On April 15, two pressure cooker-fashioned bombs exploded near the finish line of the Boston Marathon. The attack left the city and entire country shaken.

Devon Kennard was in town over Mother’s Day weekend.


Spring sprang, and now summer has set in.

The Arizona Baseball Coaches Association has released its All-State teams for each of the four divisions.Three area players were honored.

There were hurdles, blocks and bars all over the track Saturday at Mesa Community College.

The success of the spring sports kept me away from all but one day of three weeks of spring football.

MESA – There were hurdles, blocks and bars all over the track Saturday at Mesa Community College.

Sherrelle Jordan and Ky Westbrook finished with the same impressive result on Saturday.

Every year leading up to Easter, on a temporary, five-story, outdoor stage erected near downtown Mesa, the story of the life and mission of Jesus Christ, taken from the Bible, is portrayed in live performance, music and dance.

If area track athletes are posting state-leading and even record-breaking times and jumps just three weeks into the season, just what can be expected at the end of the year?

On Jan. 22, Priest Willis slipped on a pair of powder blue football gloves, aligned his hands in the sign of a “U” and confirmed to the college football world what everyone long suspected: He was verbally committing to UCLA.

The signature play of Matt Guida’s astounding junior season looked like a split-second decision, but was actually days in the making.

It was another memorable football postseason, as Hamilton assumed its familiar place atop Division I, while Queen Creek and Seton Catholic also won championships.

Area football players were snubbed on the All-Arizona team voted on by the football coaches association.

The accolades from a state championship berth are starting to roll in for Mountain Pointe.

At this time of the year everyone loves some leftovers.

The Brophy football team brought its firearm to a gunfight, it just happened to be an antiquated six-shooter.

Two quarters of bad football, the equivalent of 24 minutes of game time out of a total of about 580, marred an otherwise perfect season.

A fair, unbiased and respected judicial system is important to Arizona’s families who must deal with the justice system. At Arizona Save the Family Foundation, we oppose Proposition 115 because politics replaces merit as the most important factor in selecting judges.