Investigators continue to unravel the strange chain of events on a June night that began with a retired Merced court commissioner suffering injuries outside a bar hours before he was … Click to Continue »

A former Los Banos teacher pleaded no contest Friday to more than a dozen felony sex crime charges involving three high school girls beginning more than a decade ago. Gary … Click to Continue »

Le Grand High School restorative justice leaders will travel to Washington, D.C., this weekend to show White House officials how their program could be a national model for reducing suspensions … Click to Continue »

The Merced City School District is organizing a book drive in the hopes of providing a new or gently used book for each of its 10,800 students. The book drive … Click to Continue »

Merced County sheriff’s detectives are seeking the public’s help to identify two people who robbed a Delhi gas station at gunpoint Friday morning. Two masked thieves took an undisclosed amount … Click to Continue »

An increase in farm and manufacturing jobs played a large part in Merced County’s 10.5 percent unemployment rate last month, the lowest July since 2007, labor market analysts reported Friday. … Click to Continue »

A Newman man died Thursday evening west of Gustine after the vehicle he was driving ran a stop sign and collided with a tractor-trailer truck, which crashed into a power … Click to Continue »

President Barack Obama’s historic visit to Laos next month marks a new chapter in a complicated relationship previously marked by covert wars, political enmities and refugee flows that have changed … Click to Continue »

Brittany Dutra, a 21-year-old mother to two young twin girls, was stabbed to death while watching television with friends more than a year ago for reasons authorities fear they may … Click to Continue »

What happens in Merced County when a tiny stray terrier needs an emergency cesarean section? Or if a kitten’s leg is crushed by a garbage bin? Or if a puppy … Click to Continue »

As wildfires burn across the state, Sierra fire officials are praying the millions of dead trees in Merced’s backyard don’t catch on fire. “Frightened is a kind word for the … Click to Continue »

A Modesto karate instructor who was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of child molestation is a registered sex offender stemming from a conviction about 25 years ago, police reported. Carlos Silva … Click to Continue »