South Tucson mayor stepping down, cites wedding plans

South Tucson Mayor Jennifer Eckstrom is resigning from the City Council.

Marana voters OK sewer-plant takeover

Marana voters overwhelmingly approved letting the town run its own sewer system Tuesday by about 3 to 1.

Primary voting ends today in 3 towns; get vote totals tonight on StarNet

Today is primary election day for Marana, Sahuarita and South Tucson.

Law & Order Briefs

Raul Valdez Garcia

Pima County poised to OK $900,000 for public-housing project

Pima County is preparing to give a $900,000 no-interest loan to the Primavera Foundation for a South Tucson housing project.

Law & Order Briefs

Cody Salzman

Mayors oppose ending construction sales tax

Mayors and government leaders in the Tucson region resolved Thursday to oppose the elimination of a construction sales tax.

Police ID teen killed in South Tucson

Police have identified an 18-year-old man who was shot and killed Saturday in South Tucson.

Desde Tucsón: Se gana un millón de dólares y... 'patitas pa'qué las quiero'

Tucsón no está exactamente lleno de millonarios. Y son prácticamente inexistentes en la milla cuadrada que conforma la ciudad de Sur Tucsón.

South Tucson $1M lottery winner dumps his girlfriend and begins his new life - in Yuma

Tucson isn't exactly brimming with millionaires. And they're unheard of in the one-square-mile city of South Tucson.

Garden Kitchen, una cocina de todos

Cassie Burruel, izquierda, especialista de oficina en el Colegio de Agricultura y Ciencias Biológicas de la Extensión Cooperativa de Green Valley de la Universidad de Arizona, trabaja con la coordinadora del programa, Cheralyn Schmidt, para que todo estuviera listo para la apertura de The Ga…

Garden Kitchen, una cocina de todos

Un antiguo restaurante mexicano en Sur Tucsón se ha convertido en un centro comunitario que despliega esfuerzos contra la obesidad.

S. Tucson gets center teaching healthy eating, keeping slim

Cassie Burruel, left, with the UA College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, joins program coordinator Cheralyn Schmidt ahead of Saturday's opening of The Garden Kitchen. Outdoor vegetable gardens are among the offerings at the new community center.

S. Tucson gets center teaching healthy eating, keeping slim

Instructional specialist Louisa O'Meara, left, tests a recipe for pumpkin pancakes at The Garden Kitchen. Cooking classes and gardening demonstrations will be available at the newly equipped facility.

S. Tucson gets center teaching healthy eating, keeping slim

Program coordinators Jenn Parlin, left, and Cheralyn Schmidt tend to a vegetable garden. Growing and eating healthy food is encouraged.

S. Tucson gets center teaching healthy eating, keeping slim

Program coordinators Jenn Parlin, left, and Cheralyn Schmidt tend to a vegetable garden. Growing and eating healthy food is encouraged.

South Tucson gets center teaching healthy eating

A former Mexican restaurant in South Tucson is now a taxpayer-funded public community center with an anti-obesity focus.

TREO to eliminate reliance on most taxpayer money

The Tucson region's economic development agency has decided to take municipal competition out of the equation and will stop accepting most public funding.

Dog-racing industry a model of disregard

We are not surprised Tucson Greyhound Park has skirted around a South Tucson law that bans anabolic steroid injections for dogs.

Racing greyhound steroid shots continue despite ban

Four years after South Tucson voters passed a law prohibiting dogs at Tucson Greyhound Park from being given anabolic steroid injections, the practice continues.