Phoenix News

“Grant did an outstanding job of torturing me,” Babby said of negotiations with the man he represented as an agent for 15 years. “I told him the other day that it was worse than waiting for the jury to come back in the Hinckley case (for which he was an attorney). More >

A person with knowledge of the deal says Grant Hill is returning to the Phoenix Suns, agreeing to terms on a one-year, $6.5 million contract.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on the condition of anonymity Friday because the deal had not been signed.

One of Phoenix’s most popular players, Hill was a top target in the free agent market, pursued by numerous teams before deciding to return for a fifth season in the desert.

The National Hockey League aims to keep the Phoenix Coyotes in Glendale but the league isn’t interested in continuing its current arrangement with the city, NHL.com reported Tuesday.

“Our anticipation is this shouldn’t go on and probably won’t go on another year with us owning the club and the City of Glendale doing what it’s doing to support the building with the Coyotes in there,” NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman told a reporter for the league-owned website. “But, you never know what is going to happen. Our hope continues to be it gets sold in the not too distant future to a buyer for Glendale.”

State of Arizona and Maricopa County air quality crews are monitoring the air near a stubborn transformer fire burning in extreme north Phoenix.

Phoenix Fire Department Capt. Scott Walker said about 35,000 gallons of mineral oil used for cooling, enough to fill two swimming pools, was burning inside one of nine transformers sitting on the ground inside a power substation owned by Arizona Public Service.

State of Arizona and Maricopa County air quality crews are monitoring the air near a stubborn transformer fire burning in extreme north Phoenix. More >

Jurors who decided the fate of convicted serial killer Mark Goudeau (goo-DOH’) would wake up with nightmares, struggled with the weight of keeping the case to themselves and bonded with each other during the emotional six-month trial.

The jurors spoke Wednesday of the behind-the-scenes emotional toll that Phoenix’s Baseline Killer trial took on them. They spoke several hours after sentencing the 47-year-old Goudeau to death.

Goudeau’s victims — eight of them women — ranged from a beautiful 19-year-old girl who dreamed of being a lawyer to a 39-year-old mother of three and preschool teacher on her way to a Christmas party.

An Arizona jury has sentenced a man convicted of being the Phoenix area’s Baseline Killer to death, agreeing with prosecutors that the murders he committed were especially cruel. More >

A 26-year-old Phoenix man was shot and killed Monday night while riding his bicycle to work, police officials said.

About 9 p.m., two Phoenix officers were in the area of 2400 South 107th Avenue when they saw a man fall off his bicycle. More >

A 35-year-old woman shot at two men who were standing in her backyard uninvited and hit one, who was in extremely critical condition on Monday, Phoenix police said.

The woman and her 13-year-old daughter were home in the 5200 block of South 45th Street about noon when they saw two men in their backyard, police spokesman James Holmes said. He gave this account.

The woman immediately called her husband, who advised her to get a gun. She went outside with the gun, but the men had left.

WELLINGTON PHOENIX skipper Andrew Durante has seen enough of Sydney FC to know they’ll be desperate to avenge last week’s loss, warning his teammates to expect an early barrage at Westpac Stadium tomorrow.

Sydney coach Vitezslav Lavicka lay down the law at training during the week, pushing his players to snap the lethargy that has led to a bad habit of conceding the opening goal.