Wednesday Nov 4 | Atwater Signal
Deputy uses Taser on gang member
A 25-year-old validated gang member was Tasered by a Merced County sheriff's deputy Monday night after the suspect fled and resisted arrest, the sheriff's department reported.
Only 1 of 3 Atwater elementary School District board seats is contested
Three slots -- but only one race for seats on the Atwater Elementary School District board.
Bellevue high school campus the focus of Merced board race
Whether to build a new high school in North Merced -- a hot topic on Merced Union High School District school board agendas for months now -- has become a central issue among candidates vying for election.
Winton Parents Arrested for Child Neglect
A Winton area mother and father are behind bars after their three young daughters were found home alone.
Two arrested in shooting of teenager
Two arrests have been made in the Monday shooting of a 17-year-old male at Castle Airport.
Two arrests made in Atwater teen's shooting
Two men have been arrested in the Monday afternoon shooting of an Atwater teenager who was walking home from school.
Renewed Hope for Missing Teens Family
The safe return of Jaycee Dugard to her family has given a north valley couple renewed hope.
Three teenagers jailed in series of Atwater robberies
A fourth man arrested last week is also accused. Four suspects have been arrested for allegedly committing a series of robberies in the Atwater and Winton area.
Arrest Made in Merced Co. Cold-Case Murder
A suspect in a 16-year-old murder in Merced County has been arrested in Illinois, it was announced on Wednesday.
Two arrested in Winton 66-pound marijuana bust
Agents with the Merced/Mariposa High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area Task Force seized 66 pounds of marijuana from a Winton residence Wednesday.
Meetings on Thursday, August 6, 2009
Citizens' Advisory Committe for Valley State Prison for Women and Central California's Women Facilty at 3 p.m., 21633 Ave.
Meetings on Thursday, August 6, 2009
Citizens' Advisory Committe for Valley State Prison for Women and Central California's Women Facilty at 3 p.m., 21633 Ave.
Merced County gets five new fire engines
Five brand new state-of-the-art fire engines will begin serving Merced County in the coming weeks.
Meetings on Saturday and Sunday, August 1-2, 2009
Merced Fish and Game Club Inc. trap and skeet range open to the public at 9 a.m. every Saturday and Sunday.
Local: Teen shooting range victim's condition upgraded
Three boys and a girl, ages 12 to 16, were arrested by police Monday afternoon in connection with a shot fired behind Tioga Middle School earlier in the day.
Winton woman shoots at men trying to intimidate her
Her daughter was allegedly molested by Livingston man. By VICTOR A. PATTON vpatton@mercedsun-star.com Merced County sheriff's investigators say they're on the lookout after the family of an alleged molestation victim received a series of threats from the suspect's supporters.
Ventura County Star Top Stories
37-year pastor of Thousand Oaks church retires
Pastor Ron Wilson of the First Baptist Church of Thousand Oaks figures that 37 years is long enough for any clergyman to stay with any one congregation, and so on Sunday he gave his final sermon there.
Foul play suspected in death of Winton man
Merced County sheriff's deputies say the death of an elderly man at a 7614 Fairlane Ave.
Atwater High School student shot to death
A makeshift memorial consisting of a teddy bear, flowers and votive candles sits amidst a dried puddle of crimson blood, where 16-year-old Luis Angel Garcia Maldonado was shot to death late Wednesday.
Merced County Detectives are investigating the murder of 16 year old boy. It happened at the intersection of California and Hastings in Winton around 11 o'clock last Wednesday night.