Tucson News

Well, hey, I don't want to be the one to say Yes to that. Baked beans are a big help to cooks who want to round out a meal--and that means tailgating as well as cooking hot dogs on the backyard barbecue.

Scientists using images from NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter have estimated that the planet is bombarded by more than 200 small asteroids or bits of comets per year forming craters at least 12.8 feet across.

Spring is typically the driest time of year in Arizona, and the lack of rainfall over the last two months has caused our drought to worsen.

You have a little over two weeks left to vote in our Best of Tucson balloting for 2013 .

A week or so ago, the San Francisco Chronicle was nice enough to consider Tucson a vacation destination - but unfortunately, we at Weekly World Central happen to lack subscriptions to the Chron, making it difficult for us to access their paywall-locked content.

I've gotten to know a few meal worms in my time-namely, the ones I used to feed to my son's lizard.

The Sunburst Project safely transports retired racing greyhounds from three Florida Panhandle dog tracks to adoption groups in non-racing states and Canada.

A 34-year-old Arizona woman who has spent more than half her life behind bars for a 1992 Tucson killing is now free.

The Fort Lowell Records 2013 Celebration starts at Borderlands Brewing Co., 119 E. Toole Ave., Friday, May 17 from 4 to 7 p.m. with DJ sets from ...music video? and Tracy Shedd as well as an acoustic set by fairweatherfriend.

The best poetry treat in town is waiting for you at 7:30 tonight-Wednesday, May 15-at Casa Libre , 228 N. Fourth Ave.

I know I've been on a bit of a Kickstarter and crowd-source funding rampage since doing that cover story on local campaigns, and I've reminded you a few times about those local campaigns and why you might want to send a small or big donation their way.

If you would like to elevate your cooked vegetables to a higher status, you can always "scallop" them.

The Arizona Department of Transportation is responding to complaints after drivers complained of oil damage during a routine road project.

"We've been seeing that this is a national trend in Arizona. Between 2007 and 2011, driving dropped by 5 percent," said Serena Unrein with Arizona Pirg.

A well known Tucson doctor investigated for serious accusations. He's even accused of possibly speeding up the death of four patients.

Emotion and opposition to Grand Canyon University moving to El Rio Golf Course and the Barrio Hollywood neighborhood is beginning to take shape.

What do you get when you take one fantastic Flamenco dancer, add an incredible singer and throw in a group of enthusiastic students at a studio? Answer: one really exciting Flamenco song and dance workshop.

Detectives with the Tucson Police Department have obtained an arrest warrant for a man who may be tied to a shooting death that took place at a local Walmart in early May.

According to the Tucson Police Department, Thomas Vichael Holland, 47, is wanted for four counts of armed robbery following three incidents in Tucson and one in Marana.

A 79-year-old Tucson woman was bitten by a poisonous snake this morning while gardening.The woman was trimming bushes at her east side home in the 3400 block of South Camino Seco between East Stella and Escalante roads, when the baby rattler bit her finger, Capt.