Local Updates from ABC News Radio for Tucson.
(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- The largest flag recovered from ground zero following the 9/11 attacks will be displayed at the funeral of the youngest killed in Saturday's Tucson shooting that left six dead and 13 injured.
Christina-Taylor Green, 9, was born on September 11th, 2001 and will be laid to rest Thursday.
The 20-by-30 foot flag is scheduled to arrive in Tucson Wednesday.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- At a memorial service tonight, President Obama is scheduled to eulogize the six victims of last Saturday's shooting.
Obama is expected to focus on the lives lost in the tragedy, those injured, the heroic actions of the day as well as the impact the acts of violence have had on Arizona residents.
Thousands are expected to attend the public event tonight which will be held in the University of Arizona's basketball arena. According to reports, Obama's expected statement there will address those present at the memorial service, as well as the entire nation.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- A 71-year-old woman was arrested Friday on four counts of robbery, according to a Tucson police department press release.
Evelyn L. Ward and her 47-year-old daughter, Bonnie Jane Jasmer, were placed in Pima County Jail after a month-long manhunt for suspects in several bank robberies. Their last robbery was on Aug. 28 at the Tucson Federal Credit Union, from which they stole an undisclosed amount of money. In the cases mentioned in the police statement, Ward held up the clerk and Jasmer drove her away in an escape vehicle.
The duo is also suspected of being responsible for the July robbery of a Bank of the West branch.
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(PHOENIX) -- After hearing that protestors from the infamous Westboro Baptist Church planned to protest the funeral of the nine-year-old girl killed Saturday in Tucson, Arizona legislators sprung into action late Tuesday to pass a piece of legislation banning disruptive protests near a funeral. HB 2011, sponsored by Democratic Representative Kyrstem Sinema of Phoenix, had more than 50 co-sponsors.
The bill reads: "A person shall not picket or engage in other protest activities, and an association or corporation shall not cause picketing or other protest activities to occur, within 300 feet of the property line of any residence, cemetery, funeral home, church, synagogue or other establishment during or within one hour before or one hour after the conducting of a funeral or burial service at that place."
The bill defines "other protest activities" as "any action that is disruptive or that is undertaken to disrupt or disturb a funeral or burial service."
The law, expected to be signed by Governor Jan Brewer, makes it a misdemeanor to violate the statutes.
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(TUCSON, Ariz.) -- The neurosurgeon who is overseeing the care of injured Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords said on Tuesday she is now capable of breathing on her own. Doctors, however, are still using a respirator to facilitate her breating and recovery.
Doctors have said over the last several days her status has not changed dramatically, which has been a good sign, and that she has been able to respond to some personal contact and give a thumbs-up.
Hospital officials at University Medical Center at the University of Arizona caution the public about being too inquisitive about her recovery, saying she has a long road ahead of her.
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