Archive for August, 2009

City budget talks derailed by open meetings law tiff

Posted on August 31st, 2009 by admin

City Council budget talks derailed Tuesday amid allegations of a violation of the state’s Open Meetings Law.

Man gets prison term in 1991 beating case

Posted on August 30th, 2009 by admin

A Tucson man has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for severely beating an elderly man during a 1991 robbery that eventually led to the victim’s death.

Tucson woman denies Illinois cemetery-scandal ties

Posted on August 29th, 2009 by admin

A Tucson businesswoman may seek legal action to keep her name from being associated with grotesque cemetery crimes in Illinois.

At least two customers were left without a couch to sit on when their dealings with a Northwest Side furniture company unraveled, a Better Business Bureau of Southern Arizona spokeswoman said Tuesday.

It was the kind of story that’s fun to write, but was probably going to be a bummer to follow up on — cute little birds today, grim Mother Nature tomorrow.

Honeywell to pay $3 million in Az air-quality settlement

Posted on August 26th, 2009 by admin

PHOENIX – Honeywell Aerospace agreed to pay a $3 million-plus penalty over allegations involving five of its Phoenix-area facilities in the largest air-quality settlement levied in Maricopa County.

A 16-year-old boy faces up to eight years in prison after pleading guilty Wednesday to negligent homicide and child abuse charges in the death of his half sister last summer.

Ex-boxer, 74, among elder athletes ready to KO Tucson

Posted on August 24th, 2009 by admin

When he was a kid, Mario Fusco was likely to beat people up if they made fun of his name.

Homicides soaring

Posted on August 23rd, 2009 by admin

With nearly two months left in 2008, the city of Tucson has seen a record number of homicides this year.

Gilbert police cars to get traffic light interrupters

Posted on August 22nd, 2009 by admin

GILBERT – Gilbert police will be the first in Arizona to equip their cars with a device that makes it easier to get to emergencies by turning traffic signals green.