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Ex-coach Arians’ Ocotillo home on the market for $1.5 million

By PAUL MARYNIAK, Executive Editor If you’re looking for a house in Ocotillo, boy, has Bruce Arians got a deal for you. The now-retired Arizona Cardinals head coach has put his five-bedroom, 5,000-square-foot home in the Vistas...

Prayers can take unexpected turn with the Holy Spirit

by JEAN NEWELL, Contributor One afternoon, I was talking on the phone with a friend who lives in Flagstaff who was getting ready to leave on a trip to visit her sister in California. Frazzled by all there was to do before she...

SciTech Festival celebrates exploration, invention

By René Lopez, Contributor Every February, Chandler celebrates the exploration of science and invention as part of the statewide Arizona SciTech Festival. Various events take place throughout the state embracing science,...

Feathered friends amuse diners at The Perch Brewery

By David M. Brown, Contributor You’ll find The Perch Brewery down a Chandler street that looks like an alley and sounds, with its with squawks, whaawks, squeaks and twitters, like an aviary. Approaching its fourth anniversary...

Daughter carries on insurance pioneer Mark Bagnall’s legacy

By PAUL MARYNIAK, Executive Editor Mark Bagnall was a pioneer when he and his wife, Lynn, moved their family 28 years ago to Ahwatukee, then little more than a dusty seedling of the vibrant community it has become. Now living in...

Compass Christian hosts dance for special people

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF Special needs teens and adults will get the star treatment and have a chance to dance the night away at a novel event in Chandler next week. Compass Christian Church on South Alma School Road will hold Night...

Chandler school’s students to showcase Chinese culture

By Coty Dolores Miranda, Contributor The beauty of traditional Chinese wushu/kung fu, dance and song meld in the fourth annual presentation of “Mulan” by 80 students at the Chandler-based Phoenix Wushu Academy. The production...

8 athletes, 6 teams joining Chandler Sports Hall of Fame

By GREG MACAFEE, Sports Editor Seven athletes and a coach will join the Chandler Sports Hall of the Fame when it conducts its 14th annual induction ceremony next week at the Chandler Center for the Arts. “We’re excited to...