Tucson News

Tucson police say they’ve talked with at least three of five people captured on video walking near a home where a 6-year-old Tucson girl vanished.

Lt. Fabian Pacheco said detectives wanted to talk with the group walking early in the morning to see if they had seen anything unusual. Pacheco didn’t say at a press briefing Sunday afternoon what the men and women told officers.

The parents of missing 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis pleaded for her safe return Wednesday after police said they had scaled back their search for her. More >

The parents of missing 6-year-old Isabel Mercedes Celis pleaded for her safe return Wednesday after police said they had scaled back their search for her. More >

When a child goes missing, the odds of finding the child alive or arresting a suspect in an abduction drop with each passing minute and day, experts say. More >

The search for a missing 6-year-old Arizona girl who authorities said may have been snatched from her bedroom in Tucson entered its third day on Monday as search dogs shifted investigators’ attention back to the child’s home. More >

A group of 700 Tucson first-graders and their teachers will be rewarded next week for their participation in a drowning prevention program hosting by Safe Kids Tucson. More >

April 19–American Airlines will close its regional reservations center in Tucson, eliminating more than 700 jobs as part of a bankruptcy restructuring plan announced Wednesday. More >

Passenger volume at Tucson International Airport for this year’s first quarter posted a 3 percent gain in comparison to last year. Airport officials say Tucson International served almost 959,000 travelers in comparison to about 935,000 in the first quarter of 2011. More >

An arrest warrant has been issued for a Tucson man who’s accused of assaulting his estranged wife. Tucson police say 26-year-old Jose Raul Juarez-Orci is wanted on suspicion of attempted murder and domestic violence.

They say Juarez-Orci allegedly forced his way inside home of his wife and attacked her with a deadly weapon on April 5. Police say the couple wasn’t living together and Juarez-Orci’s wife had an order of protection against him.

The woman and the couple’s three children ran to a neighbor’s house to call for help. Authorities say the woman was taken to a Tucson hospital and treated for non-life threatening injuries.

TUCSON- After months in foster care, 6-year-old Dahlia, the dog brought to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona on the brink of death, is now looking for her forever home. More >