I'm not like your normal Patch editor. When your local editor takes a much-needed vacation, I take the reins, ensuring you still get your news. I'm like a subsitute teacher, but don't have to deal with the kids playing pranks on me.
I also work the national desk from time to time, typing up stories of wider interest.
If you have any questions, comments, or news tips, please shoot me an email at geoffrey.dempsey@patch.com.
I joined the Marine Corps in 2006 for a variety of reasons and chose a nerdy job in communications - nerds with guns. I deployed once to Afghanistan and was honorably discharged in 2011 as a sergeant.
I used my GI Bill to get a journo degree from UMass Amherst and started with Patch in April 2017. It's been fascinating writing about so many locales within our country.
One of the most important things we can do as a public is to inform ourselves.
Authorities say the harvest limit for lake trout in this Michigan bay was exceeded last year, so the trout need time to repopulate.
The Board of Regents released its new tuition and fees cost chart for Arizona public universities. See how your school is affected.
The Board of Regents released its new tuition and fees cost chart for Arizona public universities. See how your school is affected.
He fought the Nazis on D-Day to help liberate Europe. Now, France is thanking him with knighthood and an award.
A Phoenix cop saw a man laying on the ground in the hot sun, so he went to help. Somebody snapped a photo of the gesture, which went viral.
Four people are dead and two are wounded after a man took to violence over a suspected affair between his wife and another man, police say.
Authorities say one woman is dead and eight others, including four federal agents, are in the hospital after a shootout in Phoenix.
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Police are asking the public's help in finding the driver, or drivers, who hit a woman after she fell from her scooter, killing her.
Police are looking for the suspect they say eventually gave the wallet back, but kept the cash inside.
Reports say former mayor Dale Massad regularly used crack and meth, and a resident is petitioning to recall Terrence Rowe from City Council.
Largo police shared a detour route to avoid the area of Trotter Road, a big portion of which is closed for roadwork.
While visiting her daughter's school, she was breastfeeding her infant and was asked to move somewhere private.
The school, with mostly online students, is opening a support center in Tucson for its students on the west coast.
World Care is asking Tucsonans to donate unwanted medical supplies instead of trashing them.
Reports say the bomb squad was called to the area of the mini stack interchange, causing several road closures. They've since reopened.
Reports say the witness knocked the suspect to the ground and pointed a handgun at him, causing him to run away.
Concentrix will lay off nearly 800 workers from its Tucson location in April.
Phoenix is participating in an initiative to turn plastic waste into fuel, thanks to new technology from an MIT-based tech firm.
Fire crews are working in gusty conditions, complicating their job of dousing the growing brush fire.
