Peoria News

Bernard Scheer was 13 when Nazi forces invaded his hometown in Poland. He was sent to the infamous Auschwitz concentration camp.

Arizona municipalities will sue to challenge state budget legislation that local government officials contend went astray.

A Glendale man was sentenced to 28 years in prison Friday for the 2007 beating death of an Air Force veteran.

Noor Faleh Almaleki just wanted to be a normal American woman. The striking 20-year-old from Iraq, who'd lived in Phoenix since she was a young girl, wanted her hair and makeup to be perfect, her clothes to be fashionable.

Two children who suffered first and second-degree burns from throwing aerosol cans in a backyard fire Monday are recovering at home, officials said Wednesday.

A convicted sex offender has moved into a Peoria neighborhood, police said Wednesday.

An Iraqi immigrant accused of slaying his own daughter for becoming "too Westernized" will be arraigned in Maricopa County Superior Court on Thursday morning.

In honor of man's best friend, the Peoria Sports Complex, 16101 N. 83rd Ave., will stage an all-day music festival next Saturday.

PEORIA, Ariz. a ' A 20-year-old woman from Iraq whose father allegedly hit her with his car because she had become too westernized has died from her injuries, authorities said.

Krispy Kreme Arizona will play host to a job fair from noon to 5 p.m. Monday to fill approximately 60 positions created by the opening of its seventh Valley store, just south of 83rd Avenue and Bell Road.

Paul Bower, principal at Oakwood Elementary School, was recently honored in Washington, D.C., as the Arizona 2009 National Distinguished Principal.

CNN : Authorities said Friday that an Iraqi man accused of running down his daughter in Arizona because she had become "too Westernized" has been taken into custody in Atlanta , Georgia.

PEORIA, Ariz. - Police in a Phoenix suburb say an Iraqi immigrant has been arrested in Georgia for allegedly running down his daughter because she was becoming "too Westernized." Police in Peoria are releasing few details but say 48-year-old Faleh Almaleki is in custody.

Take a walk through Peoria this Saturday just for fun and exercise. Wear a costume and you may win a prize.

The Challenger Space Center, 21170 N. 83rd Ave., has created a new mission scenario for Halloween that includes a mock disaster on planet Mars.

Traffic on 91st Avenue at Union Hills Drive will be restricted to one lane in each direction the week of Oct.

PHOENIX -- Police in Arizona are looking for a man suspected of running over his daughter and her friend in a parking lot, Phoenix television station KPHO reported .

Gina Handy and the cast of Anything Goes rock us on the waters. a Tap-dancing has become kind of a specialty thing, though maybe I'm the only person who ever found it mainstream.

Banner Boswell and Banner Thunderbird medical centers invite Northwest Valley residents to "Dance Your Way to Good Health" on Saturday Oct.

An Arizona National Guardsman and Peoria resident suffered cardiac arrest and died while training at Camp Williams in Utah Monday.