Steve Shear is well known in the SaddleBrooke set as co-founder with his wife, Susan, of the PrimeTime Players and the lively interactive courtroom plays they create for the DesertView Performing Arts Center.

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A local Tucson-area swimming club, Tucson FORD Dealers Aquatics, which practices at the University of Arizona pool, took 12 local area swimmers to the NCSA Junior National Championship swim meet in Orlando last week.  

A judge in Pima County Superior Court has ruled that the first-degree murder conviction of an Oro Valley man should be thrown out, and a new trial begun.

July 5, 2006 - The case of former Marana Mayor Bobby Sutton and local businessman Richard "Rick" Westfall could reach trial in January, almost two years after a federal grand jury indicted the friends for conspiracy and attempted extortion.

The penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trail is set to resume Wednesday.

On Sunday, an unusual day for a court to be held in Ohio, a judge found two high school football players guilty of rape. In what became a short trial that divided the football-crazed Rust Belt town of Steubenville, Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, were found guilty of raping a drunk 16-year-old girl.

It took just over 15 hours for a 12-member jury to find accused boyfriend killer, Jodi Arias, guilty of first-degree murder.

Sept. 22, 2004 - For the past three years, Pima County Deputy Sheriff Joe Harvey has pored over documents, drained his life savings and spent countless hours defending himself against charges of beating a confession out of a suspect.

By now, most people have heard of Amazon’s Kindle Fire. If you are hearing about it for the first time, or have heard of it but don’t know much about it, keep reading. It is a very useful device that you may not yet realize you want.

The online streaming industry is growing and growing every year. Standing at the forefront of this online explosion is Netflix, the well known provider of both online streaming of thousands of different programs ranging from movies, to T.V. shows, and documentaries as well as in home, through the mail deliveries of their content. Netflix began the road to online kingship back in 1997, when the company began as a traditional through the mail provider. By 1999 the company had introduced a monthly subscription policy and now operates on both monthly payment and unlimited online streaming. Over the past decade or so, Netflix has found its way into the homes of many families, college students, and anyone else who enjoys video entertainment. Netflix has been able to stand amongst the forefront of much of the development of the in-home and delivery movie craze, but this rise to the top has not been one without trials and setbacks.

A prank that ended with a $6 million arson fire and several injuries has landed two teens in prison.

Jared Lee Loughner, who killed six individuals and injured another 13 at a Tucson Congressional event on Jan. 8, 2011, was sentenced to seven life sentences and 140 years in prison in federal court Thursday morning.

(NewsUSA) - Staying active is key to a quality lifestyle -- whether it's taking in a sporting event, frolicking at a resort, or just catching up with friends over lunch. But there's no denying you lose a lot of that "quality" if you can't see clearly.

With some hard work and determination, one local fourth grader along with his friends and some of the residents at a local retirement community, formed a LEGO Robotics team.

According to an NBC News report, a judge Thursday rejected a request from a lawyer for George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Trayvon Martin last year, to shield the identities of as many as seven witnesses at Zimmerman’s upcoming trial.

A Pima County Superior Court judge has requested an investigation into possible juror misconduct in the murder trial of Oro Valley resident Paul Beam.

Suspected shooter Jared Lee Loughner will continue receiving treatment at a Missouri psychiatric facility, a judge ruled in San Diego on Monday.

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