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Best-selling author J.A. Jance at Tempe Library Sept. 17

Arizona author J.A. Jance will unveil the latest in her popular mystery series at 1 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 17, at the Tempe Public Library.

A love story gone awry

Imagine a love story between a beautiful princess and a handsome half-god warrior. It sounds perfect—until he murders her husband and three brothers, destroys her city, captures her and turns her into...

Retired teacher never gives up in quest to build a ‘Future for Kids’

Debbie Jacobs spent 18 years teaching before she retired last year, but she never stopped caring about children.

Helping women to be ‘masters of their own destiny’

Retired Chandler Police Chief Sherry Kiyler, who will deliver the keynote message at a coming Chamber of Commerce Women in Business session, asks a simple question with a perhaps not-so-simple answer: “Who Says You Can’t?”

West Chandler delegation to join pope’s U.S. welcome

When the leader of the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics visits the U.S. next September, West Chandler residents will be among those on hand to greet him.

Chandler residents have until Aug/ 25 to cast mail-only ballots on charter changes

West Chandler voters and their citywide neighbors are being asked this month to cast ballots for a charter amendment that would formalize the city's cycle of August and November elections in even-numbered...

Neighborhood feedback needed on proposed Orbit Saturn route

Tempe is looking to expand its popular Orbit neighborhood circulator service by adding a new route – Saturn – to serve neighborhoods between U.S. 60 and Elliot Road.

A lesson well learned: No joke

A little over a month ago I was driving east along Rio Salado Parkway in Tempe, a little too fast. I hadn’t realized I was going too fast, but a nice young Tempe police officer went to the trouble to point it out to me, even though this meant following me on his motorcycle, using the flashing lights mounted on the vehicle to get my attention, and then, when I pulled over to the side of the road, dismounting and coming up to the side of my truck.
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