San Tan Valley News

On Saturday, November 6, 2010, the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office, Sheriff Paul Babeu and the National Sheriff’s Association will be co-sponsoring an All-Hazards Homeland Security Initiative Community Partnership and Awareness Training at the Coolidge/Florence Elks Lodge at 13682 N. Attaway Road.

Pinal County Public Works is alerting citizens of road construction that will be taking place over the next several months in the Copper Basin, Rancho Bella Vista and Circle Cross Ranch areas.  Public Works will begin repairing sink holes.  The worst failures will be repaired first.  The repairs will take several steps.  Crews will first remove failed material and re-compact a new aggregate base, allowing it to stand for a few weeks before paving.  Some trenches may be left open overnight so the ground can dry out.  There may also be loose gravel in the areas of construction.

Only two things unify people. One is fear, the other is love. One is easily manufactured, the other matters. A lot of “trash” was successfully confronted one Saturday morning in San Tan Valley. It’s a start.

On Saturday, October 16th, 2010 at 8:13 p.m. the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a 9-1-1 call from the Fry’s Food Store located at 542 East Hunt Highway in San Tan Valley. Employees were reporting a shoplifting had just occurred and the suspect was being detained by another shopper.

KidzLife at LifePoint Church presents its fifth annual Drive-In Movie Night at the LifePoint Church in Copper Basin on Saturday, October 30 from 5:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Attendees are invited to bring a cardboard box to create their very own car to sit in during the screening. Families can design their car to match their imagination by visiting the special body shop and tire store, as well as the DMV for license plates and driver's licenses.  

Drs. Goodman & Partridge, OB/GYN is growing with the East Valley! In the last few years, the Gilbert, Mesa and Queen Creek areas have seen tremendous expansion, with many new families moving in! With the new neighborhoods come an increasing number of women searching for pregnancy care and general women’s health care closer to their new homes.

South of Empire Boulevard to Cloud Road ROAD CLOSURE ADVISORY Mews Road at Ellsworth Road (east side only)5:00 a.m. on 10/18/10 through 5:00 p.m. on 10/24/10 Orchard Lane at Ellsworth Road (east side only)5:00 a.m. on 10/25/10 through 5:00 p.m. on 10/31/10

Several lanes of Ellsworth Loop Road near Rittenhouse Road in Queen Creek will be closed periodically beginning Monday through Oct. 22.The closures are the result of work on the bridge pier under the Union Pacific Railroad tracks and will vary during the day between 1 a.m. and 4 p.m.Restrictions will be the greatest on Ellsworth Loop's northbound l...

The Olive Mill is staying open late on Thursday, Friday and Saturday every week with 3 new hot, 5-layer pasta dishes in addition to our regular menu. Each pasta dish comes with your choice of a side salad for $10.99. Add a glass of wine and enjoy it on the patio while listening to live music every Friday and Saturday night from 6pm to 9pm.

Pinal County Sheriff's Deputy Louie Puroll, who was wounded during an apparent firefight with drug smugglers April 30, broke nearly six months of silence Thursday to lash out against those who speculated he shot himself to enflame Arizona's immigration debate.

My name is Michael Sanchez, and on March 27, 2008, my daughter, Emily Machado was internationally abducted by her non-custodial mother and taken to her native Brazil. Prior to the abduction, I had taken the mother to court in Illinois to establish paternity and to secure the rights to my daughter.

On the football field, they are strictly rivals. But on Friday night, Chaparral High School put aside its competition with Perry High School to donate $1,000 to one of Perry's janitors, whose family was killed in a high-profile murder-suicide in San Tan Valley last month.

On Tuesday, October 05, 2010 the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a call for a “Moose or deer” in the south parking lot of Skyline Ranch Elementary School (1084 W. San Tan Hills).

On Tuesday September 21st at 3:44 a.m. the Pinal County Sheriff’s Office received a call from the Circle K Store at 320 E. Hunt Highway in San Tan Valley for a reported theft of a carton of cigarettes.

Schnepf Farms for 10 years has offered children and their parents Halloween chills with fake gravestones and other seasonal references to the dead.