Tulare County News

A former high school teacher who had sex with a 17-year-old student was sentenced to a one-year stint in jail, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office announced on Monday.

What: Doc Band, a program put on in partnership with Kaweah Delta Medical Center, the Tulare County Office of Education, the Visalia Economic Development Corporation, Visalia Unified School District and Central Valley Christian Schools, will give two classes of pre-selected Visalia high school students a glimpse into what healthcare providers such ... (more)

The Tulare County Sheriff's Department is looking for a man wanted on suspicion of stabbing a restaurant worker in Strathmore on Sunday morning.

A federal parolee wanted in connection with an armed robbery of a Bay Area bank was arrested Thursday evening after leading law-enforcement officers on a high-speed chase that started in central Fresno and ended in Tulare County.

One of the officers shot in Visalia Thursday is out of the hospital and the other is in stable condition.

What: Don't miss your chance to explore Kaweah Delta Medical Center's helipad and the SkyLife helicopters that will be landing on it.

Fifty tons of cardboard and wooden pallets stored outside caught fire Tuesday evening east of Dinuba, spreading to nearby grass and threatening two homes, Tulare County Fire Department Battalion Chief Mike Green said.

For the third year in a row, a Porterville Unified School District Employee has made the Tulare County Department of Education's "Best of the Best" list, reported PUSD Superintendent John Snavely Thursday during a regular scheduled board meeting.

A big boost for valley schools as the annual Gold Buying Event sponsored by the Fresno Coin Gallery raised more than $72,000 dollars for the Fresno and Tulare County Offices of Education.

In a move to give more residents access to the Tulare County Board of Supervisors, the first of several night meetings scheduled in different supervisorial districts will be held tonight.

SB 1003 by Senator Leland Yee offers a way for local government bodies to avoid litigation by pledging to abandon meeting-related practices that prompt accusations of Brown Act violations-without conceding that they are unlawful.

Visalia police said Monday that the discovery of a dead man inside a park's restroom is being investigated as a suicide.

A 17-year-old driver from Strathmore was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a solo-vehicle crash that injured two passengers early Saturday morning, according to the California Highway Patrol.

TRAVER – Shame on me for shirking my journalistic duty and failing before now to stop at Bravo Farms, the quintessence of roadside attractions along Highway 99.

Foster care parents take children into their homes at any time of the day or night.

The awards are given out to students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, and who show character and positive values.

The popular small-box "dollar stores," Family Dollar and Dollar General, plan to open several stores in both the rural and incorporated communities of the county and are quickly adding up.

A family out for a Thursday afternoon bike ride on the Rails to Trails path near downtown Porterville had an abrupt, brutal end to their spring break outing when the parents were stabbed in the face and head by suspected gang members who fled the scene before officers arrived.

Fifteen hospitals from Merced County through Tulare County were among more than 3,000 nationwide for which billing charge data from 2010-11 was released Wednesday by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Department arrested eight Norteno gang members involved in a string of home-invasion robberies since October, Sheriff Bill Wittman said Wednesday.