By PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor Franki Buckman has taken charge of one of the nation’s foremost performance driving schools with the energy of the 717-horsepower Dodge Challenger SRT Hellcats in her stable of racing machines....
David M. Brown Contributor Even at 97, retired U.S. Army Major Gerald ‘Jerry’ A. Gustafson, 97, is still telling war stories as he celebrates Veterans Day this year and remembering his onetime comrades in arms. He has a lot...
By PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor No more taking your life into your hands trying to get from the US 60 onto the I-10 northbound. Say goodbye to risking an accident trying to get from I-10 northbound just past the 60 to SR 143...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Construction companies pledged a substantial amount of support this season for campaigns advocating to pass bonds and overrides in Chandler Unified and other East Valley school districts. Because...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Chandler Unified School District fired an art teacher for allegedly discriminating against a transgender student and bringing a box of Bibles to her classroom. Annella Krom’s conduct at Arizona...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Eating fire is no problem for Martin Taylor, even if his long beard might get in the way. “You’ve never seen fire-eating until you’ve seen somebody do it with a beard,” he said. It’s not...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer The Chandler Unified School District performed well above the state’s average in math and English assessments, yet individual schools showed little improvement from the previous year. Fifty-nine...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Severio Kyyitan was awoken one recent morning by a thunderous thumping that reverberated through the walls of his home. It might be an earthquake, he thought, until he looked outside and discovered a...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer There’s a girl at Weinberg Elementary who had hardly spoken to anyone since the start of this school year. Staff described her as possibly suffering from selective mutism, an anxiety disorder that...
By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer The U.S. Department of Education in 2016 advised the ranks of elementary and high school teachers needed to become more racially diverse, but that goal has been elusive for Chandler and other East...
