Phoenix/ Community & Society
Published on December 18, 2019
Top Phoenix news: Off-duty cop dies is motorcycle crash; girl found after going missing again; morePhoto: Tyler Bolken/Flickr

Here's what you need to know about what's happening in Phoenix.

Off-duty Phoenix police officer dies in motorcycle crash

The officer was identified as Officer Blake Newman. He was 25 years old.

Read the full story on 12NEWS.

Leaders push to stop deadly pedestrian crashes in Phoenix area

The Maricopa Association of Governments is meeting in Phoenix on Tuesday to come up with plans to make Valley streets safer.

Read the full story on 12NEWS.

Girl from Phoenix, 17, missing in Chicago located

A 17-year-old girl from Phoenix, Arizona, has been found safe after going missing in Chicago for the second time this month.

Read the full story on ABC Chicago, WLS.

New Phoenix apartments to replace old public housing units

Phoenix officials will break ground Thursday on new affordable housing to replace old public housing units from the 1960s being razed for redevelopment of the economically depressed Edison-Eastlake neighborhood east of downtown.

Read the full story on Houston Chronicle.

City to pay $1.6 million to victim of illegal cavity search by Phoenix police

The settlement comes just before the six-month deadline for Erica Reynolds to file a lawsuit against the city.

Read the full story on phoenixnewtimes.


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