Litchfield Park News

The Maricopa County Sheriff's Office is investigating the drowning that happened near Dysart and Bethany Home roads in Litchfield Park around 1:15 p.m. MCSO says the little girl was part of a gathering of several parents and children and her parents lost track of her for between two and five minutes.

While the 2011 Arizona law is unique in the nation, this isn't the only bid by legislators across the country to impose similar restrictions.

Civil rights groups on Wednesday sued Arizona to block a 2011 law banning abortions based on the race or sex of the child that makes it a felony to knowingly provide a sex- or race-based abortion.

A reward is being offered to help locate a man who kidnapped and sexually assaulted a jogger in the West Valley on April 29.

By Targeted News Service ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 13 -- Medtronic, Minneapolis, has been assigned a patent developed by Steven Boyd, Litchfield Park, Ariz., for "ribbon connecting electrical components." The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "Articles and methods of manufacture are provided for using laser ... (more)