• Woman in slaying case admits drug role

  A Tucson woman indicted on murder charges pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted unlawful transfer of narcotic drugs for sale for her role in the 2012 slaying of Jose Carlos Gonzalez.Leslie Janette Vega, 28, faces between two and 8 3/4 years in prison or up to five years' probation when she's sentenced July 8 by Pima County Superior Court Judge Javier Chon-Lopez.Vega admitted she was only ...

• Tucson blogger rebrands Abercrombie to include everyone

  The models smolder at the camera, embodying familiar sensuality, all-American catalog cool. What might jump out next could be their tattoos.Or maybe that he is more slender than she. Much more.Tucsonan Jes Baker, the female model in the photos, said the juxtaposition of such bodies is in direct response to what she calls the "sizeism" of Abercrombie & Fitch's CEO.Baker writes ...

• MLB Colorado 5 Arizona 4

  Wilin Rosario's walk-off single in the 10th inning lifted the Colorado Rockies to a 5-4 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks Tuesday. Rosario, who had two hits in the game, delivered the game-winner off Matt Reynolds (0-2) after Arizona gave up a one-out double ...

• Richard sharp again with Tucson

  Triple-A Tucson (24-21): T-PADRES 5, Omaha 2 - 2B Dean Anna (.329) was hitless in three at-bats, but scored twice. RF Dan Robertson (.318) was 1-for-3, but scored twice. LF Brandon Allen was hitless in four at-bats, but had a pair of RBIs. RHP Brad Brach (1-0, 0.00), who was just sent down to Triple-A by the Padres, worked 1 1/3 innings of scoreless relief and was the winning pitcher. Miles ...

• Marana voters approve budget-boosting home rule option

  In its all-mail 2013 general election today, Marana voters authorized the town to spend more money than the state constitution dictates.Voters approved the measure by a nearly 2-to-1 margin (65 percent to 34 percent).The alternative expenditure limitation, known as the home rule option, will let the town spend more than the $42.7 million cap imposed by the Arizona Constitution. The town is ...

• House fire displaces 6

  A fire destroyed a south-side home Tuesday, displacing a family of six.The fire broke out shortly before 2:30 p.m. in the 100 bock of East Elvado Road, west of South Nogales Highway and north of East Los Reales Road, said Capt. Barrett Baker, a Tucson Fire Department spokesman.Three people, including a 78-year-old woman, were at home when the fire broke out. They safely evacuated the ...

• Arizonas Ban on Abortions Struck Down in Federal Court

  A federal appellate panel struck down ...

• Jodi Arias now asks Arizona jury to spare her death penalty

  1 of 3. Jodi Arias addresses the jury during the penalty phase of her murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, Arizona May 21, ...

• Worm Allegedly Found In McMuffin By Derrick Holt At Arizona McDonalds

  Mealbreaker (n.): a nasty, non-edible surprise found in food while it is being eaten; often lawsuit-provoking, sometimes fabricated, always ...

• Certification revoked for 2 law enforcement officers from Tucson

  Two law enforcement officers had their state credentials revoked last week.The Arizona Peace Officer Standards and Training Board voted unanimously on May 15 to revoke the peace officer certifications of:o Lynsey Gould Coutts, who was arrested a year ago on suspicion of driving under the influence while on her way to work as a Tucson Police Department officer.o Francisco Jimenez, who was ...

• Penske Truck Leasing Opens Facility in Arizona

  has opened a new $6 million, 24,000 square foot facility in Phoenix. The facility, situated on 10 acres, provides truck leasing, consumer and commercial truck rental and contract truck fleet maintenance services. It features five truck service bays, an automated wash bay, a maintenance shop and a three-lane commercial truck fuel island with bulk diesel exhaust fluid dispensation. It also ...

• Arizona ban on abortion after 20 weeks struck down by federal court

  Arizona 's ban on abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy, absent a medical emergency.The 9th US circuit court of appeals said the law violated a woman's constitutionally protected right to terminate a pregnancy before a foetus is able to survive outside the womb. "Viability" of a foetus is generally considered to start at 24 weeks; normal pregnancies run about 40 weeks. Nine ...

• Photos of Tucson shooting scene show gun knife

  In this image released by the Pima County Sheriff's department, a Glock 9 mm pistol is seen in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others in January 2011. Authorities released more than 300 photos on Tuesday, May 21, 2013, made by investigators during their investigation in the parking lot of the shopping ...

