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Tom Ballard punches a code into a key pad at the entrance to the memory care center at Westchester Senior Living in Tempe.

Summer break is over and students across Tempe have headed back to the classroom.

You know that half-empty can of paint and the used automotive fluids taking up room in your garage?

Twenty-two moms from Tempe and other parts of the United States—all filled with hope—recently gathered for a luncheon at Babbo's Tempe restaurant and an opportunity to share the successes and frustrations of their ongoing battle against holoprosencephaly.

The vacant space inside the strip mall on the southwest corner of McClintock Drive and Warner Road in South Tempe will not be the place to buy tobacco, bongs, rolling papers or smoking paraphernalia, thanks to the efforts of a group of nearby residents.

October might seem like a long way off when slogging through the sweltering days of August, but organizers of Four Peaks Oktoberfest are meeting weekly in preparation for the big day this fall when the festival makes its 43rd return visit to Tempe.

Alex Trebek must be wondering if his Jeopardy-host successor may already be in waiting.

Most local areas high school football players and their coaches will be able to start organized practices for the 2017 fall football season on July 31.