Elementary School seventh-graders got a kick of reality about tobacco - the tar jar.

The Heritage Days celebration returns to Buckeye this weekend with a tractor pull, parade, live auction, games and petting zoo.

A Maricopa County Superior Court judge has dismissed obscenity charges against a former Buckeye high school teacher accused of showing cellphone photographs of his genitals to female students.

Buckeye is looking for volunteers to adopt roadways and clean them up. Groups such as churches, families and businesses can volunteer to pick up trash quarterly along a milelong stretch of road.

The Peoria Police Department said it has made an arrest in a diabetic test strip sting called "Operation Interceptor." Mike Tellef with the Peoria Police and Fire Departments said the Maricopa County Attorney's Office began "Operation Interceptor" in September after Target stores contacted police regarding a sharp increase in the theft of diabetic ...

Buckeye is getting $1.6 million worth of roadwork paid for with federal stimulus money.

BUCKEYE, Ariz. -- A firefighter was seriously burned during a flashover yesterday morning , according to The Arizona Republic .

The 14th Annual Mayors Challenge Golf Tournament will be held Oct. 24 at the Wigwam Resort in Litchfield Park.

The Discount Tire Co. ASCS Canyon Region fires back into action this Saturday night with the Ninth Annual Hall of Fame Classic at Tucson's USA Raceway.

Buckeye's next election could be done entirely through the mail. The town's next election cycle is in the spring Three councilmen will have their seats up for grabs: Robert Doster, David Hardesty and Dave Rioux.

The following is a release from Braun Entertainment: As announced by Braun Entertainment's President, Erv Braun, the 2009 Amateur Open of Motocross will return to its original dates of December 1-6. For the 6th successful year, the event will be hosted by The Arizona Cycle Park in Buckeye Arizona, just a few miles west of Phoenix.