Scottsdale News

The thought of knitting can conjure up images of elderly matrons in their rocking chairs, but one of the new exhibitions unveiled this weekend at the Scotts-dale Museum of Contemporary Art takes the craft to places you may never have thought it could go.

After a car struck and killed arts enthusiast Richard Cohen as he crossed Drinkwater Boulevard next to the Scottsdale Center for the Performing Arts last year, his family sued the city, saying the heavily used crosswalk is unsafe.

You've heard of the Las Vegas line of odds of a certain team or athlete being victorious. Now that Thursday's Tribune candidate forums are history, here's the Scottsdale line on the mayor and City Council runoff, post-forum.

Lower temperatures mean the start of Scottsdale's outdoor fall festival season, where organizers say the economic downturn isn't chilling their hopes for success.

A former Scottsdale Wal-Mart greeter was sentenced to two years in prison on Thursday for fondling a young girl inside the store as she shopped with her mother.

For incumbents, the Scottsdale city government is an open and transparent one that has made the right choices.

Horse lovers can put on their favorite Western gear and watch competitors of all ages from around the world at the sixth annual Scottsdale Classic Futurity and Quarter Horse Show.

SLIDESHOW: Quarter horse show hits Westworld

Scottsdale police have arrested one of three people who they say robbed a bank customer who was withdrawing cash from an ATM Thursday night. Two men involved in the robbery remain at large, police said.

Gerald Costello has always loved photography.

The draft revisions to Scottsdale's Downtown Plan will be presented to a work study session of the city Planning Commission 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. Oct. 15 at the City Hall Kiva, 3939 N. Drinkwater Blvd., Scottsdale.

David Binsfeld said he felt a little hesitant before his heart surgery at Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital last week.

Since early ballots for the Nov. 4 election were first mailed Thursday, some of us may be receiving them as soon as today.

A second casting call to talented chefs, ages 21 and older, for the Fox reality television series "Hell's Kitchen" will be held 5 p.m. to 10 p.m. Tuesday at Barcelona nightclub and restaurant, 15440 N. Greenway-Hayden Loop, Scottsdale, show representatives said.

Hold on to your early ballot, at least until you get a chance to hear from candidates in the 5th Congressional District in a rare face-to-face meeting at 2 p.m. Oct. 10.

Crews responded to a report of heavy smoke coming from the engine of a school bus on Scottsdale Road north of McDonald Drive Thursday afternoon.

The actions of two of three employees of Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn hospital who were found guilty this week of failing to immediately report an alleged sexual assault will be under review by the Arizona State Board of Nursing.

 Scottsdale has fired a city employee who admitted to police that he sold city-owned surveying equipment on eBay.

Brian Rickard, a building inspections supervisor, was dismissed this week after seven years with the city.

An experimental traffic signal will help pedestrians cross Chaparral Road at 78th Street more safely, city spokesman Mike Phillips said in a statement.

Scottsdale Unified School District officials want to lease the grounds of Cheyenne Traditional School to the city to use for ballfields in an effort to add more revenue to the district.

It might be the worst possible time to be talking about the future, Rachel Sacco, president of the Scottsdale Convention & Visitors Bureau, told more than 600 local hospitality industry leaders packed into the Westin Kierland Resort ballroom Wednesday.