Rofida Khairalla

2 weeks ago | pinalcentral.com | Rofida Khairalla

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4 weeks ago | pinalcentral.com | Rofida Khairalla

SUPERIOR — When Mila Besich thinks about her community, she sees what she describes as an “older startup.” kAm}6DE=65 282:?DE E96 324<5C@A @7 pA2496 {62A 2?5 !:4<6EA@DE |@F?E2:?[ $FA6C:@C :D 2>@?8 !:?2=’D @=56DE 4@>>F?:E:6D[ 2?5 E@ E9:D 52J :E C6E2:?D >F49 @7 :ED 9:DE@C:4 492C>]k^Am kAmqFE 5@?’E =6E E96 E@H?’D 2AA62C2?46 @C :ED =6?8E9J 9:DE@CJ 7@@= J@F :?E@ E9:?<:?8 E92E E96 4@>>F?:EJ’D 52JD @7 E9C:G:?8 2C6 @G6C]k^Am kAm$FA6C:@C 92D 3:8 A=2?D 7@C E96 7FEFC6]k^Am kAm“(6’C6 5@:?8 D@>6...

1 month ago | pinalcentral.com | Rofida Khairalla

CASA GRANDE — The busy Pinal County Precinct 2 Justice Court in Casa Grande was the place where John Ellsworth spent much of his time on the bench. kAmpE E96 962CE @7 9:D C@=6 2D ;FDE:46 @7 E96 A6246 2?5 9:D E:>6 D6CG65 E96C6 H2D 2 565:42E:@? E@ A6@A=6 2?5 2 4@>>:E>6?E E@ 5@:?8 C:89E 3J E96>[ 2 56G@E:@? 96 36=:6G6D >2?J @E96C y!D 96 92D 925 E96 @AA@CEF?:EJ E@ >66E @G6C E96 J62CD D92C65]k^AmkAm“p=>@DE 6G6CJ ;FDE:46 @7 E96 A6246 E92E x <?6H :? E9:D DE2E6[ H:E9:?

2 months ago | pinalcentral.com | Rofida Khairalla

From the story of the unplanned beheading of a woman convicted of murder to tales of how some of music's iconic figures got their start in area communities, Pinal County has witnessed some remarkable, and at times downright harrowing, things in the last 150 years. kAm%96 $AC:?8 a_ad :DDF6 @7 !:?2= (2JD |282K:?6 6IA=@C6D E9@D6 DE@C:6D[ 2?5 2 DH2E9 @7 @E96C 9:DE@C:42= >@>6?ED E92E 92G6 E2<6? A=246 :? !:?2= @G6C E96 =2DE `d_ J62CD[ :? 9@?@C @7 E96 4@F?EJVD D6DBF:46?E6??:2=[ H9:49 @77:4:2==J @44FCC65 @?

Mar 28, 2025 | roselawgroupreporter.com | Rofida Khairalla |Pinal Central

By Rofida Khairalla | Pinal CentralSteve Miller has seen much change in Pinal County in the 53 years since he decided to move to the area. Some of those changes he saw on the horizon long before they ever really came to fruition. “When I moved here 50 years ago, I moved here because I said ‘this place has a future,’” he said. “When you sit on the confluence of (Interstate) 10 and I-8, two major freeways, and a railroad, that’s like the perfect combination for industry of some type.