Missing Indiana couple heading to Arizona found; husband dead, wife alive

Family members who reported the couple missing have said they left on a cross-country trip last month and were expected to return this week to their home in Indianapolis. They said the couple departed Albany, Oregon, on March 27 and planned to meet with friends in Tucson, Arizona, on March 29.

Suspect arrested in Tucson double homicide case: police

Tucson police said 24-year-old Zachary Joseph Thomas Naifeh was being held in the Pima County Jail on suspicion of two counts each of first-degree murder and being a prohibited possessor of a firearm.

230 pounds of meth, 25 pounds of cocaine, and 25 pounds of heroin lands 2 Arizona men in prison

The Drug Enforcement Administration announced two Arizona men are headed to prison after being found with hundreds of pounds of meth, more than two dozen pounds of cocaine and more than 20 pounds of heroin, about a year and a half ago.

Tucson bookkeeper accused of embezzling $5M from businesses

A longtime bookkeeper for two Tucson-area construction companies and a homeowner’s association in Mexico has been indicted for allegedly embezzling more than $5 million from the businesses, according to authorities.

Arizona outlasts UNLV 72-67 in women’s NCAA tournament opener

Arizona looked like the inexperienced team early, not one that played for a national championship a year ago, but that changed during the course of the game.

NASA image depicts historic debris cloud from clash of celestial bodies

NASA has shared an image depicting what researchers say is the first observation of a debris cloud from a massive celestial collision.

COVID-19 masks will be optional on UArizona campus starting March 21

School officials say masks would be recommended but not required Monday for indoor spaces at the Tucson campus and other Pima County locations.

Arrest made after body found with ‘obvious signs of trauma’ on Tucson road

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department said 18-year-old Robert Brown was found dead along a trail near the Molino Basin Campground in the Catalina National Forest.

Delivery robots with Russian ties pulled from UArizona amid Ukraine invasion

Grubhub announced on march 3 that it will remove food delivery robots from the University of Arizona and a university in Ohio, because the robots were made by Russian tech company Yandex. The company is also ending its partnership with the Russian company.

Gunfire hits Tucson police vehicle during chase; 2 arrested

The men were arrested separately after four people abandoned a vehicle sought in connection with the original shooting that resulted in a man being wounded with non-life-threatening injuries, a police statement said.

Woman who ran Avondale stash house for migrants sentenced to prison

Federal agents found migrants, all from Mexico or Guatemala, inside a home in Avondale on Jan. 12 and that the migrants had been transported through southern Arizona en route to metro Phoenix.

Former Arizona legislator David Bradley dies at 69

David Bradley, a Tucson Democrat who served 16 years in the Arizona Legislature with stints in both chambers and who was praised by former colleagues as a compassionate advocate and thoughtful public servant, died Saturday. He was 69.

Arizona CBP arrest Mexican national carrying $85K worth of fentanyl pills

U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers have arrested a Mexican national who was allegedly attempting to smuggle $85,000 worth of fentanyl pills.

Sonoran desert tortoise doesn’t need US protection, federal agency says

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced that the tortoise doesn’t warrant protection under the Endangered Species Act because a scientific study “determined that it is not at risk of extinction in the foreseeable future.”

Former Arizona lawmaker Olivia Cajero Bedford dies at 83

Olivia Cajero Bedford, a Democrat who represented Tucson, was in the state House from 2003-10 and the state Senate from 2011-18.