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One in four Los Banos students missed more than 15 days of school in 2013-14 Merced County schools missed out on $ 15 million in 2014-15 because of absences Atwater Elementary, Merced River Union Elementary have zero percent of students chronically absent … Click to Continue »
Read More »12,000 Marijuana Plants Seized in Oakhurst
More than 12,000 marijuana plants were eradicated and two people were jailed Tuesday in Oakhurst, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office reported. Artemio Gonzalez-Hera, 24, of San Jose, and Jose Zaragoza … Click to Continue »
Read More »Madera man arrested after manhunt
A manhunt ended late Tuesday in outside Madera with a 34-year-old man behind bars, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office reported. Johnathan D. Daniels was captured in a rural area north … Click to Continue »
Read More »Suspect in Merced court commissioner’s death released from jail
An Atwater woman accused of driving drunk in a crash that killed her boyfriend, a 68-year-old retired Merced County court commissioner, has been released from jail. Jacqulin Calixtro, 38, was … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man released early from prison arrested for choking girlfriend
Gregory Ferguson strangled girlfriend until she nearly was unconscious – twice Argument allegedly stemmed from rocks being knocked down the stairs Ferguson released from prison early on AB109, police say … Click to Continue »
Read More »Gang member arrested while trying to cash stolen check in Atwater
Check was stolen out of Merced Ulises Alvarez Monge tried cashing the check at Bank of America in Atwater Save Mart Suspect tried to flee multiple times … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced firefighters put out early morning kitchen fire
Fire started as cooking fire, spread to attic Two people displaced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Living Smart: Consider seamless countertops
If you’re spending a good amount of money to have new countertops installed in your kitchen, you’ll likely want the end result to be perfect – free from visible seams. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Diggin’ In: Wild petunia provides pretty summer flowers
Petunias produce pretty summer flowers, and the native Carolina wild petunia is no exception. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Bleached-out ocean coral is a key distress signal
The following editorial appeared in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette on Wednesday, June 8: … Click to Continue »
Read More »Scientists Demystifying Proteins
Imagine trying to reverse engineer a car when all you have is a finished product or a box full of parts – no instructions. That’s what scientists have been trying … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced County Fair gets rolling
The fair will run through Sunday Agriculture competitions, live music, food, carnival rides and other spectacles planned The fair has been known to attract 70,000 visitors or more … Click to Continue »
Read More »Espinoza, Lor have chance to add diversity to Merced County supervisors
Challengers fare well in Board of Supervisors races Current board lacks diversity with only one woman, no minorities Espinoza and Lor would represent large minority populations in Merced County … Click to Continue »
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