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  • 10 things youll find only in print today

    1. Meet a border priest whose daily duties include baptizing babies, trying to convince migrants not to cross the border illegally - and negotiating with drug cartels to secure the release of migrants being held for more money.2. Find out why train whistles through downtown Tucson may soon be a thing of the past.3. Learn about the planned expansion of Saguaro National Park.4. Columnist Tim ...

  • Cancer patients others get help by the bagful

    A former teacher, Sherri Romanoski, is toasting 10 years as a bag lady.It is a distinction she is proud to claim since it has empowered more than 45,000 patients and their families as they navigate their medical treatments and battle cancer.Romanoski is the founder of Bag It, a nonprofit dedicated to providing information and education to newly diagnosed individuals and their ...

  • Scouts battle graffiti with South Tucson mural

    A troop of Girl Scouts in South Tucson decided to combat graffiti Saturday by covering a public wall with spray paint.In pursuit of a Bronze Award for community service, six members of Girl Scout Troop 645 did research on combating graffiti and learned that street art is an effective deterrent, troop leader Pilar Ruiz said. The Bronze Award is the highest award Girl Scouts in fourth- and fifth ...

  • Netos Tucson Msgr. Tom celebrates his golden jubilee today

    'So how's my old altar boy doing?" I didn't need to look up to know it was Monsignor Tom Cahalane. His Irish brogue is a giveaway.Last week I went to see Msgr. Tom, whom I've known for more than 40 years, since I was an altar server at downtown's St. Augustine Cathedral. We talked about his life as a parish priest for the last 50 years.Today the parishioners of Our ...

  • Tim Steller Grand Canyon University Tucson campus a great idea but that doesnt mean it will work

    The city of Tucson has an opportunity and a problem.The fact that they both involve 100 acres of land doesn't mean city officials can make the opportunity solve the problem.I'm referring, of course, to Grand Canyon University's proposal to build a 100-acre campus in the Tucson area. The city has suggested it could sell or lease the money-losing 100-acre Trini Alvarez El Rio Golf ...


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Chronicle

Chronicle

Were I not so exhausted from the overabundance of horror and fantasy films that use the gimmick of having their stories recorded on video firsthand by the characters within the story, I might be more appreciative of some of the clever tricks that debut director Josh Trank pulls in Chronic ... ...

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  • Star journalists take multiple honors in Arizona Press Club contest

    Arizona Daily Star journalists won 10 first-place awards and several other awards in this year's Arizona Press Club contest.The awards were announced Saturday in Phoenix.Here's how Star journalists fared:FIRST PLACEo Chiara Bautista, illustration: "Tucson Festival of Books"o Rhonda Bodfield, Tom Beal, Tim Steller, Josh Brodesky and Howard Fischer, breaking news: ...

  • Store clerk dies from stab injuries

    The convenience store clerk stabbed by an assailant died from his wounds Saturday, Tucson police said.Erick Bridges, 22, had been hospitalized in critical condition after being found early Friday at the store with life-threatening wounds.Tucson police said a customer found Bridges about 1 a.m. at the AM/PM at 7601 E. Tanque Verde Road and called 911.Sgt. Chris Widmer, a police spokesman, said ...

  • Alcohol was a factor in collision at Picture Rocks

    Alcohol was a factor in a head-on collision Friday night in Picture Rocks, a sheriff's official said.A man driving a Ford Ranger pickup eastbound on Picture Rocks Road at about 9 p.m. crossed into oncoming traffic and hit a Dodge Ram pickup, Deputy Jesus Bauelos, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff's Department, said in a news release. The crash occurred in the 10400 block of West ...

  • Disguised man robs Oro Valley bank

    A bank in Oro Valley bank was robbed Friday afternoon.At about 5 p.m., a man wearing a dark bandanna over his face, an olive green floppy hat, dark sunglasses, a long-sleeve green shirt, blue jeans and brown hiking boots entered the Bank of America in the 12000 block of North Rancho Vistoso Boulevard at East Tangerine Road.He demanded money from the teller and left with an undisclosed amount of ...

  • Driver critically hurt in SE-side rollover

    A woman driving a pickup truck Saturday afternoon was ejected when the vehicle left the road and rolled into a wash.The rollover at East Irvington Road and South Camino Seco occurred at about 1:50 p.m. Witnesses reported seeing the white truck "flying upwards of 30 feet in the air," said Capt. Barrett Baker, spokesman for the Tucson Fire Department.A rescue helicopter took the driver ...

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