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The City of Peoria is offering home-buyers a credit that could be worth up to $15,000. For more information about the first-time home-buyer credit from the City of Peoria visit www.peoriaaz.gov . When the money runs out the money runs out so people are encouraged to act fast. Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Police are searching for a man who allegedly stabbed his estranged wife during a domestic dispute Monday morning. Phoenix police Detective James Holmes said the incident occurred at the couple's home near 18th and Van Buren streets. The 52-year-old victim was transported to a local hospital with a non life-threatening injury. Kenneth Hendrix, 44, is described as a black male, 5 feet ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- An officer accidentally shot himself in the ankle at the Arizona Law Enforcement Academy Monday morning. Phoenix police Detective James Holmes said an officer unintentionally discharged his firearm while the weapon was holstered during training, grazing his ankle. The officer was transported to a local hospital where he was treated and released. The officer has not been identified ... Full Story »

PRESCOTT VALLEY -- A woman wanted for credit card fraud and ID theft was arrested Friday after a family member recognized her on the news and called Prescott Valley police. According to Sgt. Brandon Bonney, the reporting person told police that he saw his relative on a TV newscast and learned that she was being sought by the Gilbert Police Department for several crimes. Prescott Valley police ... Full Story »

MESA -- Police are searching for two masked suspects who robbed Amazing Jake's in Mesa Sunday night. According to the Mesa Police Department, two suspects wearing clear Halloween-type masks confronted the lone employee who was closing up the store at Baseline and Gilbert roads shortly after 10 p.m. Sgt. Ed Wessing said one suspect pointed a semi-automatic handgun at the female employee. The ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Some 13,000 Fry's and Safeway employees could be walking off the job, but many of them apparently do not want to go on strike. In the meantime, stores are looking for temporary workers, just in case. It all about contract negotiations that have been going on for the past year. The sticking point is health-care premiums. Right now, store employees don't pay for health insurance. Under ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Investigators are trying to determine what sparked an early morning apartment fire in Phoenix. Crews were called out to the two-story complex at 29th Street and Osborn Road at about 4'30 Monday morning. When firefighters arrived on the scene, they found a a fully involved unit on the second floor. "It was a fast-moving fire," said Capt. Dorian Jackson of the Phoenix Fire Department ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- The suspect in an early morning shooting that put one man in the hospital was still on the loose Monday. Police said the suspect was seen driving a white Ford Explorer. If you have any information about the incident, please call the Phoenix Police Department. Full Story »

PHOENIX -- The man who beat a good Samaritan to death two years ago was sentenced Friday to 28 years in prison. Roger Staats, 65, was riding his bicycle in January 2007 when he spotted an argument between Andrew Robins and Robins' girlfriend. When Staats asked if the woman needed any help, Robins attacked Staats, hitting and kicking him multiple times. Robins also threw a bike on top of him ... Full Story »

MESA - An officer from the Mesa Police Department was involved in an officer involved shooting near Higley and University. Police said Mesa officers responded to a residence in the area to assist a 21-year-old female with an order of protection. Officers did speak to the 22-year-old man to serve him the order, but he then produced a knife and an officer discharged his firearm fatally wounding ... Full Story »

PRESCOTT VALLEY -- A school bus driver from Prescott Valley is accused of taking illegal pictures of a teenage girl. On Thursday, Prescott Valley police arrested William H. Hall, 45, after a relative found pictures of a 15-year-old girl in various stages of undress on a computer CD that Hall owned. According to Sgt. Brandon Bonney, the investigation showed that Hall was photographing the teen ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Police officers have arrested five suspects believed to be responsible for armed robberies at several Valley stores since August. Phoenix police say between Aug. 5 and Oct. 14, armed suspects entered several Valley stores, primarily cellular phone stores, demanding money and other property from victims. According to Chandler police, three of the suspects held two employees at gunpoint ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- The man accused of killing a photo radar worker was in court Friday morning. Full Story »

