http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/ Local News headlines from the Tucson Citizen http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/citizen_feed_logo.png http://www.tucsoncitizen.com en-us 5 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116803.php UPDATE: We're working out some last minute glitches and the new site should be up before 1 p.m. 0x01000000 116803 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116804.php In considering a budget for fiscal 2010, the Tucson City Council stood at Morton's Fork — raise taxes and fees or cut programs and services and lay off staff to balance the city budget. 0x01010100 116804 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116802.php Today's Top 10 news stories I'm digging from the Arizona Daily Star, the Arizona Republic and the USA Today: 0x01000100 116802 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116801.php Take a trek less than 50 miles yet a world away to Triangle L Ranch in Oracle. 0x01010100 116801 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116800.php Long gone are the days of simply telling the guards at the borders you are a U.S. citizen while they merrily wave you through. 0x01040100 116800 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116799.php If you start to get a lot of knocks on your door, just be aware a Jehovah's Witnesses conference is in town. 0x01010100 116799 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116798.php We've already established being a Tucson cop can be tough. 0x01040000 116798 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116797.php Two black bears recently paid a visit to some Foothills backyards. While it was not reported whether or not the bears used any area pools, Arizona Game and Fish officials did say folks should take caution. 0x01040100 116797 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116796.php Tucson is not a fashion capital of the world for good reason. 0x01010000 116796 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116795.php James Warren at The Atlantic blogged today about a semi-secret meeting of major newspaper company executives in Chicago to discuss the Internet conundrum. 0x01000000 116795 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116794.php Tucson cops go through a lot. They get yelled at, fled from and shot at. 0x01040100 116794 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116793.php Anyone wanting to help a kid while they take in a ballgame can do so Saturday. 0x0b010100 116793 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116792.php Sherrif's deputies made an arrest in the shooting that left Francisco Antonio Calvillo dead and another man wounded at a South Side car wash last month. 0x01040100 116792 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116790.php More than pork fried rice was on the menu at one Chinese restaurant when one worker attacked another with a cleaver, according to the Associated Press. 0x01040000 116790 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116789.php A 3-year-old girl shot and killed her 2-year-old brother with a gun she found beneath their parents' bed, according to The Associated Press. 0x01000000 116789 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116788.php Time for another checkpoint alert, with the purpose of deterring folks from driving under the influence. 0x01040100 116788 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116787.php Get out your wallets, for the tax man cometh. 0x01010100 116787 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116786.php Using a tie-out for a dog is illegal in Pima County. But apparently some school employees thought it was OK to use the same concept on a special-needs student. 0x01040100 116786 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116785.php Here at TucsonCitizen.com we try to honor reader requests - as long as the requests don't involve sticking sharp objects in our eyes or playing in traffic. 0x01010100 116785 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116791.php Today's Top 10 news stories I'm digging from the Arizona Daily Star, the Arizona Republic and the USA Today. 0x01000000 116791 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116784.php Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard Tuesday dropped his attempt to keep the printed version of the Tucson Citizen alive. 0x01000100 116784 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116783.php In addition to worrying about important things like sparkler laws, Arizona elected officials are spending time making sure Arizona keeps it's claim as the "Grand Canyon State." 0x01000000 116783 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116782.php Every morning I will post my top 10 stories I'm digging that day with a little commentary to go with each. Here's today's list: 0x01010100 116782 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116781.php A tall, muscular Egyptian is looking for the perfect match. 0x01070100 116781 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116780.php An Indiana funeral home that had its license revoked three years ago apparently left a few things behind -- like four dead bodies, according to The Associated Press. 0x01040000 116780 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116779.php Free concerts that have been a Tucson summer staple for 50 years have hit a sour note. 0x01010100 116779 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116778.php Tucsonans, and the entire state, may soon get the go-ahead to play with fire. 0x01040100 116778 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116777.php Health care remains a hot topic, as evidenced by the 1,000 folks who showed up for Tuesday's town hall held by U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.). 0x01010100 116777 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116771.php Some people can't be trusted. The lot includes those high on heroin, those standing in a doorway with a bloody butcher knife and anyone who hates animals. 0x0b040100 116771 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116776.php Yes, I very much wanted to ignore the Mike Tyson story that's all over the Internet because, basically, he's a jerk. 0x01040000 116776 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116775.php Every morning I will post my top 10 stories I'm digging that day with a little commentary to go with each. Here's today's list: 0x01010100 116775 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116774.php When Joseph Gutierrez' 5-year-old son slipped off an inflatable dolphin into the depths of a swirling river, Gutierrez did what most parents would do. 0x01040100 116774 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116773.php More gore on the South Side, with a woman and her 13-year-old daughter stabbed and slashed in the arms and neck at the trailer park where they lived. 