Study sessions held by the Kyrene School District give Governing Board members a chance to ask questions of staff, learn more about the operations of the district, and maybe—just every once in a while—an opportunity to hear unexpected good news.

Marcos de Niza’s Padres stood their ground and defeated a reignited Corona del Sol for the second time in two weeks Nov. 6 to spoil the Aztecs’ chances of making it past the first round in the DII state football playoffs.

Chandler’s burgeoning downtown is about to get another eye-popping addition to its environs: a project its planners envision as becoming “the heart and soul” of a mixed-use development already approved for the area.

Summit School of Ahwatukee will have a new leader for the 2015-2016 school year, and he’s fired up about challenging students to learn in innovative ways.

The asterisk by the First Amendment grows larger and larger every day, a condition made painfully evident by viral videos showing students who lack basic civic knowledge imposing their will on journalists and running roughshod over the most fundamental rights.