Thousands of Maricopa households were without power Tuesday morning due to a wide-reaching electrical outage. Electrical District No. 3, which services the Maricopa area, showed numerous outage points around Maricopa. By late afternoon the outage map on the ED3 website said power was mostly restored. The APS outage map also showed about 150 customers without power in the area Tuesday morning, but power has since been restored, according to APS. The reported reason for those outages was: "An adjoining utility that serves our customers has experienced an interruption in service." "(ED3) distrib ..read more

One person is dead after reportedly crashing while flying using a "paramotor device" Sunday morning between Maricopa and Casa Grande. Maricopa officials say just after 7 a.m., they received a report that a small aircraft had gone down just east of Murphy Road and La Brea Road. That's just southeast of Desert Sunrise High School. When first responders arrived, they found an individual using the device that had an uncontrolled landing. The pilot did not survive the crash, according to officials. No one on the ground was hurt, and no structures were damaged. Maricopa police continue to investigat ..read more

A man is in custody after allegedly threatening to kill a woman, chasing her and her kids down a Maricopa street, and then barricading himself in a home for several hours Saturday morning. Maricopa police say they were called to the area near Porter Road and Smith Enke Road around 3 a.m. for a report of an aggravated assault involving a firearm. The callers had told police that a man had threatened to kill a woman and had chased her and her children down the street. Officers arrived and found the woman and children. They were not hurt. The suspect involved, however, refused to leave the home a ..read more

A missing woman who was found dead near a landfill south of the Valley is believed to have been the victim of a homicide, officials say. Maricopa County Sheriffs Office says 38-year-old Crystal Uptains body was found near a landfill in Mobile, Arizona, near Maricopa, on Dec. 5. She had been reported missing by the Maricopa Police Department in late November. Her body was found with "suspicious circumstances involving the scene" and "unexplained injuries." No further information was immediately available ..read more

Two people were taken to a hospital after being stung by bees multiple times. On Thursday, Maricopa Fire and Medical crews were called to the area of Ventana Lane and Rosalia Drive for reports of multiple people stung by bees. When crews arrived they located about a dozen people who were completing underground fiber cable installation. They had all been stung but were able to get to safety. Once in a safe location, all of the people were checked out. Two of them were taken to the hospital for further evaluation. It's estimated they were stung 20 to 30 times each. Fire crews located a hive in a ..read more

Maricopa High School students were evacuated due to a reported bomb threat Monday morning.  City officials say Maricopa Police Department was made aware of a reported bomb threat at the school before 7 a.m. Police were told that someone contacted the school to report several bombs on campus.  Following district safety protocols, students who were already on campus were evacuated. "While we believe the potential for a genuine threat is minimal, the safety of our students and staff remains our top priority," district officials said. Around 11:20 a.m., police say an all-clear was given ..read more

Thunderbird fire officials say a tree farm caught fire Sunday evening near Maricopa. As of Monday, the fire has burned approximately 40 acres. Officials say the fire began around 8:30 p.m. Sunday near Farrell and Ralston roads near the Ak Chin Indian reservation. Fire Chief Allen Allcott says 20 firefighters were on the scene of the fire near Maricopa Monday. "The community has dropped off food and lots of water to the fire station for all the firefighters. A couple of local businesses have donated their water trucks to the fire department," said Allcott. According to Allcott, the same tree fa ..read more

A police officer and a suspect were shot amid a police investigation early Wednesday morning in Maricopa. The suspect has since died from his injuries. According to Maricopa city officials, the incident started around 1:30 a.m. when officers responded to reports of three people breaking into vehicles near Honeycutt and Hartman roads. The person who reported the break-ins told officers they were following the suspects until one of the suspects threatened them with a gun. When officers arrived at the scene, the three suspects fled in different directions, including two who hopped a fence and wen ..read more

Developers who already own more than 7,000 acres between Maricopa and Casa Grande have just purchased another 1,773 acres with plans to develop a master-planned community on much of the former John Wayne Red River Ranch. But this won't be like any other master-planned community being developed today, said Carson Brown, managing general partner of Arizona RR Ranches LLC, which plans to develop a unique master-planned community. Arizona RR Ranches LLC paid $44.65 million for the 1,773.07-acre parcel to Tousa Recovery Acquisition LLC, which traces to a hedge fund led by Paulson & Co., accordi ..read more

The biological sons of Youtube Mom have been charged with child sex crimes in Maricopa County. The arrests and felony charges came after ABC15 started asking questions about why victim disclosures were never relayed by the Maricopa Police Department in Pinal County. Youtube Mom The case horrified the Valley and the country. Police say Machelle Hobson forced her seven fostered, then adopted, children to perform in lucrative online videos, while she starved, beat, and pepper sprayed them behind locked doors. In a 2021 investigation, ABC15 exposed how DCS and police repeatedly failed to listen to ..read more