2009-04-24 17 years in prison for man who stole van with baby inside (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115057.php Jason Darryl Fries, 34, was sentenced to 17 years in prison by Pima County Superior Court Judge Howard Hantman on Thursday for stealing a van with a 3-month-old baby inside. | add comment |
2009-04-24 4 youths arrested in 9 store stickups (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290121.php Four youths — 15 and 16 years old — were arrested early Thursday on suspicion of robbing nine convenience stores in the last month, police said. | add comment |
2009-04-24 4-H student shows steer, wins ribbons at Pima County Fair in photography, cooking (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115081.php For eight months, most of Zack Levin's free time has been spent with Bill and Butch. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Arizona national parks to get $20.4 mil from stimulus funds (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115069.php Nineteen national parks, monuments and historic sites in Arizona will share in more than $20 million in stimulus funding, officials said Wednesday. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Asian American Pacific Islanders here hope to raise awareness with conference Saturday (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115100.php Not all Asians are good at math, a misconception that can actually be detrimental. "Asians are looked at as the model minority," said Ross Iwamoto, 69, a Japanese-American living in Tucson. "Because of these myths, there are many who don't get help." | add comment |
2009-04-24 Award puts Tucsonan in lofty company (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290129.php Today Tucsonan Leslie Porter joins the ranks of Maya Angelou and Anna Jolivet — both of whom have received a prestigious UA Black Alumni Club award. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Bashas' may close up to 10 stores statewide (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115062.php Bashas' Markets said Thursday that it would close an unspecified number of underperforming stores around the state to hold down costs in an "extremely challenging retail environment." | add comment |
2009-04-24 By 2050, drought affecting CAP seen (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290090.php Picture the Central Arizona Project as a half-empty canal snaking through a hotter, drier Arizona desert. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Cop: Would-be carjacker disarmed, shot with her gun (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115060.php A woman was shot with her handgun by a driver she and another woman tried to carjack at an East Side drugstore Thursday, a Tucson police spokeswoman said. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Couches ban doesn't sit well at Ironwood Ridge (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115108.php Some teachers and students at Ironwood Ridge High School are miffed at a new directive from their principal: No more couches. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Denogean: Hard to say goodbye after all these years (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115101.php Shortly after I was hired in 1989 by the Yuma Daily Sun as a cub reporter, the city editor assigned me to cover the county fair. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Deputy: Officer killed while biking was in bicycle lane (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115068.php An off-duty Tucson police officer killed as he bicycled last month was hit from behind by a motorist who drove into a bicycle lane, a sheriff's sergeant said. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Election-linked trespass charge dismissed (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115122.php On April 16, Justice Court Judge Jose Luis Castillo dismissed a charge of misdemeanor second-degree criminal trespass filed last September against Tucsonan John R. Brakey. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Fires: new climate threat? (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290106.php Massive wildfires that have become increasingly common in recent years are a flash point for climate change, which in turn will spark additional devastating fires, research released today indicates. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Four teens arrested in connection with 9 convenience store robberies (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115094.php Four teenagers were arrested Thursday morning in connection with a string of nine convenience store armed robberies, according to police. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Giffords, Grijalva seek $10M for health care projects (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115095.php With a little "seed money" from the federal government, Leslie Boyer hopes to shore up the country's "critically" low supply of antivenin and quickly distribute that lifesaving drug to health care providers nationwide. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Giffords: Dump employer sanctions (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290096.php PHOENIX — U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords wants to strip the state of its ability to shut down companies that knowingly hire undocumented workers. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Gimino: Ronstadt tune part of team tradition (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115109.php The only thing missing from Arizona home softball games has been Linda Ronstadt herself. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Grijalva bill would require Homeland Security to follow environmental laws when considering security programs (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115061.php A bill that would force Homeland Security to obey environmental laws when considering border security programs was introduced in Congress by U.S. Rep. Raúl Grijalva. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Hit to nonprofits would be less in Letcher's proposed city budget (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115082.php The budget recommended Tuesday by City Manager Mike Letcher would divvy up almost $13 million among local nonprofits and governments, key support bases for the City Council. