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Chandler Center for the Arts’ resident playwright Ashli St. Armant will host the free 'Ordinary Folks, Extraordinary Tales' storytelling event on Wednesday, Oct.

21 at 7 p.m. at Chandler Community Center (125 E. Commonwealth Ave.) as neighbors share heartfelt and humorous tales.

Friends for Life, a nonprofit, partners with Subaru Superstore of Chandler to host a Microchip-a-Thon on Sunday, Oct.

11 from 8 to 10 a.m. Pet owners can receive free microchips and vaccines for dogs & cats at 1050 S. Gilbert Road, with a four-pet limit and line-up by 10 a.m.

Gas prices dropped 7 cents a gallon this past week in Chandler, lowering the average to $4.80 despite remaining 99 cents higher than a year ago.

AAA Arizona confirmed the decrease after record-high averages in September.

MLB playoffs head into the Division Series this weekend — Arizona fans can cheer hometown heroes with ties to the game.

The Yankees lead with five tied players while the Rays have four, with others linked to the Diamondbacks, White Sox, Brewers, Dodgers, Padres and Guardians.

Steve Weintraub from the Tempe-based Veteran Tickets Foundation arranges free tickets so veterans can enjoy events and improve daily life, while local veterans groups in Chandler support needs through donations (such as coffee cans).

Gov. Katie Hobbs on Tuesday used nearly $16.5 million in leftover COVID funds to restore university funding cuts (allocating nearly $8.1 million for ASU, over $4.7 million for U of A, and more than $2.6 million for NAU).

The move reversed cuts from an $18.3 billion spending plan.

Chandler-based Global Air Cylinder Wheels won the People’s Choice Safety Innovation Award at a mining safety conference in Australia on Friday, Oct.

2 + launched a crowdfunding campaign to raise up to $2.6 million as it prepares for commercial deployment.

Arizona voters will decide on Proposition 319 this fall (the measure bans new photo radar systems and requires voter approval for those in use) as communities prepare for changes in traffic enforcement.