MADERA COUNTY — The suspect in the stabbing of a woman in Oakhurst on Tuesday was arraigned yesterday in Madera County Superior court, and pleaded not guilty on charges of first degree murder and attempted murder with premeditation and special circumstances of using a deadly weapon. George Taylor-Windsor, 26, who moved to California recently from Wyoming, faces 30 years to ...

CENTRAL SIERRA — I see a reckless driver. Maybe he is driving under the influence. Do I call 911, or do I call the local CHP office? Call 911, says Oakhurst Area CHP Officer Kaci Lutz . People may worry they’re doing the wrong thing calling 911 because they’re not sure if seeing a drunk or reckless driver is an ...

COARSEGOLD — Just before 9 p.m. tonight firefighters were called out to reports of a structure fire in the 43000 block of Ellen Mine Road, just north of Road 415. The first engine at scene at 9:08 p.m. reported the structure was 80 percent involved. Three additional water tenders were requested. As of approximately 9:50 p.m. the structure was a ...

NORTH FORK — A rollover accident on Road 200 blocked the eastbound lane about two miles west of the Bass Fork Minit Market on Walker Grade, slowing the evening commute for about an hour. At 6:15 p.m. this evening, a 17-year-old male from Madera was westbound on Road 200 in a 2005 Chevy SUV at what CHP describes as “a ...

OAKHURST — The Madera County Sheriff’s Office has announced that the female victim of last night’s homicide died of multiple stab wounds to the head and torso. The victim’s name has not yet been released pending notification of relatives. The woman was found deceased in a pickup that crashed on Highway 41 near River Falls Road north of Oakhurst just ...

OAKHURST — One man is in custody and another in the hospital following a suspicious crash north of Oakhurst last night in which a woman was found dead. Shortly after 11 p.m. on Tuesday, the Sheriff’s Office received a call of a suspicious male loudly knocking on a door and yelling for help just off River Falls Road. At about ...

OAKHURST — What was first reported as a traffic accident last night on Highway 41 has turned into an investigation into the death of one occupant of a pickup that crashed just north of Oakhurst. Just before 11 p.m. last night, calls came in to 911 of a vehicle accident near River Falls Road on Highway 41. When CHP and ...

MADERA COUNTY — The Board of Supervisors voted unanimously today to hold a special election on Mar. 7, 2017, to put the proposed one-cent public safety tax before the voters of the unincorporated areas of Madera County. Revenues from the tax would be dedicated exclusively to funding the Madera County Fire Department and the Sheriff’s Office, split 80 percent to ...

YOSEMITE — There will be a temporary closure of the Glacier Point Road Tuesday evening, Nov. 15, at 7 p.m. The closure is due to the forecasted incoming storm that is calling for snow at that elevation with low temperatures. The road will be evaluated on Thursday and reopened to the public after it is safe to do so. Tioga ...

NORTH FORK — Madera County’s newest K9 officer provided a demonstration last week for the group that helped to make his acquisition possible. On Wednesday, Nov. 9, members of the Friendship Circle at Grace Community Church in North Fork were honored with a special visit from Gastone, the 2-year-old Belgian Malinois whose purchase was made possible in part by the ...