Mesa

Next to the sapling is a granite plaque with an image of Emily and an inscription that reads, in part, “No more stolen sisters.” Beside that area is a metal bench, engraved with a bloody handprint — a symbol of MMIP.

The World Baseball Classic gets underway Tuesday with exhibition games across both the Cactus and Grapefruit leagues; pool play begins later this week, running alongside spring training.

The city of Mesa received half a million in federal funds for police department.

Mesa Public Schools will be eliminating 50 positions in May as part of a planned reduction in force.

Ceramics, though, were not Ali Schorman’s first artistic love; she went to ASU to study drawing. She says as she was getting ready to finish her degree, she needed to take some classes she’d been putting off.

The Chicago Cubs plan a new hotel and housing near their facility in Mesa, on the site of a former county animal shelter.

The first of its kind in the Grand Canyon State, the museum was created to share the history of the game in Arizona through photographs, memorabilia, alternating exhibitions and personal stories.

If you haven’t noticed already, you will soon, as the Valley fills with baseball fans from around the country to soak up some sun while getting an up-close view of their favorite teams and players. The Phoenix area is now the spring home to half of all major league teams while generating hundreds of millions of dollars in annual revenue for the region.

The Albuquerque-based firm Indigenous Design Studio and Architecture — or IDS+A — claims that Mesa-headquartered subcontractor ZenniHome breached its five-year, $50 million deal to manufacture 160 modular homes.

A plan to build a hotel and housing for the Chicago Cubs near their spring training facility in Mesa is underway.