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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

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                  Arizona Daily Star on this date: May 30

                  Arizona Daily Star on this date: May 30

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

                  Tucson's Top Stories: May 30

                  Tucson's Top Stories: May 30

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

                  Photos: Protest against Project Blue data center in Tucson

                  Photos: Protest against Project Blue data center in Tucson

                  Demonstrators held signs and chanted at the Project Blue data center construction site, at S. Houghton Road and E. Brekke Road, on May 28, 2026. Beale Infrastructure, the company behind Project Blue, was approved for permits to drill two wells on the property. 

                  State & Regional

                  2 arrested after 2,100 gallons of diesel stolen in Arizona

                  2 arrested after 2,100 gallons of diesel stolen in Arizona

                  The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office has announced that two arrests have been made after officers recovered approximately 2,100 gallons of stolen diesel fuel.

                  Blue moon occurs on Sunday

                  Blue moon occurs on Sunday

                  May features a double celestial event. This month, there are two full moons because the lunar cycle is shorter than the calendar month of May. Which means that we had a regular full moon in the beginning of the month, and at the end we have a blue moon.

                  Claims against Lamb prompt fallout

                  Claims against Lamb prompt fallout

                  Allegations of threatening women, sexual impropriety and racist comments have disrupted congressional candidate Mark Lamb's campaign as fellow Republicans call his conduct into question.

                  Arizona great-grandma's 'miracle' release from ICE detention

                  Arizona great-grandma's 'miracle' release from ICE detention

                  Maria Cristina Tapia Cornejo, an undocumented immigrant from Mexico, was released from the ICE detention center on Friday.

                  Nation & World

                  In fight to save Ukraine's wounded, surgeons learn skills at UW-Madison

                  In fight to save Ukraine's wounded, surgeons learn skills at UW-Madison

                  Maks Makarenkov couldn't help but smile on car rides through the capital city. He saw homes with blue and yellow flags pinned in their windows or dangling from flagpoles.

                  Immigration decline is reversing post-COVID population growth in these cities

                  Immigration decline is reversing post-COVID population growth in these cities

                  The latest Census Bureau data shows that the post-COVID population rebound for many metropolises stalled or reversed in 2025.

                  Backlash over fund tests Blanche's bid for US attorney general

                  Backlash over fund tests Blanche's bid for US attorney general

                  Acting attorney general Todd Blanche has pursued causes close to Trump, but he's also drawn Republican ire over a planned fund for "weaponization" victims.

                  Botched Tennessee execution sparks US death row debate

                  Botched Tennessee execution sparks US death row debate

                  For over an hour, Tony Carruthers lay strapped to an execution gurney in Tennessee's death chamber as his executioners struggled to find a vein.

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                  Jim Click’s Tucson dealerships sell for $93 million

                  Jim Click’s Tucson dealerships sell for $93 million

                  Photos: Protest against Project Blue data center in Tucson

                  Photos: Protest against Project Blue data center in Tucson

                  Big traffic shift coming for Tucson street

                  Big traffic shift coming for Tucson street

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                  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.

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                  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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                  Provided content. The skilled trades gap is costing the U.S. economy billions and quietly reshaping housing, infrastructure, and regional growth. Here’s the data.

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                  Crime

                  Answers still missing 4 months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from Tucson home

                  Answers still missing 4 months after Nancy Guthrie disappeared from Tucson home

                  The mother of "Today" cohost Savannah Guthrie was reported missing from her home in the Catalina Foothills neighborhood of Tucson, on Feb. 1.

                  Pima County woman, 79, arrested in stepdad's 1975 killing

                  Pima County woman, 79, arrested in stepdad's 1975 killing

                  A 79-year-old woman is accused in the killing of her stepfather in 1975, the Pima County Sheriff's Department says.

                  Tucson man sentenced to 18 years in prison in child sex-abuse case

                  Tucson man sentenced to 18 years in prison in child sex-abuse case

                  A 30-year-old Tucson man who pleaded guilty to two counts of abusive sexual contact with a minor was sentenced to 18 years in a federal prison and a lifetime of probation, prosecutors say.

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                  Woman admits taking Arizona school voucher money after moving from state

                  Woman admits taking Arizona school voucher money after moving from state

                  Amanda Elizabeth Maestas pleaded guilty to a count of theft and is set to be sentenced to probation in Tucson's Pima County Superior Court.

                  Politics

                  Tucsonans set to pay more for water, trash and city fees

                  Tucsonans set to pay more for water, trash and city fees

                  Water bills, trash services and several development costs are set to increase this summer amidst an increasingly expensive utility landscape in Southern Arizona.

                  DOJ sides with GOP lawmakers on Arizona voting issues before high court

                  DOJ sides with GOP lawmakers on Arizona voting issues before high court

                  PHOENIX — The Trump administration is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to allow Arizona to block people who do not provide "documented proof of citizenship'' when they register to vote for president.

                  Critics: Arizona state land sales favor renewable energy over housing

                  Critics: Arizona state land sales favor renewable energy over housing

                  By law, state lands must be managed for its "highest and best use'' and to maximize financial returns for Arizona's K-12 schools.

                  Supervisors advance $1.8B Pima County budget plan

                  Supervisors advance $1.8B Pima County budget plan

                  The Board of Supervisors approved the tentative $1.8 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year, which begins July 1.

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