HISTORY
Compassionate Care. Exceptional Services.
THIS MONTH IN HISTORY For these and other historical stories, visit InMaricopa.com.
5 years ago Hundreds of residents gathered for the grand opening of Maricopa’s $10.6 million, 27,000-square-foot Library & Cultural Center at White- and-Parker and Bowlin Roads. The celebration featured performances, guided tours, crafts and a Friends of the Maricopa Library book sale. In the years since, the building has doubled as one of the city’s most visible public meeting venues, including all-day municipal leadership planning sessions, transportation open houses and InMaricopa ’s candidate forums and debates.
10 years ago
15 years ago
20 years ago
A domestic dispute in the Alterra neighborhood ended in a murder- suicide. Tony Shakir, 38, shot and killed Randy Phillips, 49, at a Windrose Drive home after Phillips attempted to intervene in a dispute between Shakir and his ex-wife. Officers responded in the early evening and after a five- hour standoff, state police SWAT teams entered the home and found Shakir dead in the garage from a self-inflicted gunshot. Phillips was found in the family room.
A grand jury dropped attempted murder charges against Maricopa resident Kassandra Toruga but indicted her on reckless burning and aggravated assault after police said she confessed to planning to kill her pregnant friend and take the baby. The child was later born safely. Fifteen years on, that mother is Angelique Robledo, now raising a teen in Maricopa. InMaricopa revisited her story — and her triumph — in the magazine’s August 2025 edition.
InMaricopa.com hosted the second annual Salsa Festival, helping cement the event as one of the city’s early signature gatherings. The festival went on to become an annual spring tradition, held each year for more than a decade. In 2014, it moved to Copper Sky Regional Park to coincide with the grand opening of the city’s flagship recreation complex. The event was canceled in 2020 due to the pandemic and never returned.
HOSPITAL & 24/7 ER Maricopa’s State-of-the-art
Innovative cancer care starts with the heart , not the head. At Cancer & Blood Specialists of Arizona , we provide diagnostic imaging, radiation oncology and medical oncology services for a truly comprehensive and innovative approach. With compassionate care that centers around you, every interaction is focused on your experience and well-being. Providing enhanced services such as bispecific therapies and radiopharmaceutical treatments.
PATIENT TESTIMONIAL
1281 E. Cottonwood Lane Casa Grande, AZ 85122 P (520) 836-9800
WWW.EHC24.COM/MARICOPA Visit us and read Mark’s full story online at
Samrat Sanghvi, MD
Carlos E. Arce-Lara, MD
Accepting all insurance plans, Medicare, Medicaid, and Tricare. We honor in-network bene fi ts for emergency services even if we are out-of-network with your plan. 19060 N. JOHN WAYNE PKWY | MARICOPA, AZ 85139 | 520.534.0700
CancerBloodSpecialistsAZ.com
SCAN ME
InMaricopa.com | March 2026
8
Powered by FlippingBook