Lindsey C. Riley
Assistant News DirectorLindsey Collom Riley is assistant news director at KJZZ. She joined the team as a senior editor June 2022 after more than two decades of reporting and editing for print/digital news in metro Phoenix.
Riley spent most of her journalism career with the Arizona Republic and was a go-to editor for breaking news in Gannett’s western region. As a staff writer, she won several awards for government reporting.
Riley enjoys live music, hiking and exploring her home state of Arizona. She lives in Phoenix with her husband, three bonus kids and their excitable wonderdog, Teddy.
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Fire Captain Dave Folio says the group went off-trail at McDowell Sonoran Preserve and was found under a tree about 2 miles from the Gateway Trailhead. The hikers were believed to be visiting from out of town.
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Jana Bommersbach was an award-winning investigative reporter for the Phoenix New Times, a regular columnist for Phoenix Magazine and she wrote the authoritative story of one of Arizona’s crime legends in the book "The Trunk Murderess: Winnie Ruth Judd." -
In Arizona, a state Donald Trump narrowly lost in 2020, the former president’s allies have called for prayers in the wake of the assassination attempt on his life, while his political opponents have decried political violence — and demanded accountability for what some are calling the Secret Service’s “security failure.”
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Chandler police detectives tracked Hollins down, and the Pinal County regional SWAT team made the arrest. Lamb says Benjamin Hollins, 50, has a history of dodging the law in Arizona. -
Phoenix police Sergeant Philip Krynsky said the incident, which left a 41-year-old truck driver dead, appears to be an accident when a tank holding waste material depressurized. -
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor was raised on a rural Arizona ranch near the border with New Mexico, and that’s where she’ll return, said son Scott O’Connor at her Phoenix funeral.
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U.S. District Court Judge Jennifer Zipps rejected arguments by state schools chief Tom Horne that it would be unfair to allow trans girls to compete in female sports. Horne said he will file an appeal. -
A high-pressure system that’s settled over Arizona continues to produce dangerous heat in the Phoenix area. -
This week, the Flagstaff City Council gave preliminary approval to an ordinance that would require owners of short-term rentals to register their properties and pay an annual licensing fee, or else face fines of $1,000 a month. -
Three cases moving through federal court in Arizona illustrate how one convicted felon managed to get his hands on at least three firearms after serving time for gun-related crimes. Twenty-five-year-old Essa Williams is now awaiting trial in a shooting that left a Phoenix police officer with life-altering injuries.
