Stanislaus County News

A man was stabbed in Turlock on Sunday night in the 200 block of Montana Avenue, according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.

A suspect wanted on five warrants in Merced County was arrested after a pursuit that started near Keyes ended after he crashed a pickup into a utility pole Wednesday afternoon in Modesto, authorities said.

By unanimous vote, the Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors on Tuesday: * Agreed to lay off three more workers and eliminate 22 vacant jobs, leaving the county with 3,965 employees, down 639 from two years ago.

The attorney for a doctor accused of stealing a dead patient's Rolex watch in a Stockton emergency room said Monday that he's ready to prove in a trial that his client didn't do it.

Top spellers will compete in the Stanislaus County spelling bee championships Wednesday and Nov.

Modesto police today arrested a homeless man in the stabbing of another homeless man in Enslen Park.

Authorities identified a 22-year-old man killed after an argument escalated into a physical confrontation Saturday, as Lamondrea Brown.

Some health care providers in Stanislaus County have received the injectable form of H1N1 flu vaccine, although medical groups said they received small amounts and a large group didn't get any.

Based on state enrollment projections, Stanislaus County school districts likely face at least two more years of tight budgets before their classes start to fill to pre-recession levels and replenish education funding.

Fire investigators are shoveling through the charred remains of 1100 Kansas Avenue, trying to determine where the fire that destroyed the building early this morning started.

Stanislaus County on Tuesday night reached a tentative settlement to avoid a trial next week over claims of workplace harassment and retaliation in the Sheriff's Department.

A 17-month-old toddler attacked by a pit bull last week in Merced County died as a result of blood loss, according to preliminary autopsy results released Tuesday.

Leaning power poles. Downed trees and branches. Tumbleweeds. Clouds of dust. All are being this morning throughout the Northern San Joaquin Valley as wind reaching 30 mph are blowing through the area.

A final showdown over California's first government-housed pet sterilization clinic is scheduled this morning before Stanislaus County leaders.

Trampus Tefertiller didn't look past the ambulance lights and police barricades blocking the Modesto street as he drove home from a friend's house one evening.

Bill Mattos expects to get grief from exhibitors, vendors and families who will have to change their plans next summer to accommodate an earlier Stanislaus County Fair.

El Vista Elementary School Principal Marilyn Rockey was crushed when funding for the wind instruments program at her campus was eliminated over the summer.

Law enforcement throughout Stanislaus County will be out Saturday night looking for drunken or impaired drivers in an effort to keep the streets safe in preparation for Halloween.

A 16-year-old boy has been accused of shooting to death another teen and injuring a man in an unincorporated area of Modesto, the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department said Wednesday.

Stanislaus County authorities said a 16-year-old boy was being held in connection with the fatal shooting of another 16-year-old boy.