Florence News

FLORENCE, Ariz. -- Pinal County Sheriff Paul Babeu announced Wednesday that he has placed two members of his command staff on paid administrative leave for allegations that he described as "serious in nature." Babeu said the incidents are not related.

The shoots of recovery may be showing in Maricopa, but they're not coming quickly enough for many people struggling to live the American Dream.

A 67-square-mile area northwest of Florence that was once farmland and now is home to 80,000 residents is on the verge of getting an official name.

Search and rescue crews have found an 85-year-old Mesa woman who went missing Tuesday, the Mesa Police Department said in a statement released Thursday.

You don't need to go to Iran or North Korea to find secret courts. They're alive and well right here in the United States.

Gary Nine, head of Florence Unified School District, has announced his candidacy for state superintendent of public instruction for the November 2010 election.

Submitted by Milica on Sat, 2009/06/06 - 18:09. Estrella War Lord Reynier de Viere of the Estrella War XXVI Media Office writes to squelch rumors that Estrella War XXVI would not happen.

FLORENCE, Ariz. - A 64-year-old woman living in Pinal County has become the fifth person in Arizona to die from complications of swine flu, authorities said Thursday.

Phoenix Lights is still the most discussed mass UFO sighting in modern day history if not in all of human history.

MAMMOTH/WINKELMAN EARLY HEAD START The Mammoth/Winkelman Early Head Start is accepting applications for children 0-3 years of age for the 2009-2010 school year.

Republican legislative leaders are crafting a plan to farm out operation of three state prisons to private companies as a method of balancing the budget.

An Apache Junction man has been arrested on suspicion of stealing $10,000 worth of copper wire from an Arizona mine.

The heat is a danger for pets as well as people. A K-9 with the Florence Police Department died last week after his handler left him in the car.

Few Arizonans knew the cruelties of the frontier better than Sarah Butler York. She endured cross-country wagon travel, life in a mud cabin, the deaths of two children in infancy, and the 1881 ambush murder of her husband by Apaches.

A private utility in Pinal County is the first in the state to use solar energy to fully power a wastewater-treatment facility.

A Pinal County inmate is back in custody following his escape from a Florence jail early Friday.

An 18-year-old man who escaped from the Pinal County Adult Detention Center in Florence early Friday morning has been captured.

The following were calls for service to the Pinal County Sheriff's Office: May 5 6:10 a.m.: A caller reported that a roommate stole the caller's car overnight and there's significant damage to the vehicle in the 1000 block of West Desert Basin Drive in Queen Creek.

An auction of the Superstition Mountain Golf Course at the base of the Superstition Mountains in Gold Canyon has again been delayed.

According to state law, there are two methods by which police may arrest suspected offenders.