Ajo News

A 19-year-old Ajo man accused of raping and murdering a 7-year-old girl last month was arraigned Monday in Pima County Superior Court.

"A" Mountain 1000 S Sentinel Peak Rd When: 9:15pm Aerial display to be viewed from a distance .

Percent of veterinary practices reporting they were negatively affected by their local economies in 2009, according to a survey by DVM Newsmagazine 74% Percent of vets who expect their revenues to remain the same or increase in 2009, according to DVM.

An Ajo man has been indicted on charges including first-degree murder in the death of a 7-year-old girl who had gone to play with the suspect's younger brother.

U.S. Border Patrol agents on ATVs discovered three shotguns and an AK-47 automatic rifle on Tuesday in the desert near Ajo during a search of an area where they had arrested seven illegal immigrants, an agency news release said.

Connie Villaverde and her mom, Maria Ramirez, make some menudo. Connie, who wants to start a catering business, is benefiting from a program through the nonprofit International Sonoran Desert Alliance.

The body of a young girl was found in a wash by a group of children Thursday night in Ajo, authorities said.

The Pima County Sheriff's Department is investigating the possible homicide of a young girl in the town of Ajo, Arizona.

Seven-year-old Rhia Almeida spent Thursday in summer school at Ajo Elementary, preparing for the second grade in the fall.

A 7-year-old Ajo girl killed and dumped in a wash Thursday has been tentatively identified, but because of her injuries an autopsy is needed to make a positive identification, a Sheriff's official said.

Deputy Dawn Barkman says two young girls riding their bicycles spotted the body and went to a nearby home to call for help.

A little girl was found dead in a wash. The Pima County Sheriff tells KGUN 9 On Your Side her body showed obvious signs of trauma.

A student holds a banner reads ''Where is my vote'' at the gate of Tehran university in Tehran, Monday, June 15, 2009.

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A van with 17 occupants rolled over near Texas Canyon east of Tucson. Five people, all from Tanzania, were killed.

Pima County Sheriff's deputies are investigating an early morning shoplifting and shooting at a south side Circle K. It happened in the 3800 block of Country Club near Ajo.

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Joshua Steven Durcho looks towards the spectators as he enters a courtroom in El Reno, Okla., Tuesday for his arraignment on five counts of murder.

Work on 'virtual fence' to start soon News Elsewhere New 'virtual fence' will be in use by end of year By Brady McCombs Homeland Security's latest version of the "virtual fence" should be up this summer southwest of Tucson and being used by the Border Patrol by the end of the year a ' and the program's director says it'll be superior to a prototype ...

Federal officials expect to have the 17 towers that form the backbone of the latest version of the virtual fence up by mid-July and in the hands of the Border Patrol by the end of the year.