Another drive for toys also is being undertaken by the Kyrene Foundation for its annual Winter Wonderland, a special Christmas celebration held annually in December at the Kyrene School District headquarters.
Thirteen of Kyrene School District’s 25 campuses earned a total of more than $1.5 million in bonuses from the state Education Department through Arizona’s results-based funding for their performance in the recent AZMerit tests.
An Arizona cattle rancher wants to ensure anything sold to Arizonans as “meat’’ came from something with at least two legs, if not more.
A coalition of rights groups filed suit last week accusing state lawmakers of illegally meeting behind closed doors with special interests and violates Arizona’s Open Meeting Law.
Karl Kiefer, who led McClintock High School to three state titles and is credited with starting the Mountain Pointe football program, died Sunday afternoon.
Lost our Home Pet Rescue in Tempe received a $64,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, pushing the no-kill shelter closer to its $2.4 goal for buying and renovating its shelter building.
Lost our Home Pet Rescue in Tempe received a $64,000 grant from the Nina Mason Pulliam Charitable Trust, pushing the no-kill shelter closer to its $2.4 goal for buying and renovating its shelter building.
Suicides among Arizonans under 18 increased by 38 percent between 2017 and 2018, a recently released state report said.
The Kiwanis Club of Ahwatukee is once again reaching out to residents and businesses to help make Christmas a little merrier for teens who don’t have much – and aren’t normally the beneficiaries of the many toy drives in the Valley.
When Sheena Christiansen grew up in North Phoenix, seeing snow meant watching it fall in movies like “Miracle on 34th Street’ or “It’s a Wonderful Life.”
High school students, mostly from Desert Vista, implored the Tempe Union Governing Board last week to do more to address their classmates’ mental health or risk deepening their anguish to a point where some take to drug abuse and others turn to suicide.
Arizona education officials are sponsoring a bill improving oversight of “non-certified educators,’’ plugging loopholes some accused sex offenders, and others with questionable backgrounds, have used to slip through in the past.
A bobcat ruined Melissa Patno’s holiday and changed her life forever.
Omar Fdawi’s decision to enter the vape business went beyond profit.
For almost 10 years, Ahwatukee musician Sharon Chen struggled with constantly misdiagnosed health problems.
A group of students at Horizon Honors Secondary School recently pitched in to help a classmate earn his Eagle Scout badge.
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