Porterville News

A pair accused of stealing merchandise at Walmart led Porterville police to a man who threatened someone with a knife on April 13. Early Tuesday, a police officer spotted Michael Waters, 41, and Genny Russell, 39, walking in north Porterville.

But instead of just being arrested on suspicion of trespassing, Neal Jackson McCoy, 31, ended up being jailed on suspicion of possession of methamphetamine for sale, a felon in possession of ammunition, battery on a police officer, resisting arrest and the commission of a felony while released on bail.

Owners of stock in Porterville-based Sierra Bancorp will receive a cash dividend of 8 cents per share next month based on the company's performance in the first quarter of the year.

The loss is estimated at $10,000. Items were taken from the business when unknown suspects cut a hole in the fence and the side of a building on the property.

Scott is located in Visalia at the Floral Avenue office. Quatacker, raised on a family farm in Porterville, brings over 12 years of business lending and loan underwriting experience to his new position at Central Valley Community Bank.

Nearly a hundred people stood in front of the Tulare County courthouse Thursday to show support for a man they say is a victim of the justice system.

A Porterville man suspected of drunk driving was arrested Thursday morning after he struck a 15-year-old pedestrian with his vehicle, police said.

The three candidates running to knock Mike Ennis from his perch as Tulare County's District 5 supervisor have a lot in common.

Five candidates are bumping elbows for the only open Fresno County Superior Court seat, each vying for a chance to replace Judge Robert Oliver, who's retiring this year after nearly 20 years on the bench.

The Findley Reports, a banking industry newsletter, has dubbed seven banks based in Fresno and Tulare counties as good-performing banks based on their operating results for 2013.

Porterville police say they've caught the man responsible for an assault this week and a robbery of the Big Five Sporting Goods store in the city earlier this month.

Jesalyn Henson's moves her eyes back and forth from the conductor in front of her to her music to the side as she slides a bow across her cello.

Police made two drug busts, at homes on Gary Street in northwest Porterville and Morton Avenue on the northeast side of the city.

The event will start at 8 a.m. to honor two brothers, Robert and Ernest Sauceda of the Tulare County town of Woodville, west of Porterville, for assisting a deputy in a physical confrontation with a male suspect in November 2013.

Four Tulare County supervisors are in Washington, D.C., today to meet with lawmakers, their aides and representatives from government agencies.

Nearly two years after Tulare County received a $60 million state grant to build a new south county jail, county officials are trying to come up with up to $4 million additional dollars to pay for the project.

Firefighters and police officers in Porterville will soon have a brand new office to better serve areas on the south side of the city.

Ron Hughart, author of two award-winning books about the Central Valley after the Dust Bowl years, will speak at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Visalia Library.

Joan Grant, 79, of Anaheim, has been appointed to the Porterville Developmental Center Advisory Board, where she has served since 2003.

Every week, The Lindsay Friday Night Market and Street Faire sprawls on four-and-one-half blocks in the city's downtown area, just the way Virginia Loya envisioned a decade ago.