The water year began Oct. 1 with new federal Lake Powell–Mead operations, yet Arizona–California–Nevada are still finishing a Lower Basin side deal; ADWR’s Tom Buschatzke says he’s “very optimistic.”
The family-owned New York–style deli near Glendale Avenue and 7th Street will serve its final meals on Sunday, Oct. 25, ending a run that began in 1989.
The plea, which also covers a sexual-exploitation count, is expected to bring natural life in prison and avoid a death-penalty trial; sentencing is set for Dec. 4, 2026.
Both adults who were hospitalized with life-threatening injuries Friday night died at the hospital; detectives say the shooting appears to have been a murder-suicide and are withholding names.
Maricopa County deputies say a pickup driver was pronounced dead Saturday after a two-vehicle crash; the other driver was conscious with non-life-threatening injuries at Banner Boswell.
Pinal County deputies found a 16-year-old seriously injured late Thursday on Murray Grey Drive; he later died, and three teens who knew him were questioned and released while investigators seek tips.
Dispatchers heard shots on an open 911 line Sept. 30 before officers found an 86-year-old man and a 78-year-old woman dead inside a home near 83rd Avenue and Beardsley Road.
Julius Johnson, Moises Murillo, and Antwan Yancey each face first-degree murder and gang counts in the April 26 killing of 18-year-old Valentin Morales. They were arrested in the Phoenix area in May.
The board voted 5-0 in a Friday special meeting to authorize a confidential complaint, after a year of fights over hiring, public money, and a federal immigration agreement Miller signed without the board.
Ten 64-square-foot cabins still sit unopened on North Estrella Avenue. The nonprofit is asking to add 10 more, which could house up to 29 people, before the first residents move in.