The number of nesting wading birds in South Florida, a key measure of Everglades health, sunk to a decadelong low last year, according a South Florida Water Management District report … Click to Continue »
Read More »Child abducted by father last year found safe at south Modesto home
After six months of searching, the Ceres police on Wednesday afternoon found a toddler who was abducted by his father last year. Two-year-old Kayden was found safe; living with his … Click to Continue »
Read More »Modesto man wanted in south Merced homicide case
An 18-year-old Modesto man wanted in connection with a Merced homicide slipped through a police perimeter Wednesday and remains on the run. A murder warrant has been issued for Joseph … Click to Continue »
Read More »Man shot Sunday night in south Merced
A man was shot in the ankle Sunday night in Merced, police have confirmed. Few details were available immediately. Merced police told the Sun-Star that an adult man was shot … Click to Continue »
Read More »Modesto man jailed in groping of seven girls in south Modesto
Through an undercover operation, Stanislaus County sheriff’s deputies on Thursday morning arrested a Modesto man on suspicion of sexual battery. Richard Garcia, 34, is accused of groping seven girls ages … Click to Continue »
Read More »Nearly 100 false killer whales died in South Florida. Now scientists want to know why
By the time rescuers returned to a mass stranding of false killer whales on the remote coast of Southwest Florida early Sunday, most had died overnight, their corpses now drawing … Click to Continue »
Read More »Grocery store in the works for south Merced area, city officials confirm
Residents in south Merced will soon be able to stay in their neighborhood when going on a trip to the grocery store, city officials have confirmed. A vacant lot on … Click to Continue »
Read More »2 arrested in South Merced homicide investigation
Two people were arrested Tuesday in connection with the November slaying of a 33-year-old Merced man who was stabbed to death in an alleyway. Merced Police Detective Joe Deliman, the … Click to Continue »
Read More »Why are these birds falling from the sky in South Jersey?
Weather-wise, it had been a fairly typical November day, two days before Thanksgiving, in the western Cumberland County agricultural community of Stow Creek Township – mostly sunny, with a bit … Click to Continue »
Read More »Shooting at south Merced gas station wounds three men
A shooting at a gas station at the edge of south Merced left three men wounded, the Merced County Sheriff’s Office said. The three were among a group of men … Click to Continue »
Read More »Fight over exotic fern threatens future of South Florida wildlife refuge
Old World climbing fern, the monster vine packing 100-foot long tendrils that has infested huge swaths of the Everglades, with a particularly ferocious choke hold on the tree islands of … Click to Continue »
Read More »1 dead in crash south of Newman
A Newark teenager died in a crash south of Newman Friday morning. Andrew Pereira, 19, was traveling at “an unsafe speed” northbound on Canal School Road from Highway 33 at … Click to Continue »
Read More »First district elections raise expectations in south Merced, advocates say
Hopes are running high in south Merced now that the city has completed its first election using districts, adding south side representation to the board. “I have very, very high … Click to Continue »
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