0x01040100 116773 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116772.php The plug is being pulled on old-fashioned TV, with the switch to digital slated for June 12. 0x01010100 116772 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116770.php Ten speed cameras installed in Pima County have been patiently waiting to catch you in the act. 0x01040100 116770 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116769.php Domestic violence can rear its ugly head just about anywhere, including at a high school graduation party. 0x01040000 116769 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116767.php Geek Pride Day kicks off the week, so we found a self-proclaimed Tucson geek to provide some insight into why being a geek is cool. 0x01010100 116767 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116768.php Soldiers returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are finding horses can be a man's best friend. 0x01010100 116768 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116766.php Even if your Memorial Day is packed with a leisurely hike, a barbecue or other lazy day activities, it's only right to take a moment to remember those who died so we could be free. 0x01000000 116766 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116765.php Some Tucson drivers could use a little training. Or a lot of training. 0x01040100 116765 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116764.php Prisoners beware: your cell phone privileges have just been terminated. 0x01040000 116764 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116763.php Slain Tucson police Officer Erik Hite deserves to be remembered, and folks at the Saguaro Canyon Evangelical Free Church are doing their part. 0x01040100 116763 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116762.php Some areas of Pima County may be going down the toilet, but you can be sure our toilets' wastewater will be flushed away with ease. 0x01040100 116762 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116761.php Day trips are a great way to get away without the cost of, say, flying to Paris. 0x0b010100 116761 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116760.php Tucsonans who want to adopt a pet don't have to go very far. 0x0b040100 116760 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116759.php On Nov. 4 voters in Legislative District 10 on Phoenix's Northwest Side elected Doug Quelland to the Arizona House of Representatives. 0x01010200 116759 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116757.php Tucson will miss Sgt. Mark Robinson. At least much of Tucson will. 0x01040100 116757 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116756.php The three Vail School District seniors who caused $10,000 worth of damage to the district bus fleet got a "harsh" punishment. 0x01040000 116756 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116755.php Many lawsuits are ridiculous to being with, but one went from ridiculous to horrifying. 0x01040000 116755 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116754.php A local guy who was just trying to save a little gas money ended up in jail. 0x01040000 116754 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116753.php When Tucsonan Lisa Kent lost her job last summer, she gained something else. 0x01000100 116753 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116752.php Speeders may be able to skip sitting in a lengthy traffic safety class or having points litter their licenses. 0x01040000 116752 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116758.php Today's Top 10 news sites I'm digging at digg.com. 0x01010100 116758 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116751.php Every morning I will post my top 10 stories I'm digging (digg.com) that day with a little commentary to go with each. 0x01000100 116751 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116750.php Memorial Day has the distinction this year of falling on the same day as Cookie Monster's birthday and Geek Pride Day. 0x01010100 116750 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116749.php PHOENIX (AP) — One of Arizona's staunchest critics of illegal immigration says politicians who don't aggressively enforce immigration laws should be removed from office. 0x01040000 116749 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116748.php An Albuquerque mom reportedly killed her 3-year-old son by suffocating him - twice. 0x01040000 116748 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116747.php More layoffs hit Tucson Unified School District employees in a scramble to reshuffle the organization. 0x01040100 116747 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116746.php The latest in grisly news includes two parents who were stabbed to death while their 9-year-old son watched, according to an Associated Press report. 0x01040000 116746 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116742.php Radio rocks. Or at least it can if you pick the proper stations. Tucson has a host of them, some that rile while others soothe. 0x01000100 116742 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116745.php Rain used to make the newsroom reporters duck. 0x01000100 116745 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116744.php A trio of high school seniors that alleged vandalized 76 Vail School District buses have been arrested, according to the Pima County Sheriff's Department. 0x01040000 116744 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116743.php The gorgeous, post-rain morning started with my dog eating poop. 0x0b040100 116743 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116734.php The death of a 13-year-old Tucson middle school student brings Arizona's swine flu death toll to three, according to the Pima County Health Department. 0x02080100 116734 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116741.php Pet names may shape the kind of character your dog or cat will develop. 0x0b040000 116741 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116740.php Tucson's Charlie Spillar may not have parted the Red Sea, but he has moved mountainous structures. 0x0b030100 116740 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116739.php TucsonCitizen.com will be the voice of Tucson. 