Casa Grande News

The Copper Basin Idol was held at the Hayden-Winkelman Auditorium on Friday, May 10, and winning the contest was Josette Kimmel.

The wife of a hiker found dead in the Superstition Mountains east of Phoenix says the Pinal County Sheriff's Office all but ignored the vital information she provided during the search.

Orlando Requena, 26, was working the overnight shift at Arizona Grain in Maricopa on November 27 when a man in a ski mask approached him about 2:30 a.m. and shot him dead.

Turn out the lights, the party's over for Yuma Community Theatre's tenure at 301 S. Main St., where it held rehearsals and stored props for close to a decade at the pleasure of property owner Norman Sanguinetti.

Luis Pena, president of LP Accessible Technologies, has invented a controller for disabled video gamers.

Among Prescott Police Chief Jerald Monahan's priorities for the next year will be expanding services for domestic violence victims, increasing police presence downtown, and supporting community partnerships.

The West Desert Task Force seized more than 1,700 pounds of marijuana, multiple two-way radios and four ATVs in the past few days.

The Pinal County Board of Supervisors has approved a permit for a medical marijuana dispensary near Maricopa despite the county attorney's recommendation that it be denied.

According to state law, police may arrest suspected offenders by two methods. The suspect may be physically taken into the department and booked into jail, or the arresting officer may write a citation and release the suspect to appear in court later.

A poll revealed that support for Sen. John McCain at home has dropped to its lowest numbers in 21 years.

The Republican whose district extends all the way from Oro Valley in Pima County through part of Casa Grande into the Pinal County community of Maricopa said his campaign will focus largely on two issues: school vouchers and limits on jury verdicts.