LA Marathon winner ready for New York Marathon Half Marathon. Proper nutrition is as vital to wheelchair athlete Susannah Scaroni’s training program as an indoor roller, weights, skiErg and swimming. Scaroni, 22, is gearing up to compete in the inaugural professional wheelchair race at the New York Road Runners NYC Half Marathon in Central Park in New York City on March 16.

Amazing story about an Avondale man's quick recovery from brain surgery thanks to a new device used at Phoenix Baptist Hospital. This article was published as a New by You feature in several Arizona Republic Community sections. Several television, radio and newspapers also covered the story. The story was repurposed as the anchor on Abrazo Health's website.

Al Slusser, a 75-year-old Great-Grandpa, is walking 75 miles through northern Arizona to raise money for the American Red Cross May 5-11, 2014. My press release generated substantial media coverage including TV and radio stations, newspapers around Arizona and websites. I kept audiences engaged about Al's journey through Facebook and Twitter, posting photos and updates on where he was and where he is going. I arranged for him to meet Red Cross board members, staff and volunteers. I also arranged for him to have a fundraising website so that donations could be made directly to the Red Cross.

The Peoria Unified School District board has waved the white flag in its annexation war with smaller, neighboring districts.

Students are learning to embrace diversity and build communities where bullying and name-calling are unacceptable.

The national spotlight, the media pressure, the onslaught of supporters made it all but inevitable: The Deer Valley school board had to vote to let cancer survivor Cameron Schmidt walk with his class at commencement.

With 14,000 mouths to feed, Mickey Ollson has a hefty food bill. Ollson spends about $135,000 a year providing meals for 310 species of animals at his Wildlife World Zoo.

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A no−kill animal shelter in northeast Phoenix −− where animals could be boarded until a home is found for them −− is nearly completed. Arizona Republic readers donated about $21,000 to help the shelter.