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Street Smarts

Street Smarts: Namesake of Harrison Road helped create Saguaro National Park

Street Smarts: Namesake of Harrison Road helped create Saguaro National Park

  • By David Leighton Special to the Arizona Daily Star

John Harrison also developed subdivision for African-American soldiers returning from war.

Street Smarts: Developer put family names all over Tucson

Street Smarts: Developer put family names all over Tucson

  • By David Leighton For the Arizona Daily Star

The area where Fred Roberts sold lots, near Alvernon Way and Fifth Street, was considered too far out to work.

Street Smarts: Tucson transit took long, winding road

Street Smarts: Tucson transit took long, winding road

  • By David Leighton For the Arizona Daily Star

Many transportation systems have been used over the years.

Street Smarts: Miner, sheriff played role at O.K. Corral

Street Smarts: Miner, sheriff played role at O.K. Corral

  • By David Leighton Arizona Daily Star

Arizona pioneer spent most of his career in mining and law enforcement.

Street Smarts: Babcock locked UA gates to keep animals out

Street Smarts: Babcock locked UA gates to keep animals out

  • By David Leighton For the Arizona Daily Star

Faced challenges with steadfastness and humor.

Street Smarts: Notorious bad guy died lonely and alone

Street Smarts: Notorious bad guy died lonely and alone

  • By David Leighton For the Arizona Daily Star

OK Corral shooter John Ringo was drinker, gambler ... and constable?

Take the Street Smarts road test

Take the Street Smarts road test

    Readers of David Leighton’s columns will do best at this quiz, which tests how much you know about the history of local street names.

    Street Smarts: Tucson neighborhood originally was chicken colony

    Street Smarts: Tucson neighborhood originally was chicken colony

      Emery Park started as place for people to live, raise poultry

      Street Smarts: Midtown neighborhood one of Tucson's most unusual

      Street Smarts: Midtown neighborhood one of Tucson's most unusual

        Before he was governor, Sam Goddard developed subdivision with large lots, big setbacks

        Street Smarts: Driveway to school became midtown street

        Street Smarts: Driveway to school became midtown street

          Potter Place honors former girls school, wealthy couple that started it.

          Collection: Street Smarts 2015

          Collection: Street Smarts 2015

            Learn how many of Tucson's streets, roads and highways got their names.

            Street Smarts: Road honors The Gregory school

            Street Smarts: Road honors The Gregory school

              Old-money support helps create The Gregory School

              Street Smarts: Camino de Ruiz named for early ranching family

              Street Smarts: Camino de Ruiz named for early ranching family

                Road runs along the northern border of the family homestead.

                Street Smarts: DeLong was merchant, trader, mayor, soldier

                Street Smarts: DeLong was merchant, trader, mayor, soldier

                  Many of many talents, interests remembered with midtown street

                  Local News

                  Photos: Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

                  Photos: Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships

                  Action wrapped up on the last day of the Big 12 Outdoor Track & Field Championships at Drachman Stadium, Tucson, Ariz., May 16, 2026.

                  Growth in Arizona's big cities — like Tucson — mostly stalled

                  Growth in Arizona's big cities — like Tucson — mostly stalled

                  New figures from the Census Bureau show that Tucson joins other big cities in Arizona in seeing growth stalled or on the decline.

                  Arizona Daily Star on this date: May 18

                  Arizona Daily Star on this date: May 18

                  See the A1 covers from the past for this day in history.

                  Tucson's Top Stories: May 18

                  Tucson's Top Stories: May 18

                  Get your morning recap of today's local news and read the full stories here: tucne.ws/morning

                  State & Regional

                  AZ attorney general's suit vs. Saudi alfalfa grower stays 'on track'

                  AZ attorney general's suit vs. Saudi alfalfa grower stays 'on track'

                  PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a request by a company accused of excessive pumping of groundwater in La Paz County to delay the case while state officials conduct a separate study of the area.

                  Growth in Arizona's big cities — like Tucson — mostly stalled

                  Growth in Arizona's big cities — like Tucson — mostly stalled

                  New figures from the Census Bureau show that Tucson joins other big cities in Arizona in seeing growth stalled or on the decline.

                  ASU to offer master’s degree in war

                  ASU to offer master’s degree in war

                  Arizona State University will now offer a war master's degree to active duty military members and others selected by the U.S. Department of Defense.

                  Invasive trees fuel Arizona fires

                  Invasive trees fuel Arizona fires

                  Riverbank-choking thickets of tamarisks have long created a bristly nuisance and an environmental scourge in central Arizona and much of the arid West.

