OAKHURST – Terry Cole, leader of the Caring Vets, invites the community to participate in the first “National Gun Appreciation Day,” Saturday, Jan. 19, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the southwest corner of Highways 41 and 49. “I’ve heard alot of fussing and fuming about the current efforts to curtail our Second Amendment rights,” says retired Naval Commander ...

COARSEGOLD – If one is going to crash their car, having an ambulance right behind you when it happens is not a bad thing. When Sarah White, 19, of Coarsegold, took her eyes off the road and landed upside down off the embankment, there was help just a few feet away.

COARSEGOLD – The subject of an all-out manhunt this afternoon was found dead behind a barn where he apparently hid his truck after attempting to run down a Madera County Sheriff’s Deputy. George Walter Rosenberg, 41, of Mariposa, was wanted on a no bail warrant for narcotics charges when a deputy spotted his vehicle in the Coarsegold area of Wells ...

COARSEGOLD – The Coarsegold school was locked down this afternoon from shortly after 3 p.m. until about 4:45 p.m. while a manhunt was underway for George Walter Rosenberg, 41, of Mariposa. Rosenberg was wanted on a no bail warrant for narcotics charges when a deputy spotted his vehicle in the Coarsegold area near Road 415, and attempted to make contact.

MADERA – Jessica Tancredi, 18, and Channa Hammond, 18, both of Oakhurst, pled guilty yesterday, Jan. 17, to felony attempted carjacking with special allegations for using deadly weapons. Tancredi also pled guilty to felonious assault with a deadly weapon, according to Madera County District Attorney Michael R. Keitz.

MADERA COUNTY – A Madera County Superior Court jury took less than 20 minutes on Wednesday, Jan. 16, to find Tad Patrick Moore, 49, guilty of two felony counts of arson, and an additional misdemeanor count of resisting arrest, according to Madera County District Attorney Michael R. Keitz. Moore was convicted of setting at least two fires along Highway 41 ...

MADERA COUNTY – A man wanted for child molestation is finally behind bars, almost 2 years after fleeing the country. Elpidio Cabrales Moran, 60, was taken into custody on Wednesday, Jan 16.

MADERA – A drunk driver who killed two Madera women and seriously injured another passenger, was sentenced today to 35 years to life in state prison. Richard Farias, 57, of Madera, was sentenced on Wednesday, Jan.16, for his conviction on two felony counts of gross vehicular manslaughter, and a separate felony count of driving under the influence and injuring another.

MADERA COUNTY – A suspect has been arrested in connection with the theft of scratcher lottery tickets from the 22-Mile House back in November of 2012. Sheriff John Anderson announced this afternoon that Christopher Nunn, 32, of Fresno is behind bars in Madera County.

OAKHURST – A collection of treasured items gathered over many years went up in flames, or suffered water or smoke damage when a home on Road 425B caught fire last night. At 8:27 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 15, fire crews were dispatched to the house where fire was spreading through the garage and the attic.