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The inmate victim of the third jail attack in Merced County in recent weeks has been identified and released from the hospital, sheriff’s officials reported. Ruben Escobedo Benavides, 41, from … Click to Continue »

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A woman accused of kidnapping her daughters and trying to take them into Canada was released from a North Dakota jail over the weekend, according to Merced police. Rene Snider … Click to Continue »

Police in Atwater destroyed 42 marijuana plants being illegally grown in city limits and returned a stolen car to a Livingston man, according to the interim police chief. Officers were … Click to Continue »

Drum roll, please. The 2016 state test results are now available and scores have gone up. In this region, results in English rose significantly while math remained a tougher subject. … Click to Continue »

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 »

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 »

A Le Grand High School student killed in a crash in Planada was identified Tuesday by the Merced County Coroner’s Office. Juan Diego Rodriguez Contreras, 17, was killed Saturday when … Click to Continue »

One of the men who led a takeover attempt at the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino is out of jail today. Tex McDonald made a deal after spending 242 days in jail. He was arrested last year after he led a group of armed men into the casino. It ultimately …

Tex McDonald, one of the tribal members at the center of the fight for control of Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino will walk out of Madera County Jail a free man this Friday. McDonald was arrested last year following an attempted takeover of the casino. In a rare move, Judge Dale …

We now know the names of the two people killed in that train accident in Fresno county. It happened yesterday morning on Conejo near Peach Avenue close to Kingsburg. One hundred and seventy-seven people were on board the train, none of them were injured. The CHP says 29-year-old Nicholas Spurling …

We now have the 911 call in connection with a missing Sanger girl who was found by Oregon authorities yesterday. Tonight, police are still looking for this man, 48-year-old Russell Deviney from Everett, Washington, in connection to the 15-year-old girl’s alleged kidnapping. The teen was found at a McDonald’s restaurant …

We now know the name of the Fresno County public works employee who was badly burned during the gas line explosion at the Fresno County Sheriff’s Foundation gun range last Friday. Authorities say Ismael Arreazola was operating a tractor involved in the gas line rupture. The investigation is still on …