Chandler News

• Weather fails to douse fireworks
  A few scattered thunderstorms hit the edges of the Valley Friday evening, though rain hadn’t been reported at any major fireworks display sites in the East Valley.SLIDESHOW: Fourth of July celebration
  
  
• Valley ceremony celebrates new U.S. citizens
  The crowd was murmuring in many languages - Arabic, Spanish, Korean. But when 300 new citizens of the United States stood up and raised their right hands, their pledges resounded in English.SLIDESHOW: New citizens
  
  
• Queen Creek Wash sewage spill mess unresolved
  A recent spill of raw sewage into Queen Creek Wash is proving to be a complicated mess: About a month and a half has passed since an estimated 10,000 gallons of sewage spewed out of a manhole and flowed into the wash. And there's still no clear path to cleaning it up.
  
  
• Mesa cemetery sees rash of thefts
  After spending a short period of time at her daughter Jayme's grave recently at Mesa City Cemetery, Jacquelyn Vaughn returned to her car and realized someone had pilfered her purse.
  
  
• Scottsdale plaza to keep payday lenders in check
  A developer planning a major reinvestment of an aging south Scottsdale strip center had to agree to ban future payday loan stores in order for the City Council to approve his plans for a new building with a drive-through window.
  
  
• Group pushes schools on food-allergy care
  Jeannine Markandeya doesn’t think she’s asking a lot when she sends her son off to school each morning. The Chandler woman wants him to learn, make friends and be safe.
  
  
• Driver injured in collision with train in Mesa
  A woman was injured this morning when her car collided with a train on Dobson Road in Mesa.
  
  
• Domestic dispute ends in husband's death
  A domestic fight in Mesa ended in a man's death late Thursday night when he was thrown from the hood of a car.