Oakhurst News

A boy on a weekend retreat with a group from Kings County apparently drowned today near Bass Lake.

A 17-year-old is being sought for questioning about a rash of burglaries in Bass Lake after the arrest of another 17-year-old believed by authorities to be his accomplice.

The following is a partial list of felony arrests recorded by the Madera County Department of Corrections on Thursday.

It's another weekend of food-filled events, so without further ado, here they are: -- Peach.

An eastern Madera County hair stylist gives her time to help cancer patients cope with the stress of chemotherapy and is offering her services to Madera and Chowchilla.

Fresno-based department store chain Gottschalks, a fixture in the Northern San Joaquin Valley for more than a century, is entering its final days of operation.

For ArtHop fans, there's a new stop to put on your list -- and it's a big one. Fourteen of the storefront windows facing Tuolumne and Fulton streets in the Warnors Center for the Performing Arts will make up an "art gallery" of sorts with changing exhibitions over the next year.

It's another food-filled week, so if you like pancakes, pizza and wine, mark your calendars: Batter Up Pancakes opens today in The Grove shopping center at Figarden Drive and Brawley Avenue.

Each year the Oakhurst Community Band entertains local music lovers with a free patriotic-themed performance on the Sunday before July 4. This year, Celebrate America 2009 Summer Concert will take place at 6:30 p.m. Sunday, June 28 at the Mountain Christian Center on Highway 49 in Oakhurst.

The following is a partial list of felony arrests recorded by the Madera County Department of Corrections on Sunday and Monday.

OAKHURST, Calif., June 22 CA-IMTC-NewCourses OAKHURST, Calif. , /PRNewswire/ -- The training news just got better for first responders, administrators in their agencies, and taxpayers: the 2009-2010 DHS-standard National Incident Management System and Incident Command System team training program is now available to local agencies and cooperating ...

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger took his balanced-budget stump speech to Fresno on Thursday - and left with an earful of water.

The following is a partial list of felony arrests recorded by the Madera County Department of Corrections on Wednesday and Thursday.

When it comes to preparing for emergencies such as wildfires, earthquakes, floods and storms, a number of organizations, agencies and volunteers are ready to act.

Last Wednesday a ground-breaking ceremony was held at the construction site for the new Central Valley Community Bank office building.

A 22-month-old girl and a 6-year-old boy were placed with relatives after drugs and firearms were found in their bedroom in an Oakhurst home this morning.

A security guard was arrested in Oakhurst on Sunday after allegedly trying to pick a fight with a Madera County sheriff's deputy.

Identity theft is a growing crime. In the city of Fresno alone, there are 400-500 cases reported each month.

The area's first KidsPark hourly day-care center has opened in Fresno. The business took over half an empty office building at Friant Road and Fresno Street about two weeks ago.

Madera County Sheriff's Department Explorers help sort through boxes of donated items at the Boys and Girls Club rummage sale hosted by Oakhurst honorary mayor candidate Liz Ware.