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ASU nursing students treat people experiencing homelessness during extreme heat
PHOENIX (AZFamily) — After a record 645 heat-related deaths last year in Maricopa County, cities and agencies are coming together to reduce the numbers. ASU nursing students are partnering with the City of Phoenix to do their part to help people experiencing homelessness in the Arizona summer heat. Each week, a group of students spends time at Burton Barr Library, Phoenix’s 24/7 respite center, to help care for the people who use the facility.
Maricopa County elections theft suspect accused of stealing from Phoenix Art Museum
The man accused of stealing from the Maricopa County Elections Department now faces charges in a theft of vintage jewelry from the Phoenix Art Museum. With the latest charges filed Monday, 27-year-old Walter Ringfield Jr. has now been accused of theft or burglary on four separate occasions over the past two years.
Valley Metro, border town to benefit from new federal grants
(The Center Square)— Nearly $40 million in federal taxpayer dollars are bound for transportation projects in Maricopa County and southern Arizona. The funding is part of the application-based grants, and it will go toward helping the city of Douglas help nearly 8 miles of roadways as well as bolster the Valley Metro by extending it 4.35 miles in the east valley cities of Mesa and Tempe. “This investment will improve...
Lori Vallow's Arizona murder trial pushed to 2025
Lori Vallow's murder trial was rescheduled for early 2025 during a hearing Tuesday. Vallow appeared briefly in Maricopa County Superior Court for the status hearing but left after the judge decided a news camera could film the proceedings. Vallow's attorney, Gerald Bradley, had argued to have news cameras removed from the court and for the sealing of all recordings of the hearing made by the court's own camera system.
Teen charged in killing of Preston Lord gets bond reduced to $250K. Here's why
A Maricopa County Superior Court judge on Tuesday reduced the million-dollar bond for a teen charged in connection with the fatal group attack on Preston Lord after his lawyer argued he did not take part in the assault, which prosecutors disputed. "He didn't participate in the beating of Mr. Lord,"...
Man shot, killed in Rio Verde after confrontation with married couple
One man is dead after confronting another man and his wife in Rio Verde, the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office said. About 10 p.m. Monday, authorities said Kyle Kepler, 45, initiated a confrontation with Thomas Griffin, 31, and Griffin's wife. ...
Phoenix pushing for more outreach with rise in cases of HIV in Hispanic, Latino men
PHOENIX (AZFamily) —Maricopa County is seeing a growing number of young men getting diagnosed with HIV. It mirrors a similar trend nationally. In 2022, Arizona reported a 20% increase in new HIV cases. According to the Arizona Department of Health Services, more than 40% of the 975 new HIV cases in the state were Hispanic patients.
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