KTAR / Local / Stories http://www.ktar.com KTAR / Local / Stories en-us 15 ktar.com 88 50 http://ktar.com ktar.com No fireworks for Flagstaff for the 4th of July http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840250 After two consecutive years of Fourth of July fireworks show cancellations because of extreme fire danger, Flagstaff is ending the annual event for good. Marine who died after cross-state chase wrote of war stress http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840242 Last month, Marine Staff Sgt. Travis N. "T-Bo" Twiggs went to the White House with a group of Iraq war veterans called the Wounded Warriors Regiment and met the president. Police shoot man who tried to run down officer http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840173 A man was shot by Phoenix police after he tried to run down an officer. Stepfather says co-ed's professor was strange from the start http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840165 Police are still trying to determine how Andrea Ziegler died. Video diary records deadly addiction http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840164 A personal video diary captures one woman's most vulnerable moments as her daily struggle to lose weight was slowly killing her. Fuel costs, tainted foreign goods boosts manufacturing http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840163 After nearly collapsing at the beginning of the century, the maquiladora industry in the border city of Nogales, Sonora is re-emerging with a sophisticated pitch. $2.5B Human smuggling industry examined http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=840159 Human smugglers have built sophisticated criminal enterprises generating an estimated $2.5 billion annually through their Arizona operations alone, authorities say. Singer for Tejano band pleads guilty to money laundering http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839889 The lead singer of a popular Tejano band pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a money laundering charge. Saban supports taking $1.5M from Arpaio http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839727 Dan Saban, the man who wants to take over as Maricopa County sheriff, said he applauds the governor's executive order to take the more than $1.5 million dollars from Joe Arpaio's illegal immigration fund. Prisoner died of heroin overdose http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839717 State corrections officials say an autopsy on an inmate found dead at the Eyman state prison complex last month shows he died of an accidental heroin overdose. Phoenix soldier dead after grenade attack http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839355 An Army soldier from Phoenix has died of wounds he suffered in a rocket-propelled grenade attack in Baghdad earlier this month, the Department of Defense announced Friday. Judge considers dropping incest charges against Jeffs http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839685 A Mohave County judge is considering a request by lawyers for Warren Jeffs to drop incest charges against the imprisoned polygamist sect leader. Measles outbreak spreads to Pinal County, infant sickened http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839682 Health officials in Pinal County say a measles outbreak in Pima County has now spread north. Gingrich applauds McCain while in Phoenix http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839681 Arizona senator John McCain got high praise today from one of the nation's top conservatives. Sheriff accepting donations to fight illegal immigration http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=839554 There sheriff made news when he set up an illegal immigration hotline. Now he's set up another one to help fund his efforts to fight it.