Eleven people and organizations, including students, have been named winners of the 2021 MLK Diversity Awards, which honor those who demonstrate a commitment to diversity, inclusion and who exemplify the spirit of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., by working to make his dreams a reality.
A Tempe Police officer, who, while searching for a White suspect held a Black man at gunpoint, violated several department policies and will not return as a patrol officer for at least one year.
More than 180 Tempe-based small businesses split $1.2 million in grants from the city to help sustain them during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Tempe Small-Business Grant Program.