Ironwood Ridge sophomore Dillon Kennedy’s team-mandated mohawk is temporary, scheduled to grow out before he applies to med school.

Kennedy Funding Inc., and its partner, Anglo-American Financial LLC, the investor groups that won control of Saguaro Ranch in the Tortolita Mountains earlier this month after a trustee sale, plan on selling the entire property to a developer.

Next month, Oro Valley resident Kennedy Olson, 6, will head to Scottsdale to compete as a state finalist in the National American Miss Arizona pageant.

The Arizona Corporation Commission on Monday swore in three new Commissioners.

Dr. Richard Casabona has completed a 24-hour course of instruction with the Bridgeport College of Chiropractic.

On Sept. 2, Democratic and Republican voters are being asked to narrow the fields of candidates for seats on the five-member Arizona Corporation Commission.

According to an NBC report, a plane bound from Los Angeles to New York had to abruptly stop in Kansas City after a woman refused to quit singing the Whitney Houston hit, "I will always love you."

Tennis teams at Ironwood Ridge are enjoying fine seasons, earning 5A-II rankings of #2 for the boys and #4 for the girls.

The final stages of a development at Ina and Silverbell roads which neighbors have fought for more than four years and the controversial Willow Ridge project at Cortaro Farms Road and Camino de Oeste were both approved by the Marana Planning and Zoning Commission March 31.

In a new program introduced by Marana Police Chief Terry Rozema, officers are being recognized for acts of valor and dedication in the line of duty. The first of the award recipients have already been selected. 

Another puppy has been turned over to the Humane Society of Southern Arizona after being found in a park trashbcan.

U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords looked radiant as she attended the Oct. 6 military retirement ceremony in Washington, D.C. for her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly of the U.S. Navy. Official photos released by The White House show Giffords beaming with pride and looking thin, but remarkably healthy.

Principals, stakeholders, creditors and assorted other interested parties are awaiting a ruling by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Eileen W. Hollowell on an amended plan of disclosure statement that seeks to get Saguaro Ranch back on its feet and its debts paid off.

Republican and Democratic candidates for the Arizona Corporation Commission are debating next Tuesday, July 15, at Rio Salado College in Tempe.

New Hires

State pollution regulators are accepting public comment related to the issuance of a new permit for the Arizona Portland Cement Co. plant, one of the largest producers of air emissions in Southern Arizona and a source of concern for environmental activists and several northwest neighborhoods.

Future panels that review appeals of severe disciplinary actions taken against town of Marana employees shall consist entirely of citizens, the Marana Town Council decided May 5.