A 43-year-old man driving a motorcycle on Highway 59 near Canton Road in Merced County was transported to a hospital after crashing into a white pickup truck on Monday Sept. 25, 2017 at about 4:12 p.m., according to California Highway Patrol. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »
Read More »Hunters find decomposing body in South Merced, police seek public help
Merced police are seeking the public’s assistance to help identify a dead body found in South Merced Saturday morning. At about 7:30 a.m. Saturday, two local men were hunting when … Click to Continue »
Read More »CHP helicopter plucks man from South Yuba River
A CHP helicopter rescues Kalani Tuiono of Reno from atop a waterfall on the South Yuba River on Saturday. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Head-on collision south of Merced kills one
A head-on collision closed Highway 59 south of Merced on Tuesday, May 16, 2017. The extent of the injuries were not immediately available. (Thaddeus Miller/tmiller@mercedsunstar.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fatal crash reported south of Merced
At least one person was killed in a crash involving multiple vehicles today south of Merced, according to the California Highway Patrol website. Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash … Click to Continue »
Read More »Multiple vehicles involved in crash south of Merced
Multiple vehicles were involved in a crash just before 11 a.m. today on Highway 59, between Reilly Road and Vassar Avenue, south of Merced. Few details could immediately be confirmed. … Click to Continue »
Read More »Interview: Valadao Reflects On South Korea Trip, Tensions With North Korea
Tensions between the United States and North Korea have heightened in recent weeks. Hanford Republican Congressman David Valadao recently returned from a trip to South Korea and Japan. He spoke with Valley Public Radio about his trip and what he learned. Interview transcript highlights: Q: Why did you make the …
Read More »5 injured, including pregnant woman, during crash in South Merced
Five people, including a young pregnant woman, suffered minor injuries Thursday when two cars collided in South Merced, flipping one of the vehicles on its roof, the Merced Police Department … Click to Continue »
Read More »An SUV rolled over in south Merced
A collision at 10th and T streets ended with an SUV on its roof in south Merced on Thursday, May 11, 2017. (Thaddeus Miller/tmiller@mercedsunstar.com) … Click to Continue »
Read More »Rollover crash in south Merced
A collision at 10th and T streets ended up with an SUV on its roof in south Merced on Thursday. Few details were immediately available, but more than one person … Click to Continue »
Read More »The Arctic is melting – and South Florida faces more flooding
A new assessment of polar ice melt could mean bad news for South Florida: higher sea rise than previously thought. Based on new evidence, the Arctic Council – a cooperative … Click to Continue »
Read More »Are you busy Saturday? South Merced clean-up effort looking for volunteers
Residents are invited to roll up their sleeves and beautify some of Merced’s oldest neighborhoods on Saturday. The Golden Valley Health Centers will host the two-hour clean-up effort in south … Click to Continue »
Read More »What’s smaller than a python but just as bad for South Florida? Invasive fish
Out in the Big Cypress swamp, across the street from the country’s smallest post office in a wilderness the size of Rhode Island, a canal is teeming with something unexpected: … Click to Continue »
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