Chandler nonprofits facing soaring needs, less revenue

By Kevin Reagan, Staff Writer The numbers at AZCEND’s food bank slowly started to rise as the COVID-19 pandemic worsened. The Chandler nonprofit...

Armed guards deployed at Chandler, other synagogues

BY KEVIN REAGAN, Staff Writer After a series of attacks at synagogues across the country, Jewish communities in Chandler and neighboring communities...

Ostrich Festival not so much about the birds

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer “Over 6,000 Ostriches in Salt River Valley” was the headline splashed across the Chandler Arizonan’s front page in...

Possible serial killer lived strange life here

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer The residents of Maplewood Street in central Chandler looked out their windows to find a suspicious man standing in...

South Chandler red-light cameras are the busiest

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Motorists moving through two south Chandler intersections are ticketed via red-light cameras at a rate more than three...

City: Chandler 2019 crime rate hit new low

SANTAN SUN NEWS STAFF The city of Chandler is reporting that 2019 experienced some of the lowest crime rates in recent history. There were 22.8...

Chandler engineer sues over ‘burdensome’ regulations

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer A Chandler engineer is suing the state for government overreach after regulators threatened to slap him with a...

Family rescues fatal accident victim’s brother

By Kevin Reagan Staff Writer Maria Armendariz once asked her friend Georgi Stratton a special favor in case anything happened to her. The 38-year-old...

Freeway to open, bringing a new world to thousands

By PAUL MARYNIAK Executive Editor After decades of planning and preparation, years of litigation and 36 months of digging, blasting and back-breaking...

East Valley police, civilians ‘Ring’ in crime together

By Jim Walsh Staff Writer A doorbell never made as many friends and enemies, but then again, The Ring is far from the ordinary lighted button with...