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Earlier this season, Maricopa High School junior wrestler Kyle Kingery said his goal for this year is to win the state championship, or at least finish in the top four in the 182 pound weight class.

After losing in the first round of its sectional tournament, Maricopa High School’s girls basketball team now has to wait to see if it will advance to the Division II state playoffs.

The Maricopa County Board of Supervisors on Monday approved final changes to voting lines for countywide elections, reconfiguring county precincts to align with last month's changes by the Independent Redistricting Commission.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery has some serious concerns about the U.S. Department of Justice's complaint against Sheriff Joe Arpaio and the feds… well… could care less. They ignore him. Assistant U.S. Attorney Thomas Perez and Sheriff Joe Arpaio toss accusations back and forth over the outstretched arms of Montgomery, treating him like an unwanted little brother in a game of keep-away ...

Maricopa County Manager David Smith is proposing a legal strategy to try to resolve some of the outstanding multi-million dollar lawsuits against the county stemming from the years-long political infighting. Smith last month met with the three county supervisors who have not filed suit against the county -- Andy Kunasek, Max Wilson and Fulton Brock – to discuss how to settle the issue once and ...

The Desert Wind Middle School football team beat Maricopa Wells Middle School 20-8 on Thursday, but the score wasn’t the story.

Applications are being accepted for a vacancy created on the Superior Court in Maricopa County by the retirement of Judge Michael Jones.

Editor’s note: This story is not current; it appeared in the Jan. 25, 2008 edition of the Maricopa Monitor.

After a three-week trial, it took a Maricopa County jury a little over four hours Jan. 26 to find David Roy Eidson guilty of the murder of former Sedona resident David Ian Wile. The 50-year-old Glendale man was convicted on one count of second-degree murder and one felony count of abandoning or concealing a dead body. Read more...

The Justice Department released a 22-page report today accusing Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio of presiding over officers who engage in racial profiling and infringe upon people's civil rights. The federal government is giving the controversial Arizona sheriff until January 4 to agree to make changes to his program or face legal action. Justice department [...]