Youngtown News

The following crimes were reported by Youngtown police Oct. 28-Nov. 4. Assault 11500 block of West Carol Avenue, Nov.

The Youngtown Police Department will provide 200 free firearms-safety kits for residents in an effort to promote gun safety, authorities say.

Miss Hilary's Preschool of Waddell will have a candle fundraiser Friday to benefit the Valley View Community Food Bank in Youngtown.

An $8,000 grant will allow Surprise police to purchase software to analyze computer information and hardware used to retrieve data from cellphones.

James and Joseph Gieseler have the task of cleaning almost 50 years of furniture, clothes and other items out of the home of their sister, Roberta Northrup.

Some Surprise residents and businesses that purchase items from out of state will see their bills go up beginning in January.

Town Manager Lloyce Robinson declined to give a reason for the sudden termination of Youngtown Police Chief Kimberly Johnson on Wednesday afternoon.

West Valley residents hammered away at state officials in Sun City Tuesday during a permit hearing for plant that they fear will release a potentially cancer-causing substance into the air.

Beginning this month, the Youngtown Police Department will join other law enforcement agencies in the "Click it or Ticket" campaign.

Jane Tuma of El Mirage dropped off some kitten food at the Sun Cities 4 Paws intake facility in Youngtown on Saturday.

Arizona remembers 9/11 PHOENIX - Few of us will ever forget September 11th, 2001.

The following crimes were reported by Youngtown police Aug. 26-Sept. 2. Auto theft 11400 block of North 113th Drive, Aug.

Businesses and government offices will be closed Monday in observance of Labor Day.

Homes in Sun City West are showing some of the first signs of age and like silver in a senior's hair, it's starting at the top.

Starting Monday,speeders and red-light runners captured by traffic cameras at three El Mirage intersections could receive citations.

Each week, Surprise Today publishes health inspections provided by the Maricopa County Environmental Services' Division of Health Services.

Last week, Sun City Taxpayers Association President Marv Worthen laid out a few modest goals for an upcoming community meeting: Get local groups together, get them to talk about helping each other and get them interested in continuing the dialogue.

El Mirage police have determined the identity of a man whose body was found on the bank of the Agua Fria riverbed last month.

Five West Valley mayors sent a letter this week to Washington, D.C., opposing a proposed tribal reservation and casino on a county island inside Glendale.

The Sun City Fire Department finally got a chance to use its new wildfire truck this past weekend when a brush fire broke out on the banks of Martinez Lake in Yuma.