0x01000100 116739 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116736.php Shelby Shields and Kyle Heppler are engaged to be married, but their engagement is a bit different than most. 0x01010100 116736 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116737.php We feed, water, walk and tolerate our cuddly canines chewing up our cell phones and clawing through our patio screens. 0x0b040000 116737 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116738.php Lunchtime can be a great time for some tasty eats around Tucson - or a hurried grab at Cheetos from the cafeteria vending machine. 0x0c010100 116738 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116735.php We're not dead. 0x01000100 116735 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116733.php A Tucson Police officer was arrested on suspicion of D.U.I. early Saturday morning, according to a Pima County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman. 0x01040100 116733 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116732.php BISBEE — A wildfire burning a half-mile northwest of Bisbee is 40 percent contained after charring 122 acres since breaking out late Monday morning. 0x01040200 116732 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116731.php Drugs can make you do some really sick things - like eat your kid's eyeballs out. 0x01040000 116731 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116729.php PHOENIX — State officials say three environmentally contaminated mines in Arizona would get a $23 million cleanup as part of a settlement with the mining company that owns them. 0x01010200 116729 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116728.php The Tucson Citizen as we knew it is officially no more. 0x04010100 116728 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116727.php PHOENIX — Republican legislative leaders have set the stage for Senate committee consideration Wednesday of a new budget proposal that includes privatizing several state prisons to help close a big revenue shortfall. 0x01010200 116727 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116726.php U.S. District Judge Raner Collins Tuesday denied Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard's request for a temporary restraining order against Gannett Co. Inc. to force the company to resume printing the Tucson Citizen. 0x01000100 116726 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116725.php The sheeny man in his sheeny wagon used to be a staple in Polish communities of Michigan. 0x01070100 116725 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116723.php WASHINGTON — A long-delayed requirement for Americans traveling to Mexico or Canada to have a passport will take effect June 1 as promised with no further postponements, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Tuesday. 0x01030200 116723 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116724.php A Phoenix school has been ordered closed for a week by Maricopa County health officials due to an apparent flu outbreak. 0x0b010200 116724 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116722.php Anyone who doesn't feel like going to school can take a tip form Vail high school seniors. 0x01040100 116722 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116719.php PHOENIX — From the bustling streets of Scottsdale to the red rocks of Sedona more than an hour away, a NASA research balloon had some Arizonans wondering whether they had spotted an alien spacecraft. 0x01040200 116719 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116721.php Is the state Legislature working backward trying to craft a budget? 0x01010200 116721 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116720.php A giant bubble floating merrily in the sky earlier this week had folks wondering if aliens were coming. 0x01000200 116720 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116718.php Three jails in Arizona's largest county are on an indefinite lockdown after some inmates threatened other inmates for refusing to participate in a hunger strike, sheriff's officials said. 0x01040200 116718 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116713.php A federal judge will rule Tuesday whether the Tucson Citizen must resume publication after the Arizona Attorney General complained that Gannett Co. and Lee Enterprises Inc. violated antitrust laws by ending their joint operating agreement and stopped daily publication of the newspaper to make more money. 0x01000100 116713 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116717.php Longtime Tucsonan Sheldon Gutman walks around with a pile of Tucson Citizen newspapers under his arm. 0x04010100 116717 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116712.php The only ex-convict I ever really got to know murdered my dog. 0x01000000 116712 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116716.php I don't like being sad. 0x01000100 116716 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116715.php Teachers are supposed to be our role models. Kids should admire them, look up to them, learn from them. 0x01040100 116715 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116714.php To the person who wanted 0x01000000 116714 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116708.php Freaky is only one way to describe the guy who was teaching gun safety and then accidentally shot and killed himself. 0x01000000 116708 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116710.php Despite the excitement of the new TucsonCitizen.com, a sense of sadness still permeates. 0x01000000 116710 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116711.php My father never missed an opportunity for metaphor. 0x01000100 116711 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116709.php Today begins a new chapter in the history of the Tucson Citizen and tucsoncitizen.com. Call it www.tucsoncitizen.com, version 2.0, if you will. 0x01000000 116709 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116707.php Welcome to the new TucsonCitizen.com. 0x01000000 116707 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116665.php One of the funniest things that ever happened to me was when I met the Dalai Lama. 0x01070100 116665 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116641.php Arizona Attorney General Terry Goddard filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Tucson late Friday to stop the closure of the Tucson Citizen, which was announced by the Citizen's owners early Friday. 0x04020100 116641 http://www.tucsoncitizen.com/ss/local/116643.php This is it. After 138 years, seven months and one day, this may be the last Tucson Citizen to be published.¶ At press time, our ultimate deadline, this was our last gasp - our final edition.¶ Efforts still are underway to keep the Citizen alive. We'll let you know if they succeed. 0x01000000 116643