1+ hour, 44+ min ago   (1641+ words) The Scottsdale Police Department uses 85 Flock automated license plate readers. This one is at Fashion Square. (Tom Scanlon/Managing Editor) Like birds, cities around the country seem to be flying in unison – forming an unofficial flock against a hawk-like automated…...

3+ mon, 1+ week ago   (567+ words) A Scottsdale Police Department analyst used facial recognition to unmask a murder suspect’s real identity. (Placer County Sheriff’s Department) James Lawhead Jr. perhaps thought he was in the clear. But technology – used by the Scottsdale Police Department – helped crack a…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (516+ words) Big crowds saw another thrilling WM Phoenix Open. (Tom Scanlon/Managing Editor) The 2026 WM Phoenix Open teed off beautifully … then ended up in the rough. Huge crowds descended on TPC Scottsdale for the weeklong tournament, which culminated Feb. 8. The golf…...

5+ mon, 5+ day ago   (217+ words) Scottsdale Police detectives arrested Jaime Rodriguez, 44, charging him with an unusually intense harassment of his ex-wife. Scottsdale Police Sgt. Allison Sempsis said Rodriguez engaged in “a months-long stalking investigation involving significant property damage at a condominium complex in Scottsdale.” Over…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1687+ words) The recent release of public records in Yakima – an eastern Washington city of 97,300, some 1,283 miles away – raises a gaggle of questions about Scottsdale’s use of the Flock automated license plate reader (ALPR) system. Two weeks after a Progress story on…...

6+ mon, 1+ week ago   (1215+ words) It’s just you – and the ball. In stark contrast to football, where even the best quarterbacks rely on teammates for protection, baseball and many other sports, golf is an individual challenge. Like at the WM Phoenix Open’s legendarily rowdy Hole…...

6+ mon, 4+ week ago   (1487+ words) The Sakura Sushi restaurant on Elliot Road in Ahwatukee is one of four East Valley eateries by the same name tied to the use of illegal Mexican migrants as workers. A Chandler man who owns stakes in four East Valley…...

7+ mon, 1+ week ago   (375+ words) The Scottsdale Police Department has a Crime Prevention Unit. (SPD) Despite several high-profile crimes, statistics show Scottsdale was safer in 2025 than the previous year. According to a Dec. 30 city press release, “In 2025, Scottsdale was ranked among the top 15 safest cities…...

7+ mon, 2+ week ago   (1211+ words) Driving around the quiet, tony neighborhoods of this city, you would hardly guess that this has been quite a year from crime in Scottsdale. Residents were shocked by two double murders – apparently random, “stranger vs. stranger” crimes that took four…...

9+ mon, 2+ week ago   (990+ words) A lawsuit accusing a Mesa youth group home of negligence after a 14-year-old girl ran away and later was found dismembered is now making its way through the court system. Responding last week to the lawsuit, Sacred Journey denied Jensen…...