Phoenix News

There are a few things that are almost guaranteed to happen during St. Patrick's Day: funny hats and green beads will be worn by many a bar patron, bad imitations of Irish accents will be proffered by the inebriated, and endless gallons of emerald-colored beer will be quaffed.

A survey of Phoenix residents suggests that people are generally confused about what happens if they don't have health insurance at the end of this month.

A Phoenix man pleaded guilty Thursday to manslaughter in the shooting death of his friend at a Glendale apartment.

Police say 27-year-old Andrew Ward is in custody after stabbing his 12-year-old half-brother to death Wednesday night in north Phoenix.

Former Fiesta Bowl CEO John Junker is seen in Maricopa County Superior Court, in this Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2012 file photo taken in Phoenix, Ariz.

"Would you like to create a masterpiece?" are likely to be the first very enthusiastic words you'll hear upon dropping into Pizza Studio , the new fast-casual pizza restaurant that opened Monday, March 10, at CityScape in downtown Phoenix.

Phoenix voters will likely be voting on reforms of the pension system for city employees, which includes actually phasing out the program, and replacing it with a 401 -style plan.

Sandra moved from the small border city of Yuma, Arizona to study Broadcast Journalism at Arizona State University in the late 90s.

Ronald Lee Moore, 25, is suspected of the theft of copper wire from more than 20 light poles next to the I-17 interchange at Cordes Lakes.

St. Patrick's Day is just around the corner. Which means this weekend, you and a gazillion of your closest corned beef and Guinness loving friends will be looking for the perfect place to post up and slam car bombs all day.

Buying a home in Phoenix actually cost less than monthly payments for renting, according to home-pricing website Trulia.com.

A woman was driving a Chevy Tracker in the area when a man wearing dark clothing reportedly stepped out into the roadway in front of her.

In this March 12, 2012, file photo, Arizona House Majority Whip Debbie Lesko is pinned by girl scouts during a ceremony in the old Senate Chambers in Phoenix.

A former Washington elementary school teacher who became one of the FBI's most-wanted criminals after taking hidden video of his students using the bathroom and then eluded law enforcement officials by assuming fake identities and escaping to Nicaragua has been sentenced to 25 years in prison.

An ex-convict who engaged in a gunbattle with law enforcement on a Phoenix-area freeway was paroled from a Colorado prison in October after serving 4 1/2 years of a roughly six-year sentence on various assault charges.

Close to 123,000 more passengers flew in and out of Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport in January compared to the same month a year earlier, according to new numbers released today.

The release of Robert Fischer of Irvine on Monday night stemmed from a Feb. 28 decision by a judge who concluded the case's evidence didn't support a jury's guilty verdict against Fischer, threw out the conviction and granted a new trial.

An Arizona House committee has approved a Senate bill that would give a big property tax break to a private, for-profit Christian university in west Phoenix.

Growing up in a non-musical family in Phoenix, Arizona, country singer Dierks Bentley got his country music education on his own, listening to recordings.

This is the moment a police stand-off was interrupted by a tenacious little pug wanting to pick a fight with a police dog.