Madera County News

The Madera County Sheriff's Department is seeking help in finding whoever is responsible for vandalizing with spray paint two buildings in the Maywood Center on Avenue 12.

A congressional subcommittee in Fresno on Monday heard dire predictions of what another year of drought could bring, along with a continuing litany of what the crisis has already spawned -- rising crime, ...

Fewer people had jobs in Madera County in June than in the same month a year ago, according to the state Economic Development Department.

The good news for 46,500 Fresno County homeowners is that their property tax bills are now a lot less.

ABC30 Crimetracker link ----------------------------------------------- Our exclusive Action News Crimetracker shows a drastic trend all across the valley this summer and the magic number seems to be 95.

Just as growers were getting ready to harvest their crop, local, state, and federal agents swept through Norfolk Friday for a major pot bust in the national forest.

Carrie Karle and her husband were walking out of the Madera County library around four Thursday when something unusual caught their eye.

KMPH has received word of a lockdown in Madera County. The lockdown was called at the Madera County Government Center and Madera County Library around 5 p.m., when a suspicious device was found outside the ...

A recent string of vandalism incidents at valley schools continued with a suspected arson fire at a playground in Madera County.

Madera County Sheriff's Deputies believe arson is to blame for vandalism at an Elementary School near Chowchilla.

Now investigators suspect arson. The Madera County Sheriff's Department is investigating an overnight fire at an elementary school near Chowchilla.

Arson is suspected in a fire early this morning at an elementary school near Chowchilla, which caused about $30,000 damage to playground equipment.

The A.U.S.A. 509th Military Band will kick off this season's Summer Concerts in the Park at 7:00 p.m. on Sunday in the amphitheater at Lions Town and Country Park.

"I'm no stranger to fundraising," Mat Sands said. This season, he's raising money for the Boys & Girls Club of Oakhurst by running for Oakhurst honorary mayor.

A Mariposa man has been identified as the owner of the large amount of money found July 1 in the parking lot of the Vons supermarket in Oakhurst, the Madera County Sheriff's Department reported today.

A 31-year-old Livingston woman, who was a passenger on a motorcycle, was killed Saturday after the motorcycle's driver lost control, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Five people died in in three single-vehicle accidents over a two-hour span Sunday, according to the Fresno County Sheriff's Department and California Highway Patrol.

After four decades of serving the people of Madera County in law enforcement Lt.

The Bureau of Indian Affairs has quietly dropped plans to study another potential location for a Madera County casino, in a reversal that saves valuable time for the North Fork Rancheria project.

Madera Sheriff's Deputies want to know whether you're missing a "substantial amount of cash?" The question comes after deputies were called to an Oakhurst Von's Tuesday morning, where they found the cash.