Longtime Merced County Supervisor Deidre Kelsey was injured in a fire at her home in Snelling, Calif., on Sunday, Jan. 1, 2017. According to California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, Merced County, battalion chief Mark Pimentel, Kelsey reported the fire in person at the Snelling fire station at about …
Read More »Christmas comes early for Livingston children in annual event
About 500 Livingston children left City Hall on Thursday afternoon with stacks of Christmas presents in their arms – and some even rode their shiny new bicycles out the door. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Early results show mixed bag in school board races
Races for Merced school board seats remained too close to call Tuesday night, with incumbents fighting to keep their seats on boards for Merced College, Merced City schools and Merced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Vierra, Creighton grab large early leads in Atwater city race, more votes to count
Preliminary numbers showed two political newcomers — Cindy Vierra and Paul Creighton — poised to take over seats on the Atwater city council with incumbent Larry Bergman trailing by nearly … Click to Continue »
Read More »Two hospitalized in early morning shooting
Two women in their 20s were shot early Tuesday morning in Merced, police reported. Police are currently investigating the shooting and have one suspect in custody, Lt. Jacob Struble reported … Click to Continue »
Read More »Early detection stressed during breast cancer awareness month
Every two minutes a woman in the United States is diagnosed with breast cancer, according to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation. Last year, there were 246,600 new cases of breast … Click to Continue »
Read More »Delhi students get early start on healthcare careers
When Juan Daniel Ramirez Reyes was a child in Modesto, he said he witnessed violence and deaths in the community. It instilled in him a strong urge to help people, … 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 »Merced firefighters put out early morning kitchen fire
Fire started as cooking fire, spread to attic Two people displaced … Click to Continue »
Read More »Former Merced County commissioner killed in early morning DUI crash
Crash occurred on southbound Highway 99 near Merced Driver of solo vehicle crash arrested on suspected DUI Passenger killed was retired Merced County Superior Court commissioner … Click to Continue »
Read More »Merced man killed in early morning DUI crash
Crash occurred on southbound Highway 99 near Merced Driver of solo vehicle crash arrested on suspected DUI … Click to Continue »
Read More »UPDATE: Early results show Merced County challengers making strong runs
Early ballots showed Rodrigo Espinoza ahead of incumbent Supervisor John Pedrozo District 2 Supervisor Hub Walsh likely to face run-off in November Early ballots in District 4 race led by Lloyd Pareira and Rich Ford … Click to Continue »
Read More »Costa honors Denim Day early at Valley Crisis Center in Los Banos
Rep. Jim Costa discusses prevention, progress at center Outlines work on Justice for All Reauthorization Act Center announces extended office hours and days starting May 1 … Click to Continue »
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