The grim word for August: deadly
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 23:06:35 -0700
August will go down as the deadliest month in recent memory for the Tucson area. The two most recent homicides - a stabbing at a north-side bus stop early Tuesday and a gunshot victim dropped off at a south-side hospital late Monday - bring the month's homicide tally to 15, the most in Pima County in at least the last seven years.
Law & Order Briefs
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:07:28 -0700
SV police make arrest in 1984 Texas killing
Migrants say Arizona worth risk of crossing
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 21:00:30 -0700
Hector Ortega stumbled across the body of a fellow migrant as he walked across Arizona's harsh desert in the searing summer heat. He tried not to look too closely.
Signs in Arizona warn of smuggler dangers
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 17:59:27 -0700
The federal government has posted signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.-Mexico border, warning travelers the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers, and a local sheriff says Mexican drug cartels now control some parts of the state. The ...
Migrants Say Arizona is Worth the Risk
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 15:34:36 -0700
Deaths of illegal immigrants in Arizona have soared this summer — a fact that has surprised many who thought that the furor over the state's new immigration law and the 100-plus degree heat would draw them elsewhere along the 2,000-mile U.S.-Mexico border.
Man treks country to raise awareness for child abuse
Tue, 31 Aug 2010 12:27:59 -0700
Louis Michael Figueroa was in Bozeman Tuesday, one of many stops on his trip around the country. Figueroa will walk 7,500 miles when all is said and done, starting and finishing in Tucson, Arizona. Louis is walking to help raise awareness and help to prevent child abuse across the country.
Arizona National Guard soldiers start surveillance at the border
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 18:14:11 -0700
Arizona National Guard soldiers have arrived at the border.
Tucson police say a body was found in a wash
Mon, 30 Aug 2010 14:39:38 -0700
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — Tucson police are investigating the discovery of a body in a wash. The body was found in the 5900 block of South Springbrook Drive early Monday afternoon. Tucson police say there was no obvious indication of trauma and the case is not being investigated as a homicide. Police spokesman Sgt. Matt Ronstadt told the Arizona Daily Star that the victim was a man believed to be in ...
Home on the Range
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 10:38:40 -0700
A trip through the hidden hills, concealed creeks and tucked away trails of Yokohl Valley is a journey back to the Old West, where cowboys and cattle roamed the open range.
Arizona man sentenced to 8 years in prison
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:33:22 -0700
An Arizona man has been sentenced to eight years in prison for possession of marijuana by the Preble County Court of Common Pleas.
Campus police badger, not protect
Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:34:41 -0700
Power-hungry, uptight and repeatedly out of line, the University of Arizona Police Department has successfully created an ultra-paranoid student body and upped the presence of UA students in the Tucson City Court.
Reminder Remembers, 8/26/10
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:46:31 -0700
Compiled by Daniel Dullum TWO YEARS AGO August 28, 2008 After making an in-depth study of the Florence market and the economic forces influencing it, Gary Pranzo, a commercial real estate broker and member of the Florence Main Street Program, drew the conclusion: “We need jobs.” Pranzo said the low potential for local cash flow, along with trade surpluses in several categories, inhibit ...
Life isn't Paradise in town affected by drug trade: Part 2 of a series
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 22:34:24 -0700
Border problems involving illegal immigrants stratches far beyond Douglas and the surrounding communities and ranches.
Ariz. desert crossing lures migrants, despite deadly risks
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:17:44 -0700
Hector Ortega stumbled across the body of a fellow migrant as he walked across Arizona's harsh desert in the searing summer heat.
Smugglers seizing Arizona, sheriff says
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 18:46:23 -0700
Signs along a major interstate highway in Arizona, more than 100 miles north of the U.S.- Mexico border, issue a warning to travelers that the area is unsafe because of drug and alien smugglers.
Police Beat: Aug 31
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:03:58 -0700
A University of Arizona Police Department officer was dispatched to the Cherry Avenue Parking Garage at 12:40 p.m. on Thursday, after a theft from a vehicle.
Tucson Killings Hit Record In August
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:45:27 -0700
TUCSON -- August proved to be a very deadly month in Tucson, with 15 people killed, the most in Pima County in at least the last seven years. With a bus stop stabbing and a gunshot victim dropped off at a hospital on Monday, the homicide rate rose to 15.
Deadly August in Tucson, 15 people killed
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:09:36 -0700
TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) — For the Tucson-area, August was a very deadly month. A stabbing at a north-side bus stop early Tuesday and a gunshot victim dropped off at a south-side hospital late Monday bring August's homicide tally to 15. That is the most in Pima County in at least the last seven years. The Arizona Daily Star reports no month since 2003 has had more than 14 homicides reported within ...
Migrants say life in Arizona is worth risk of border crossing
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 06:19:44 -0700
At the Pima County morgue in Tucson, Ariz., the body bags are stacked on stainless-steel shelves from floor to ceiling.
Border Patrol tracks down marijuana bundles
Wed, 01 Sep 2010 00:14:04 -0700
AJO — Border Patrol agents in southwestern Arizona recovered more than 2,200 pounds of marijuana over the weekend. Agents using all-terrain vehicles found vehicle tracks in the desert south of Ajo and followed them Friday. The tracks led them to a sport utility vehicle that someone tried to cover up with brush. Also in the news … Sex crimes A Texas man has been sentenced to 10 years in prison ...
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