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![A Maricopa police vehicle sits next to a damaged vehicle in a crash on John Wayne Parkway and Honeycutt Avenue on Sept. 16, 2026. [InMaricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260916-welch-jwp-crash-rthuy44gswlc5wuabm87xqzu1egejfl35ac8pxmop0.jpg "20260916-welch-jwp-crash")
- Morning traffic alert
![Gene Coleman accepting a check for Maricopa Mustangs during Maricopa Moose bingo night at Duke's Roadhouse on Sept. 14, 2026. From left to right: Kelly Garcia, Maricopa Moose; Kaui Wilson, Maricopa Arts Council; Gage Coleman; Gene Coleman, Maricopa Mustangs Special Olympics; Aaron Cicero, Manager of Duke's Roadhouse; and Andrew Anderson, President of Maricopa Moose on Sept. 14, 2026.[Karen Bartunek]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260914-bartunek-maricopa-moose-bingo-6-scaled-rtgg1w7wzqf79c8q74p35lqwpr8dj4su8n4j3wa3d0.jpg "20260914-bartunek-maricopa-moose-bingo-6")
- The bigger prize
![[Pinal County Sheriff's Office]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260915-pcso-noah-fragua-rtggzg2ixucno9i9a4sonmy81vv1a6zx6pfgsgj79g.jpg "20260915-pcso-noah-fragua")
- Pull over, eventually
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- InMaricopa Staff
To the editor, Local youth football clubs keep getting shut out of the Maricopa High School football fields even as district leaders talk about recruiting kids into the high school […]
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![Maricopa police and fire crews eat lunch during a shift change at Maricopa Fire Department Administration Office on Sept. 9, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260909-spencer-first-responders-lunch-3-rt652tjaqhq62rb9ns63jr06bcsufhorp22mvj7zeg.jpg "20260909-spencer-first-responders-lunch-3")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Dr. Brad Green, right, stands with staff members at Exceptional Community Hospital behind a food donation box inside the hospital. A food drive is being held through September 2026 to collect food and donations for Maricopa Pantry, [Submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260908-exceptional-community-food-drive-rt459nyufuuf6ye75c2cz3ryrep6ngswxqa158988o.jpg "20260908-exceptional-community-food-drive")
![Sydnee Akers is crowned Miss City of Maricopa by Miss Pinal County Jacqueline Thomas in November 2013. [InMaricopa file]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260903-miss-city-of-maricopa-rsvv6jmtz4r0bpy1cqz4t2d84v0xq6zyvm5opne8l4.jpg "20260903-miss-city-of-maricopa")
Business
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![An exterior view of MADCAPS, a family entertainment center planned next to Copper Sky Regional Park. [Submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/MADCAPS-Outdoors-scaled-rt5xepg15hqxmedsyxidlxcodnqacajaqf6wuem96g.jpg "MADCAPS Outdoors")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Sakura Asian Kitchen submitted a sign plan for the old Asian Seoul's Copa Kitchen space on John Wayne Parkway and Maricopa Fiesta Drive. [City of Maricopa]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260908-spencer-copa-kitchen-sakura-rt4erxx531e8v77vhsapf8dhzhnujom7nua59irchk.jpg "20260908-spencer-copa-kitchen-sakura")
Government
![May 2026 sign renderings for Black Rock Coffee Bar overlay a file photo of construction at Edison Pointe, near the John Wayne Parkway site where the coffee shop would be built if approved. [City of Maricopa/Elias Weiss]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260506-BlackRock-scaled-rn2lapuoth94dnvknhixxg00dv164x32a3vsm3qj20.jpg "20260506 BlackRock")
Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
![Amber Rutan holds a sign that reads "Remove Flock cameras: Protect our fourth amendment rights" during a protest outside Maricopa City Hall on Sept. 1, 2026. [Monica D. Spencer]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/20260901-spencer-anti-flock-1-rsu8e64q3zlbmw3jhxn6r4itwudarx4x8j4p99d69k.jpg "20260901-spencer-anti-flock-1")
![Maricopa Police direct traffic while a crash on Porter Road is cleared March. 1, 2025. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/PJ_9252-scaled-2-rdutcuc56ahbryjhsyefjdfe9yyse9uexf4ayw5dyw.jpg "PJ_9252-scaled")
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Education
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Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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![Assistant Principal Dustin Hunt, Dean of Students Nate Wong and Prinicipal Rachele Reese. [Brian Petersheim Jr.]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/BPJ_9378-rb3umd6tv0ao2b4u80uj2gaqxyo5dbl1cwhq0c9r7c.jpg "A+ Charter School")
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Real Estate
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![Maricopa residents Euphemia and Sherman Weekes founded Crest Premier Properties in 2006 and manage about 150 homes, a quarter of which are in Maricopa. [submitted]](https://inmaricopa.com/wp-content/uploads/elementor/thumbs/Weekes-portrait-scaled-rb3tz9bnumnwnep65j9p9s7t7ykb56ul6j50agj660.jpg "Weekes-portrait")
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Traffic
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Monica D. Spencer, Associate Editor
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