• Appeals Court Strikes Down Arizona’s 20-Week Abortion Ban

  permanently struck down Arizona’s ';fetal pain'; law that would have criminalized abortion services after 20 weeks of pregnancy. The panel of judges determined that the 20-week ban is unconstitutional ...

• 9th Circuit strikes down Arizona abortion law

  A U.S. appeals court Tuesday struck down an Arizona abortion law banning the procedure after 20 weeks unless there's a medical emergency. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco said the law conflicts with federal decisions extending back to Roe vs. Wade. "Arizona may not deprive a woman of the choice to terminate her pregnancy at any point prior ...

• Arizona woman who killed boyfriend tells jury what shed do if life spared

  Jodi Arias looks at her defense attorney Jennifer Wilmott on Monday, May 20, 2013 during the penalty phase of Arias' murder trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix, AZ. Jodi Arias was convicted of first-degree murder in the stabbing and shooting to death of Travis Alexander, 30, in his suburban Phoenix home in June 2008. (The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, ...

• Tucson museums participating in the 2013 Blue Star Museum Initiative

  The Blue Star Museum Initiative is back for the 2013 summer season. The initiative allows active duty military and their families to visit participating museums for free between Memorial Day (May 27, 2013) and Labor Day (September 2, 2013). Below are the museums in Tucson participating this ...

• May 21 Today in Arizona history

  1931: Border patrolmen discover the skeleton of a 25,000-year-old mammoth near Hereford.1937: Amelia Earhart lands in Tucson, the first stop on her fateful journey across the globe. Her plane is lost en route to Howland Island in July 1937, then she is declared legally dead on Jan. 5, 1939, after an extensive search of the area between Lae, New Guinea, and Howland Island in the South ...

• Police to release more than 300 photos from Tucson rampage aftermath

  TUCSON, Ariz. – Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The ...

• Pics From Tucson Shooting to be Released

  Authorities are set to release more than 300 photos on Tuesday that investigators took in the aftermath of the Tucson shooting rampage that killed six people and wounded former U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and 12 others. The Pima County Sheriff's Department says many photos show the parking lot of the shopping center where the shooting took place in January 2011. The photos also include ...

• New federal ruling casts doubt on Oodham plan for Glendale-area casino plans

  PHOENIX - A federal appeals court gave opponents of a casino near Glendale new hope it might be legally blocked.In a ruling Monday, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals said it may very well be that the site owned by the Tohono O'odham Nation, while in an unincorporated area, is "within the corporate limits of any city or town." That's because the parcel is on a county ...

• Street Smarts Once member of Confederate army Drachman prospered as tobacconist

  Street Smarts: Tucson road named for ancient people shrouded in mystery Makohoh Trail, south of East Snyder Road and east of North Soldier Trail, is named for the Makohoh ...

• Stabbing brutal end to life just beginning

  One week before Erick Bridges was stabbed while working a graveyard shift at an east-side convenience market, he and his sister sat on her backyard patio celebrating her graduation from PCC's nursing program."We spent hours looking at our baby pictures and talking about what he wanted to do with his life," Jennifer Speese, 27, recalled on Monday."I was helping him get ...

• Arizonas Corbin Improves to 7-0 With Win Over Colorado

  (Reuters) - Arizona's Patrick Corbin delivered a dominant nine innings to lead the Diamondbacks to a 5-1 win over Colorado and improve his unbeaten start to 7-0 on Monday. The 23-year-old struck out 10 and allowed just three hits during his complete game, while Didi Gregorius went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to help keep Arizona top of the National League West. Corbin is now one of five ...

• Navajo Nation opens casino in northern Arizona

  The Navajo Nation opened its first casino in the state Monday, the Twin Arrows Navajo Casino Resort, just off Interstate 40 near Flagstaff. According to AZFamily.com, the tribe hoping the casino will boost its economy and spur development in the ...

• Stanfords Ipsen Arizona States Jones Qualify for U.S. World Championship Team

  Kristian Ipsen was one of four divers to punch their ticket to Barcelona for the 2013 FINA World Championships, as spots on the 1-meter were up for grabs Wednesday on day one of the World Championships ...

• Valley Fever Raises Concerns in California Arizona

  LOS ANGELES -- A longstanding health problem in California's Central Valley has worsened in recent years, leading health officials to order the relocation of 3,000 prisoners from two state prisons. But the disease affects much of the population in some rural communities and, while it often goes unnoticed, it sometimes can be devastating for patients. Dale Pulde is selling his California ...

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