A s residents call for cities to defund police departments, some parents and students want the same in their school districts. The Kern High School District board is voting on its annual budget Monday and ahead of that meeting, community organizers have been circulating a petition to defund the district’s …
Read More »ACLU Sues Madera County School For Calling Student Yearbook Quotes ‘Politically Divisive’
Attorneys with the ACLU filed a lawsuit Wednesday against a school district in Madera County, saying it violated two students’ right to free speech and right to anti-LGBTQ bias in California schools. When Minarets High School students Steven Madrid and Mikayla Garaffa submitted their senior quotes to the yearbook, they …
Read More »‘It was a calling to kill her.’ Woman tells police her mother was a satanic sacrifice
A 37-year-old Dos Palos woman told investigators she killed her mother earlier this month, stabbing the woman nearly two dozen times, as part of a “satanic” sacrifice, according to reports … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced Mysteries & Minutiae: Calling all readers! Tell us what your favorite story of 2016 was
It’s mid-December and the New Year is right around the corner. Now’s the time to look back on the year and pick some highlights. Here at the Sun-Star, we typically … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced SPCA shelter calling for community support to stay open
No-kill animal shelter needs bags of ‘gently worn shoes’ in May for fundraiser Out of 80,000 people in Merced, only 124 are SPCA members High building and animal health care costs noted, as well as need for volunteers … Click to Continue »
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