Reyna Preciado

6 days ago | kgun9.com | Reyna Preciado

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — The story of a Tucson woman who survived crossing the desert in 1980 is now being turned into a memoir. Dora Rodríguez was one of 13 survivors from a group found in Tucson in 1980. She's served as a leader in many community groups, but she shared her deep devotion to the Southside Presbyterian Church. Her memoir will detail the church as a place where she found her community after nearly dying while crossing the Arizona desert after fleeing her country, El Salvador.

6 days ago | kgun9.com | Reyna Preciado

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — With most Tucson schools off for Good Friday, educators, parents, and other supporters of the Tucson Educator Association spent the morning organizing. Dozens gathered in front of Rep. Juan Ciscomani's office, 1636 N. Swan Road, to hold signs and write letters to deliver to his office. People voiced their concerns regarding cuts to the Department of Education, pushing the congressman to utilize his political power to support their message.

6 days ago | kgun9.com | Reyna Preciado

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — In February, Jeanette Mills sent an email to KGUN 9 south-side reporter Reyna Preciado to share the story of the new snack bar on Pueblo High School's softball field. She wrote about how her grandfather worked tirelessly to raise the money and build the new addition from the ground up. Her family held a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the school to celebrate its completion.

1 week ago | kgun9.com | Reyna Preciado

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — In South Tucson, a special election is set for August 5th to vote on whether some members of the council will be recalled. This comes after one of the members spent months collecting signatures to recall three others on the council. Former South Tucson mayor Paul Diaz is asking South Tucson to recall Mayor Roxanna Valenzuela and Councilmen Brian Flagg and Cesar Aguirre.

1 week ago | kgun9.com | Reyna Preciado

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Advocates for Tucson's immigrant community are responding to a letter sent to people in the United States under parole status. South Tucson Missionary Priest Ray Riding is one of the advocates that was shown the letter received by the people he serves. “So my whole ministry is to walk with them, in their in their journey,” said Riding.