{"id":154572,"date":"2025-08-18T02:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/154572\/"},"modified":"2025-08-18T02:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-18T02:10:10","slug":"biggest-arizona-news-stories-from-aug-15-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/154572\/","title":{"rendered":"Biggest Arizona news stories from Aug 15-17"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PHOENIX \u2014 From a Loop 202 on-ramp closing for construction to a sizable drug bust and more, here are some of the top Arizona news stories from Aug. 15-17.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-traffic\/loop-202-chandler-closing\/5739575\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Loop 202 Santan Freeway on-ramp in Chandler closing for 2 months<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The westbound Loop 202 Santan Freeway on-ramp at Arizona Avenue will be closing for two months.<\/p>\n<p>The Chandler ramp is scheduled to close on Monday at 11:30 p.m. for 60 days, according to the<a href=\"https:\/\/azdot.gov\/news\/westbound-loop-202-ramp-closure-arizona-ave-starts-aug-18\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">\u00a0Arizona Department of Transportation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The ramp is expected to reopen in mid-October. ADOT advises drivers to enter westbound Loop 202 at Alma School or McQueen roads.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/verrado-marketplace\/5739810\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Verrado Marketplace announces 5 new tenants as owners prepare for 2026 opening<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Five new tenants were confirmed for Verrado Marketplace, a 500,000 square foot project expected to open in 2026 near Interstate 10 and Verrado Way.<\/p>\n<p>Sourdough &amp; Co., See\u2019s Candies, CityVet, Great Clips and NextCare will occupy 10,000 square feet of space in the project, according to a release by Vestar, the shopping center\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/hit-and-run-e-scooter\/5739795\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Hit-and-run crash leaves man riding e-scooter dead in Phoenix<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A man died in a hit-and-run crash while riding an electric scooter in Phoenix on Saturday night, authorities said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The crash happened near the intersection of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/hFvFhwWAoBkWSgz39\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">67th Avenue and Indian School Road<\/a>\u00a0around 7:40 p.m., according to the Phoenix Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>When the fire department arrived on the scene, they found 59-year-old Eden Cuautli Zacatelco unresponsive and in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-real-estate\/church-south-mountain-sold-3m\/5739590\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Church near South Mountain in Phoenix sells for nearly $3 million<\/a><\/p>\n<p>A church near South Mountain in Phoenix recently sold for nearly $3 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Riverside Baptist Church, located in South Mountain Village at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/591gEPf1zzwunrcj9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">1050 E. Baseline Rd<\/a>, was bought by Arizona Church of God for $2.95 million.<\/p>\n<p>Arizona Church of God purchased the property for Life Church at South Mountain, which is led by Pastor Dalton May.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/2-arrested-drug-sales-scottsdale\/5739603\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">2 arrested in connection with drug sales in Scottsdale<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Two men were arrested on Wednesday in connection with drug sales in Scottsdale, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Matsemala Zuzu Moloi, 31, and Luke Asher McConnell, 26, were arrested following a monthslong investigation into drug sales in downtown Scottsdale, according to the Scottsdale Police Department.<\/p>\n<p>During the arrest, police seized $34,000 worth of drugs including cocaine, ketamine, meth pills, a synthetic drug mixture known as \u201cTusi,\u201d MDMA, Xanax and psilocybin.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KTAR923\" data-show-count=\"false\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\">Follow @KTAR923<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We want to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px;\">Have a story idea or tip? Pass it along to the KTAR News team <a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/arizona-news\/biggest-stories-aug-15-17\/5739876\/mailto:stories@ktar.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ktar.com\/newsletters\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"mobile-signup\"\/>\t&#13;<br \/>\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/KTAREmail-830x100-1.jpg\" style=\"margin: 0 auto;\" class=\"desktop-signup\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"PHOENIX \u2014 From a Loop 202 on-ramp closing for construction to a sizable drug bust and more, here&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":151635,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5131],"tags":[7155,5229,5643,1587,316,1589,7154,67,586,132,5230,68,2969],"class_list":{"0":"post-154572","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-phoenix","8":"tag-92-3-ktar","9":"tag-america","10":"tag-arizona","11":"tag-az","12":"tag-home","13":"tag-phoenix","14":"tag-phoenix-and-arizona-breaking-news-and-news-headlines-home","15":"tag-united-states","16":"tag-united-states-of-america","17":"tag-unitedstates","18":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","19":"tag-us","20":"tag-usa"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115047342129967973","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154572","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154572"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154572\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/151635"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154572"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154572"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154572"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}