We start today with crime news, as a woman was arrested in a Maricopa Walmart parking lot after allegedly stealing roughly $854 in merchandise. While searching the suspect’s purse, MPD found a blue container with a brown substance that tested positive for methamphetamine. Click here for the full report.

In sports, Vista Grande celebrated six more of its senior athletes during a college signing ceremony on Wednesday morning. While four Spartans will remain in state to begin the next chapter of their athletic careers, two of the seniors will head out of Arizona to Indiana and California respectively.

Plus, in education news, the Casa Grande Elementary School District board approved the implementation of a new K-5 English language arts curriculum at a cost of $1.5 million to be rolled out for the 2024-25 school year. Read more about the new curriculum.