KTAR / Local / Stories http://www.ktar.com KTAR / Local / Stories en-us 15 ktar.com 88 50 http://ktar.com ktar.com Arizona soldier killed in Afghanistan http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833653 An Army private from Arizona became the fourth soldier from the 101st Airborne to be killed in Afghanistan in a week. Bill to license mortgage officers hits roadblock http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833652 Legislation requiring people who help arrange mortgage loans for home buyers to get a state license has hit a roadblock near the finish line at the Legislature. Mesa Air to offer more shares http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833645 Mesa Air Group is hoping shareholders will allow the airline to issue millions of new shares valued at nearly twice its current market capitalization. 19 illegals caught in traffic stop http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833632 A traffic stop near Camp Verde leads to 19 illegal immigrants in custody. Housing sales recovering in West Valley http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833594 The part of the Valley it hardest by the housing slump is coming back to life. Man jailed for highway shootout http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833593 A Phoenix man shot at least five times during a shootout with Arizona Department of Public Safety officers has been released from the hospital and booked into Coconino County jail. Teaching seniors tai chi http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833590 It's not your regular exercise class. No slamming of weights. No squeaking of shoes. Just a half-lit room at Scottsdale's Granite Reef Senior Center. Twenty seniors are seated in chairs, their arms and torsos tracing fluid arcs to the music of Chinese flutes. Iraq war vet drowns at Lake Pleasant http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833443 A 26-year-old Iraqi war veteran drowned Saturday morning while trying to swim across Cotton Cove at Lake Pleasant, said Deputy Lindsey Smith of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office. Geologists draw fissure maps to show potential home damage http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833300 There's no pun intended when state geologist Todd Shipman says the new state-issued earth fissure maps are ``breaking new ground.'' Arizona's 1st land restrictions in place for wildfire season http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833299 With wildfire danger in Arizona increasing because of higher temperatures and lower humidity, the state's land managers have begun the first major public land restrictions this year. Attorneys for Jeffs seek dismissal of incest charges http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833193 Attorneys for polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs want an Arizona judge to dismiss incest charges in cases pending in Arizona. Phoenix resident among dead in fiery Minnesota crash http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833098 A Phoenix resident is among two people who died in a fiery head-on crash in Minnesota. Human smuggler gets life in prison for wreck that killed 10 http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833075 A human smuggler who caused the death of 10 illegal immigrants when he crashed a sport utility vehicle while fleeing from U.S. Border Patrol agents has been sentenced to life in federal prison. Second man arrested in child exploitation case http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833048 A man wanted in connection with a child exploitation case in northern Arizona was arrested Friday in Alaska, authorities said. Jury convicts man in fatal stabbing http://www.ktar.com?nid=6&sid=833045 A Tucson man has been convicted of first-degree murder and aggravated assault for stabbing an acquaintance to death and wounding another man.