                  Nation & World

                  RFK Jr. swaps vaccine talk for healthy foods and reading to tots in push to woo voters

                  RFK Jr. swaps vaccine talk for healthy foods and reading to tots in push to woo voters

                  Just weeks ago, Kennedy faced intense questions about a dangerous uptick in infectious diseases among American children. Now, with midterm primaries underway, he's on a mission to change the subject.

                  Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.76 billion 'weaponization' fund

                  Trump drops IRS lawsuit in exchange for DOJ $1.76 billion 'weaponization' fund

                  Trump's administration is creating a nearly $1.8 billion fund to settle claims that the Justice Department improperly targeted his political allies.

                  Iran war saddles global companies with $25 billion bill — and counting

                  Iran war saddles global companies with $25 billion bill — and counting

                  The U.S.-Israeli war with Iran has already cost companies around the world at least $25 billion — and the bill is climbing, according to a Reuters analysis.

                  Judge tosses some key evidence in Luigi Mangione case

                  Judge tosses some key evidence in Luigi Mangione case

                  A New York judge has partially granted a request to toss crucial evidence obtained after law enforcement located Luigi Mangione after the murder of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson.

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                  Japanese company invests in mine near Mount Lemmon

                  Japanese company invests in mine near Mount Lemmon

                  Ownership of $12.8M Arizona lottery ticket disputed

                  Ownership of $12.8M Arizona lottery ticket disputed

                  U of A student groups ask audience to boo commencement speaker

                  U of A student groups ask audience to boo commencement speaker

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                  Visit our online archives for thousands of historical articles, obituaries and announcements.

                  View all of our stories about America's 250th anniversary

                  View all of our stories about America's 250th anniversary

                  America commemorates its 250th anniversary in 2026. Here's how our community is marking this historic milestone.

                  Crime

                  23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                  23 photos from inside the Macon County Jail through the years

                  Check out the inside of the Macon County Jail through photos from the Herald & Review archives. More archive photos at herald-review.com.

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness faces new charges

                  A new indictment has added two kidnapping and six witness tampering charges against an Allegany County man under federal investigation since a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case turned up dead in his home.

                  Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                  Prosecutors say Wellsville man tampered with government witnesses

                  Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Cooper told a judge that his office intends to file witness tampering charges against Simon P. Gogolack 39, of Wellsville.

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                  Wellsville man accused of giving drugs to Pharaoh's witness who died

                  A Southern Tier man with a history of drug-related charges has become entangled in the FBI’s probe into the death of a government witness in the Pharaoh’s strip club case.

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                  Crime

                  Man, 22, arrested in Pima County homicide

                  Man, 22, arrested in Pima County homicide

                  A man wanted in a homicide investigation was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of first-degree murder and possession of drug paraphernalia, the Pima County Sheriff's Department said.

                  Inmate in Tucson prison killings could face death penalty

                  Inmate in Tucson prison killings could face death penalty

                  The Pinal County Attorney’s Office intends to seek the death penalty against Ricky Wassenaar, who had publicly claimed that he killed three men in a Tucson prison.

                  Person of interest sought in Pima County homicide investigation

                  Person of interest sought in Pima County homicide investigation

                  The Pima County Sheriff’s Department is asking for the public's help to find a "person of interest" in a homicide investigation.

                  Nancy Guthrie case reaches 100th day

                  Nancy Guthrie case reaches 100th day

                  The disappearance and suspected abduction of Nancy Guthrie reached its 100th day on Monday as law enforcement continues to search for clues as to her whereabouts.

                  Politics

                  AZ attorney general's suit vs. Saudi alfalfa grower stays 'on track'

                  AZ attorney general's suit vs. Saudi alfalfa grower stays 'on track'

                  PHOENIX — A judge has rejected a request by a company accused of excessive pumping of groundwater in La Paz County to delay the case while state officials conduct a separate study of the area.

                  ASU to offer master’s degree in war

                  ASU to offer master’s degree in war

                  Arizona State University will now offer a war master's degree to active duty military members and others selected by the U.S. Department of Defense.

                  Judge seeks receiver to oversee healthcare for Arizona inmates

                  Judge seeks receiver to oversee healthcare for Arizona inmates

                  U.S. District Judge Roslyn Silver says getting a receiver in place to oversee the care of more than 25,000 state inmates is critical.

                  Dreamer processing times in Arizona spike

                  Dreamer processing times in Arizona spike

                  Former President Obama created the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program in 2012 to protect from deportation immigrants who were brought to the U.S. as children. President Trump has vowed to end the program.

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