Police: TUSD bus driver cited for striking boy, 11

A Tucson Unified School District bus driver who struck an 11-year-old boy at a midtown intersection this week was cited Friday, police said.

Historias que dan esperanza

SAN DIEGO.-Por provenir de una familia que es un poco como un guiso racial y étnico —su madre es afro-cubana, su padre es australiano de origen irlandés— Soledad O'Brien, de CNN, puede optar por identificarse de muchas maneras.

Celebran en Nogales el Día de los Muertos

NOGALES.- El Comité de Artes Culturales (Cultural Arts Committee) de la Ciudad de Nogales, Arizona, presentará este fin de semana su primera edición de la celebración del Día de los Muertos.

As early ballots roll in, party breakdown offers some intrigue

The latest early-ballot numbers are in for the city races, and it shows that Republicans have started slightly outperforming Democrats.

Solicita TUSD aprobar anulación de impuestos

Tucson Unified School District,(TUSD), está solicitando que los electores aprueben una anulación de impuestos con el fin de reponer el dinero perdido por los recortes en el presupuesto, y para darle un empuje a la tecnología en el distrito.

Tucson boy struck by school bus remains critical

A Townsend Middle School student struck by a school bus remains in critical but stable condition at University Medical Center Thursday morning, police said.

Tucson boy struck by school bus remains critical

School notes

Scholarships available for lifeguard credentials

Potential sexual slur in release raises Tea Partiers' ire; Uhlich apologizes

Democratic City Councilwoman Karin Uhlich apologized to Tucson Tea Party attendees Wednesday, after complaints that her campaign used a derogatory term that could be considered a sexual slur.

Number of students home with flu is multiplying

CHICAGO — The number of students staying home sick with the flu is multiplying nationwide, and normally quiet school nurses' offices suddenly look like big-city emergency rooms, packed with students too ill to finish the day.

Number of students home with flu is multiplying

McClusky irritates Fimbres with new campaign mailer

Democratic City Council candidate Richard Fimbres is fending off charges of financial mismanagement during his six-year tenure leading a state agency.

New agriculture education

When some people think agriculture, they think barns, tractors and pigs.

New agriculture education

Prop. 200 backers, opponents sharply split at raucous forum

Voters can have more police officers and firefighters on the street, but they'll have to sacrifice other city programs to pay for it or pay higher taxes, warned opponents of an initiative to mandate higher staffing ratios for public safety.

State may lift takeover of schools in sect's area

PHOENIX — A school district serving a remote area of Northern Arizona and southern Utah long dominated by a polygamist sect is poised to emerge from a state takeover implemented nearly four years ago because its finances were in disarray.

Education Notes

History teacher garners top award

Political notebook : Oh, the statement you could make for Halloween

Americans were all over the Sarah Palin glasses-and-updo combo last year, but the National Retail Federation this season says politicians have all but dropped off the costume map.

Override is key to rebound for TUSD

Tucson Unified School District is asking voters to approve a tax override to replace money lost to state budget cuts and to boost technology in the district.