Sen. Robert F. Kennedy made a stop in Tucson in March, 1968, during his campaign for President of the United States. He spoke to crowds at Tucson International Airport and the University of Arizona.
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From Ernest Hemingway to Betty White, here are some times famous people visited Tucson in decades past, with photos from archives of the Arizona Daily Star and Tucson Citizen.
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Who remembers when the Tanque Verde Swap Meet was on Tanque Verde?
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50 years ago, nearly 2,600 500-pound U.S. Navy bombs on a train detonated in three massive explosions near Dragoon, Ariz.
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It was "a beautiful day in the neighborhood" when Fred Rogers, or "Mr. Rogers," the famous TV childrens' show host, visited KUAT-TV and local Tucson kids 50 years ago.
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The Legal Tender on West Congress St. in downtown Tucson was the home of a stiff drink and a fight or two from the 1880s until it was demolished during "urban renewal" in 1969, which brought the Tucson Convention Center, Arizona Hotel and the Pima County Administration and Courts buildings.
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Nearly 40-percent of Old Tucson Studios, including many of the most-famous wood structures seen in Westerns, was destroyed by fire on April 24, 1995.
The Cleveland Indians trained at Hi Corbett Field in Tucson from 1946-1992. Celebrities like Bob Hope and MLB commentator Joe Garagiola were regulars at games.
McKale Memorial Center on the University of Arizona campus is the home of Arizona Wildcats basketball, gymnastics and volleyball.
Take a step back in time to see the people, events, and issues of Tucson and the University of Arizona in 1965.
89 years ago on Jan. 25, 1934, John Dillinger and his crew of criminals — Charley Makley, Russell Clark and Harry Pierpont — were captured in Tucson following a string of jail breaks and robberies in the Midwest.
The annual Winterhaven Festival of Lights during the Christmas holiday season in the 1950s, 60s and 70s.
The sleepy Cortaro General Store was one of a handful of buildings and tenants at Cortaro Road and I-10 in the late 70s. The store's quiet life was peppered with a suicide in the phone booth in 1959, an armed robbery and robbery, a stabbing of a store clerk in the 70s and a sink hole in 1982…
In 1953, the Strategic Air Command brought the jet age to Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson with dozens of Boeing B-47 Stratojet bombers as part of U.S. efforts to counter the Soviet threat of invasion. The planes could carry conventional and nuclear payloads 3,000 miles before refuelin…
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Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats
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The judge said the First Amendment right to free speech "does not tolerate viewpoint discrimination and retaliation of this type."
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Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.
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A confrontation in the lobby of a Marana hotel in January that led to the shooting of an armed man by a Pima County Sheriff's Department detective was captured by surveillance cameras.
Increased police presence and traffic control will be in effect in Tucson Saturday for Arizona's Final Four game vs. Michigan near the University of Arizona and in downtown.
A Tucson man linked to the theft of more than a half-ton of copper wire during a 2025 spree has been sentenced to five years in prison.
A 48-year-old woman was shot to death and a 39-year-old man was wounded Saturday night on Tucson's south side, police say.
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A day before Arizona was to recognize César Chávez Day, state lawmakers revoked the holiday. Gov. Katie Hobbs said she will sign the legislation.
The Arizona Supreme Court refused to disturb an Appeals Court ruling over a county supervisor's push for immunity for his push to hand-count ballots in Mojave County.
Arizona lawmakers are advancing a bill that would make it a crime to mail or receive abortion pills, potentially penalizing both providers and patients. The proposal is raising constitutional questions after voters approved abortion rights in 2024.