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An elderly Winton couple is suing the cemetery district there because a headstone fell and crushed the leg of the 75-year-old woman, according to a complaint filed in Merced County … Click to Continue »

Yosemite National Park has posted a video to help visitors better experience the natural attraction. Among the park’s ideas for getting the most out of a trip to the area is to explore some of the gateway communities just outside the park for opportunities to horseback ride, fly-fish, mountain bike …

U.S. Senator Dianne Feinstein used a visit to the Central Valley Thursday to criticize President Donald Trump’s decision to pull out of the Paris Climate Accord. Valley Public Radio’s Jeffrey Hess caught up with the senator at a farm in western Fresno County. Standing beside a freshly irrigated olive orchard, …

The inside of the Boeing KC-97-L Stratofreighter during Open Cockpit Day at Castle Air Museum on Sunday May 28, 2017. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »

Over the weekend dozens of Merced County residents made their way to the Merced County Fair Grounds for the first Hemp and Cannabis Fair. mvelez@mercedsun-star.com … Click to Continue »

Anthony Jeffries said he has to travel far to experience anything like the Hemp and Cannabis Fair in Merced on Saturday and Sunday. Jeffries, who suffers from severe full-body spasms, … Click to Continue »

Though one group of students spoke mainly English and the other Mandarin, they worked together in Delhi last week during a dissection lab that had them identify the internal organs … Click to Continue »

Education Secretary Betsy DeVos encountered protesters Friday morning outside a D.C. middle school and found her way barred as she tried to enter through a side door, forcing her to … Click to Continue »

Merced’s soccer community won some big league attention this week with a visit by Seattle Sounders officials exploring a possible relationship with the area. Local civic leaders and directors of … Click to Continue »

Georgia congressman and civil rights icon John Lewis on Tuesday told San Luis High School students he sometimes thinks he was more effective as an activist on the ground than … Click to Continue »

Eighth-graders in Merced are getting an up-close look and a history lesson this week on the annual display that honors veterans, military personnel and first responders with a huge display … Click to Continue »

Five MMA fighters visited Sequoia High School on Friday, Nov 4,2016, for Positive Choices Day and shared their stories of overcoming challenges and encouraged students to make good decisions for their future. … Click to Continue »

Transitional kindergarten students from Charles Wright Elementary School met with Merced firefighters and even sprayed a fire hose during the field trip to Station 51 on 16th Street, district officials said in a news release. The class got a tour of the station and learned about the daily operations. The …