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Some residents applaud, condemn Queen Creek replacing …

4/11/2024
Some residents are showing support and others are opposing Queen Creek’s decision to drop the Trunk or Treat Halloween event this year. “After careful consideration, effective this …

Queen Creek replaces signature event

4/9/2024
For years, Queen Creek’s signature events have included Spring Into QC, Founders’ Day and the  Trunk or Treat Halloween event, but things are changing this year. “After …

VIDEO: Peoria Unified student aims high

2/8/2024
Peoria Unified student Cougarjade Reyes is even more powerful than his unrivaled name hints at.

Get tickets for Peoria Hometown Hero luncheon today

2/6/2024
The deadline to purchase tickets to the third annual Peoria Hometown Heroes luncheon is nearing.

Peoria Heroes Wanted: Nominate your fellow neighbors …

1/19/2024
Nominations are now open for the 2024 Peoria Hometown Heroes Awards. The Peoria Independent will celebrate nominees throughout the year.

VIDEO: Giving back is a way of life

12/14/2023
Lori Jensen has always had a passion for community service, but it hit particularly hard just before businesses and school closed for the pandemic, in 2020.

VIDEO: Active involvement, selfless approach makes for …

11/29/2023
The son of a sheep herder, Bobby Gonzalo spent his early years in a Peoria that probably wouldn’t be recognizable to the average resident today, one that was still steeped in its agricultural ways.

Main Street lights up for the holidays in Florence

11/14/2023
The Florence Junior Parada Parade may be just around the corner, but take a deep breath because Florence’s annual holiday parade is coming in as fast as Santa’s reindeer. Less than a week …

Register soon to participate in Glendale Christmas …

11/13/2023
The deadline is approaching for residents and businesses to register to participate in the 10th Annual Hometown Christmas Parade in Historic Downtown Glendale.

Leader of Tomorrow: Ryland Jones in Queen Creek's …

11/9/2023
He may only be 14, but Ryland Johns knows how to hit the ground running. A freshman at Crismon High School, Johns is a career and technical education graphic design student. When his school …

VIDEO: Peoria pastor's path leads from rock and roll …

11/6/2023
Gavin Linderman was still a student at Peoria Accelerated High School when his band, Desole, signed a record deal with California-based Abacus Recordings, a subsidiary of Century Media.

Get to know the newest Peoria Independent Hometown …

11/6/2023
For his service to the Peoria community, Axiom Lead Pastor Gavin Linderman, has been named the Peoria Independent Hometown Hero in the spiritual leader category for 2023.