Madera County sheriff's deputies are reporting the homicide of an 18-year-old man Saturday night near the Pilot Truck Stop in Chowchilla. | Full Story

The key to any public safety agency is its dispatch center. Dispatchers play a vital role within a police department. A dispatcher is usually the first person with whom the public communicates. To honor their skills and efforts, the second full week of April each year is dedicated to the men and women who serve as public safety telecommunicators. Updated: Apr. 18, 2013 6:06 PM | Full Story

Saturday, April 13, was proclaimed Kilo Day in Chowchilla by Mayor Dennis Haworth. The official proclamation was read at the eighth annual K-9 Benefit Dinner/Kilo Retirement Celebration. A sold-out crowd gathered to honor K-9 Kilo and support the city's K-9 program. Updated: Apr. 18, 2013 6:07 PM | Full Story

The deadline is fast approaching for farmers to sign up under the state's groundwater-quality management program, which requires growers to keep "nitrogen budgets." Updated: Apr. 16, 2013 5:00 PM | Full Story

The Bingo Bunch will host a Garden Tour on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The cost is $25 and includes lunch. Proceeds go to the Chowchilla Relay For Life. Contact Ruth Vandenack at (559) 665-1711 or Linda Romeri at (559) 665-3882. For tickets, call Jody Beck at (559) 665-2226. Updated: Apr. 16, 2013 5:00 PM | Full Story

The 2013 Easter Coloring-Decorating Contest was sponsored by Soroptimist International of Chowchilla. Winners included: Updated: Apr. 16, 2013 5:00 PM | Full Story

ATWATER Jarrod Pimentel continues to make it clear to his Atwater baseball team there is more to life than baseball.

Last week the Falcons baseball coach arranged for his players to read stories to students at Ballico Elementary School. Updated: Mar. 29, 2013 11:09 PM | Full Story

For the second straight season the Chowchilla High boys basketball team headed down south for an opening-round game in the CIF State Tournament. And for the second straight year the Redskins ran into an opponent in another class. Updated: Mar. 14, 2013 4:12 PM | Full Story

Fred Gaines doesn't know much about tonight's opponent. | Full Story

CHOWCHILLA -- For the six returning Chowchilla High boys basketball players, tonight is about a second chance. It's an opportunity to reach a goal they fell short of last year. | Full Story

LOS BANOS Alexis Barcellos rebounded a missed shot, then scored with 2.4 seconds remaining to lift the Los Banos High girls basketball team to a 56-55 victory over San Juan in a Sac-Joaquin Section Division 4 play-in playoff game on Friday. Updated: Feb. 19, 2013 12:33 PM | Full Story

While Merle's philosophy is not perfect it seems a sight better than those who complain all the time about how bad things are now. Updated: Apr. 16, 2013 5:00 PM | Full Story

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"Friends come and go but enemies accumulate," goes the old saying. | Full Story