GLENDALE -- The Glendale home of the man accused of running down his daughter in what's believed to be an honor killing caught fire Friday morning. Firefighters were called out to Faleh Hassan  Almaleki's home near 75th and Glendale avenues at about 4 a.m. While the exact cause of the fire has not been determined, Daniel Valenzuela, a spokesman for the Glendale Fire Department, said it does not ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Two major Arizona grocery store chains could soon be facing a worker shortage. Some 20,000 people at Fry's and Safeway could go on strike as early as next Friday. Full Story »

PEORIA - Peoria police are trying to piece together details surrounding a double shooting. Police don't know what led up to the shooting that left one man injured and another man fighting for his life. The shooting happened around 3 p.m. Thursday afternoon at a house on Bronco Drive near 67th Avenue. One man was being treated for head injuries when another man was located in a car a few blocks ... Full Story »

WASHINGTON --The base commander at Fort Hood says survivors of the shooting rampage have told him that the Army psychiatrist suspected in the violence carried out his gunfire in "a very calm and measured approach." Lt. Gen. Robert Cone said in a nationally broadcast interview Friday that authorities have not yet been able to talk to the suspect, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who survived and ... Full Story »

PHOENIX - The Arizona Department of Housing received $20 million from Washington and is using that money to help people buy foreclosed homes. The goal of the program is to get the massive amount of foreclosed homes off the books. You can get a loan for up to 22% of the value of the home and if you live there for a certain period of time you will never have to pay that money back. There are a few ... Full Story »

PHOENIX - An employee of Maricopa County was arrested on charges of felony and fraudulent schemes. The Sheriff's correuption unit arrested Matthew Forest, a job order manager with the Maricopa County Facilities Management Operations and Maintenance Division. He is suspected of using the county fill station to put gas in his own vehicle. Between Novmber 2007 and present it is believed that Forest ... Full Story »

SHOW LOW, Ariz. -- The Federal Aviation Administration is investigating after a bird strike Wednesday morning near Show Low. A twin-engine Ameriflight Beechcraft C99 that departed from Phoenix struck a bird or birds 18 miles west of Show Low, according to the FAA. Spokesman Ian Gregor said the impact shattered the wind screen. The pilot suffered minor facial cuts but landed safely. The pilot ... Full Story »

YUMA -- A 22-year-old man accused of posing as a student at two Yuma high schools told authorities that he wanted to play basketball and hoped to get a college scholarship. Yuma police on Wednesday arrested Anthony M. Avalos for fraudulently attending Kofa High School and Vista Alternative School intermittently since September 2008. He was a center on Kofa's basketball team. Police say Avalos is ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Phoenix police say their top priority is finding the owners of hundreds of pieces of stolen luggage. Police said the luggage thefts at Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport have been going on for years. Phoenix police said during a Thursday morning news conference that a house west of Phoenix contained 14 rooms and had stolen luggage and clothing piled from floor to ceiling. Some ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- An Iraqi immigrant accused of killing his daughter because she had become too Westernized was scheduled to appear in a Phoenix court Thursday, but a judge delayed the hearing. Faleh Hassan Almaleki is charged with two counts of aggravated assault, but police say those will be upgraded considering his daughter's death. Almaleki reportedly is now on suicide watch. Police say Almaleki ... Full Story »

PHOENIX -- The swine flu has reportedly claimed the life of a Valley boxing coach. Isaac Aragon worked as a coach at the Phoenix Boys' Club. Family and friends say he passed away Wednesday. Aragon, a former boxer himself, spent more than 30 year boxing and coaching at the club. Full Story »

PHOENIX -- Police arrested a suspect in connection with a deadly shooting that happened in front of a Phoenix apartment complex late Wednesday night. It happened at about midnight at 40th Avenue and Camelback Road. According to Phoenix police, Justin B. Spencer, 25, and his fiance had gone to the Estancia del Sol apartments to visit friends. At some point there was a fight and somebody pulled a ... Full Story »