El Mirage News

More than a year after Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio closed a satellite jail in Surprise, Northwest Valley police agencies say they have been forced to adapt.

More than 600 violent criminals are off Arizona streets thanks to the joint effort of local, state and federal law enforcement, authorities said.

Need to get your pet vaccinated? You can do it for free on Wednesday, July 8th. Just about everyone is feeling this money crunch, but don't let it affect your pets.

A missing tractor with a GPS device led El Mirage police to three men in possession of at least two pieces of construction equipment reported stolen.

A 48-year-old man died after a car fell on him as he worked under it, Sunday morning.

Margaret Pellegrini was 15 years old when she played one of the 124 munchkins in the "Wizard of Oz." Seventy years later, the Glendale resident travels around the country, wearing a costume similar to the one she wore in the film, to share her experience with audience.

Jaime Zamora-Martinez, of Mexico, pleaded guilty Wednesday to carrying a gun while he and six others held 30 hostages in an El Mirage home in January.

PHOENIX a ' Officials said a man pleaded guilty Wednesday to carrying a gun while he and others held 30 smuggled undocumented immigrants in an El Mirage drop house.

West Valley mayors spent an hour discussing El Mirage's economic woes created by Luke Air Force Base restrictions, but they said the city must provide specifics about what kind of help it needs.

A Valley family is showing courage in the face of cancer. Seven years ago, Linda Lewis, of El Mirage, found herself and her family falling apart after she found a large lump in her breast.

Surprise police were called about the same neighborhood three times over the weekend, officials said.

El Mirage will stop delivering meals to homebound seniors and contract with a vendor to provide hot lunches at the senior center, resulting in a significant cost savings.

A dog that attacked a 3-year-old and his father in El Mirage Sunday night was found dead in the Agua Fria river bed Tuesday morning.

The dog that attacked a 3-year-old boy Sunday night was found dead in the Agua Fria River bed Tuesday morning, authorities said.

Authorities have found the body of a missing pit bull that attacked a family in the northwest Valley Sunday night, sending a 3-year-old boy and his parents to the hospital.

El Mirage police and animal control officers are searching for a pit bull after it attacked a couple and their young child Sunday evening.

El Mirage Police and Maricopa County Animal Control are looking for a white pit bull that attacked a 3-year-old boy and his parents Sunday night.

They lit a match, which started a fire, which they thought they put out. But now family of three in El Mirage is homeless.

Law-enforcement officials are working to quash a proposal that would allow gun owners in Arizona to carry concealed weapons without a permit.

PHOENIX a ' If you're 18 and have never been convicted of a crime, a law set for debate today would let you carry a concealed weapon without having to get the background check, training and proficiency test now required.