The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced this week that its security screening officers at airports in Central Texas Area detected 154 firearms in travelers’ carry-on luggage in 2022. Every one of these firearms was discovered during the routine X-ray screening of carry-on property at the security checkpoint. Nationwide last year, TSA officers found 6,542...
Read MoreThe Phoenix Public Transit Department is rolling into Phase 2 of the Neighborhood Transit Study (NTS) and is seeking community input on the Downtown Area Shuttle Circulator (DASH) proposed routing options. Based on public feedback in Phase 1 and a technical assessment, four proposed options were developed for DASH. Each option includes an extension...
Read MorePhoenix Water is kicking off 2023 with a focus on stormwater pollution prevention for the fourth annual Stormwater Awareness Week from Jan. 23 to 29, 2023. Stormwater Awareness Week is an annual regional effort to teach simple everyday actions to reduce stormwater pollution. Stormwater in Phoenix is NOT treated like the wastewater leaving your...
Read MoreArizona is just coming off of a crazy real estate roller coaster ride and anyone in the business or a resident who was involved in Arizona real estate transactions 2021 and 2022 knows how challenging it has been. Opendoor analyzed data and released the top ZIP codes in Arizona and the strongest neighborhoods for...
Read MoreThe Internal Revenue Service today announced Monday, January 23, 2023, as the beginning of the nation’s 2023 tax season when the agency will begin accepting and processing 2022 tax year returns. More than 168 million individual tax returns are expected to be filed, with the vast majority of those coming before the April 18 tax...
Read MoreMaricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone reported that a detention officer has been arrested for attempting to bring approximately 100 pills into the Lower Buckeye Jail. Officials believe that Andres Salazar, 26, attempted to bring approximately 100 pills, including meth and fentanyl, into the jail inside a package. During a press conference on Jan. 11, Sheriff...
Read MoreA suspect has been arrested in the case of a stolen Phoenix Make-A-Wish Foundation statue. The statue was that of Chris Greicius, a 6-year-old boy who died of leukemia in 1980 after the Department of Public Safety granted him his wish to be a police officer for a day. Make-A-Wish was co-founded by Greicius’...
Read MoreThe FCC’s Robocall Response Team announced Wednesday the latest batch of Enforcement Bureau cease-and-desist letters. These warnings tell two more voice service providers to end their apparent support of illegal robocall traffic or face serious consequences. More than twenty providers have received warning letters, with almost all recipients either demonstrating that the robocall traffic...
Read MoreA man has been arrested on five counts, after fighting with a woman at a Scottsdale Airbnb rental. Scottsdale police were called to a short term rental on Dec. 26, after a neighbor overheard a man telling a woman he “would punch her” and heard the woman screaming. When officers arrived, the female victim...
Read MoreWednesday morning, the Federal Aviation Administration is siting a computer outage for the delayed flights across the United States, which include travelers in Phoenix. The FAA issued orders to airlines to hold off on all domestic departures until at least 7 a.m. Arizona time. The issue is with the system responsible for sending out...
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