Superior Sun

Danny Jay Besich

    Danny Jay Besich “Bronto” passed away May 1, 2022, at 4:20 a.m. at Central Wyoming Hospice following his battle with stage 4 cancer.   He was born June 28, 1955, and raised in Superior, where he had a phenomenal group of friends and family. They...

LeRoy ‘Bugs’ Lewis

    LeRoy “Bugs” Lewis, 86, passed away Saturday May 21, 2022.  Bugs was born in Kemmerer, Wyoming, May 17, 1936, to Doris and Leeroy Lewis.    Bugs graduated high school in Kemmerer in 1954 with a basketball scholarship to Casper Junior...

Robert Val Bohrn

  Robert “Bob” Bohrn, beloved husband, father, papa, and friend to all, passed away on Tuesday, May 17, 2022, after battling stage IV colon cancer for two and a half years. Bob was born on Aug. 19, 1957, in Ely, Nevada. He spent most of his childhood in...

Pinal County seeks help for Telegraph Fire repairs

  In June 2021, Arizona’s sixth largest wildfire started just south of Superior.  The fire burned east, south and west, consuming 180,000 acres of Sonoran desert terrain and obliterating some of Arizona’s most unique ecosystems.  Once the fires were...

Superior brings home championship trophy for 1A softball

  Who could have guessed that the two best 1A softball teams in the state would be from the Copper Corridor?   The championship all came down to Superior vs. San Manuel.   It was the third state championship for the Panthers and the second since 2015...

Farm to Fantastic Market to move indoors

  With the Summer heat going up, the organizers at the Farm to Fantastic Market have moved the weekly farmers market into the Superior Senior Center, located at 360 Main Street.    The market will be open from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. every Saturday in...

Odelia ‘Babe’ Arellano

    Odelia “Babe” Arellano, 98 of Superior, AZ, decided long ago to surpass the age of 97.  On April 8, 2022, one week after her 98th birthday, she left us to go with her heavenly Father. Her family and her Catholic faith were the two most important...

Second Annual Gila River Music Festival returns to Kearny April 22-23

 The Gila River Music Festival features a diverse lineup of musical talent, food trucks, vendors and artists. Bring a chair and sit outdoors and enjoy the atmosphere or take a dip in the Gila River. There is something for everyone to enjoy. It is an all age’s...