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Jimmy's forecast (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290064.php A series of dry Pacific low-pressure systems will move across the Great Basin during the next several days. This will bring highs down a few degrees through the weekend. It will be breezy this afternoon and windy Saturday. I expect near normal temperatures after the weekend. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Kofa refuge cougar killings on hold until July 31 (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115059.php The Arizona Game & Fish Commission has extended a moratorium on killing mountain lions on the Kofa National Wildlife Refuge until July 31, but conservationists said Thursday they aren't satisfied. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Landowners, leaseholders feel burden of illegal dumping in rural Arizona (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115099.php MAMMOTH - Laurie Mercer is proud to show off the high desert where she and her husband, Mike, graze cattle. Saguaros and creosote bushes hug a bumpy trail as her ATV climbs to a point offering a panoramic view of arroyos and distant mountains. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Law and Order (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290086.php Theft of van carrying baby nets 17-year term | add comment |
2009-04-24 Lawmakers OK bills on jobless aid, stimulus money (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115063.php PHOENIX — Arizona legislators have completed action on bills to use federal money to provide laid-off Arizonans with at least 13 more weeks of eligibility for unemployment benefits and put Arizona back in line to receive $1.6 billion of stimulus cash. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Lecture on what causes allergy and asthma symptoms May 5 (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115096.php A free public lecture May 5 will offer insights on what causes the allergy and asthma symptoms that cause us so much grief. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Life stories : Sax whiz had a firm grip on all that jazz (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290099.php Put a sax in her hands and Jamie Trainer would boot, scoot and boogie non-stop until she hit Tuxedo Junction. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Man shoots woman, foils carjacking, police say (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290103.php A woman who tried to carjack a man at gunpoint outside a North Side Walgreens early Thursday was shot and wounded by the man, police said. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Marana Town Council candidate draws fire (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290126.php Mud has started to fly in the Marana Town Council elections. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Physician receives $3.7 million grant to study breast cancer depression (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115070.php The Arizona Cancer Center on Thursday announced that Karen Weihs, a physician and scientist at the center, received a $3.7 million grant to study emotion and depression in breast cancer survivors. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Scottsdale turns down stimulus cash (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115056.php PHOENIX — The Scottsdale City Council has turned down more than $200,000 in federal stimulus money it was to get for its public safety agencies. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Skateboarders to celebrate grand opening of Santa Rita park 'bowls' Saturday (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115065.php Skateboarding may not be Rudy Carrera's life, but it's darn close. The 20-year-old works at a local skateboard shop, has taught skateboarding lessons and has been waiting nearly a decade for the new skate park to open near his home. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Student portion of mariachi conference brims with talent (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115132.php By DANIEL BUCKLEY | add comment |
2009-04-24 The bands play on in TUSD as fiscal notes grow sour (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290116.php By Rhonda Bodfield | add comment |
2009-04-24 The life of teen honoree: one hectic day of doing good (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290131.php School, family, work, volunteerism — those are some of the responsibilities that local youths juggle to make an impact on the community. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Trial opens in killing of man in trailer park (starnet-local) http://www.azstarnet.com/sn/metro/290091.php His stepfather was probably going about 5 mph when the man suddenly appeared, Marcos Contreras said. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Tucson Symphony says it must raise $1 million to ensure programming (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115072.php The Tucson Symphony Orchestra must raise at least $1 million by the end of this year to ensure programming beyond next season. | add comment |
2009-04-24 UA expert: Man-caused fires may boost climate change (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115064.php Man-caused fires play a significant role in global climate change, a University of Arizona researcher said Thursday. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Vehicle used in the car wash killing found destroyed by fire (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115110.php The vehicle used in the killing of a man at a car wash was destroyed by fire about two miles southwest of the shooting scene, a Pima County sheriff's spokeswoman said. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Videotape: Stepdad admits choking stepdaughter (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115112.php The stepfather of a 19-month-old girl admitted in a videotaped confession that he choked her and also pushed her face under water in a bathtub because he could not control his frustration and anger when she cried. | add comment |
2009-04-24 Youths working on service projects to be recognized Saturday (citizen-local) http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/115075.php Kick off Tucson Youth Week on Saturday at the Community Youth Recognition event. | add comment |
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