PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - A nearly 11-square-mile wildfire in Arizona's Prescott National Forest is continuing to grow as more than 500 firefighters were dispatched to battle the blaze. Officials said today that the Doce Fire just west of Prescott sparked evacuations in Granite Basin Homes, Sundown Acres, Old Stage Acres, Mint Creek, and American Ranch. Officials say air tankers and helicopters were expected to help fight the blaze today and it remained zero percent contained.
MESA, Ariz. (AP) - Firefighters say a man has died and another has been hospitalized after an offramp collapsed at a Mesa construction site near Loop 202 and Warner Road. Mesa fire officials say one man was killed and another was flown to a hospital for treatment. His condition hasn't been released.
SAHUARITA, Ariz. (AP) - Prosecutors have dropped charges against 1 of 7 Tucson-area high school wrestlers indicted for attacking another teenage student in a campus locker room. The Green Valley News reports that the Pima County Attorney's Office said there was insufficient evidence to prove the case against the 17-year-old Sahuarita High School wrestler, who had been scheduled for trial today. The county also sent plea offers to the four 18-year-old defendants facing felony charges. Two other juveniles still face Juvenile Court trials.
PHOENIX (AP) - An appeals court has upheld a lower court's ruling that dismissed a challenge to an Arizona law denying bail to people who aren't in the country legally and are charged with serious felonies. A three-judge 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel ruled yesterday that immigrant rights advocates didn't raise issues of fact on whether Proposition 100 violates constitutional due-process guarantees.
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