Caitlin McGlade

1 month ago | azcentral.com | Caitlin McGlade

Isaac Elementary School District in west Phoenix overspent its budget by millions of dollars, prompting dozens of layoffs, missed teacher paychecks and ― but it's not the only Arizona school district facing dire financial straits. One is under state control after years of mismanagement.

2 months ago | azcentral.com | Caitlin McGlade

In 2015, a brown and white puppy with floppy ears wandered onto Scotty and Dawn Dunton's ranch. The couple already had dogs, so Dawn gave the pup to her friends. Her friends had a female Great Pyrenees, and the new guy, Bosco, was a boxer-Anatolian-Pyrenees mix. So they let the pair breed because they figured they'd make great dogs. They certainly did. One of Bosco's sons would grow up to rescue his own little wanderer: a 2-year-old boy named Bodin Allen lost under a full moon in the high desert.

2 months ago | azcentral.com | Caitlin McGlade

They moved to the country for a simpler life, a safer life. But in an instant − a quick trip to the bathroom and a diaper change on April 14 − their 2-year-old son vanished. By nightfall, their property would swarm with loudspeakers, lights, officers, search dogs, drones and volunteers from Prescott. By the following day, strangers on the internet were already questioning their parenting and their motives for reporting their son missing.

2 months ago | azcentral.com | Caitlin McGlade

Couch, described as kind and forgiving, was traveling home to Alabama with his wife after the stillbirth of their son. Couch's younger brother, Luke, remembers Jake as his protector and role model. A GoFundMe created to support the family raised over $64,000 but also attracted hateful comments which the family denounces. The family had huddled around Jake Couch's hospital bed for days, searching for any minor movement. They didn't want to give up, his younger brother said.

2 months ago | yahoo.com | Caitlin McGlade

On April 14, about 40 search and rescuers and officers from several law enforcement agencies searched the rugged, rural terrain of northern Arizona to find missing 2-year-old, Boden Allen. The boy had wandered off in his pajamas from his home in Seligman. They looked through the night and spotted two mountain lions along the way, according to a news release from the Yavapai County Sheriff's Office.