RAYMOND – A Modesto man killed in a motor vehicle accident near Raymond has been identified as 55-year old Ronald Gene McAnally. On Monday, Nov. 5, McAnally was passenger in a 1995 Honda Accord, being driven by his 17-year-old nephew. The vehicle was northbound on Road 800, just south of Road 820, traveling at 35 to 40 mph, according to ...

MADERA COUNTY – Bobbi Jo Heiss, 25 of Oakhurst, is in custody, suspected in a string of break-ins in the Oakhurst and North Fork areas, and her partner-in-crime is being sought by police, according to a news release from the Madera County Sheriff’s Office. Sheriff’s deputies have been investigating a number of residential burglaries in the mountain area for several ...

MADERA COUNTY – Two men stabbed Sunday night in an armed robbery remained hospitalized, and the search to find their assailants is underway, says the Madera County Sheriff’s Office.

MADERA COUNTY – The jury trial of Dustin Gran, charged with first degree murder in the 2008 death of Krista Pike, has been postponed.

The wreck that tied up Highway 41 for several hours on Tuesday, Oct. 30, has been determined to be the result of someone driving under the influence, says the California Highway Patrol. Esmeralda Hernandez, 29, of Clovis, was northbound on Highway 41 just south of Mecca Lane, when she drifted into the southbound lane and opposing traffic.

A failure to yield on a red turn signal resulted in a two-car accident at the intersection of Highways 41 & 49 on Saturday, Oct. 27. At about 11 a.m. Greg Foster, 63, of Raymond, traveling north on Highway 41 in a 2003 Ford pickup, was waiting at the red light to make a left turn onto Highway 49.

Traffic was stopped in both directions for nearly two hours on Tuesday, Oct. 30, after two vehicles collided head-on in a narrow part of Highway 41 just south of Chukchansi Casino at Mecca Lane. The call came in at 3:09 p.m., as traffic began backing up in both lanes, and was soon stopped all the way back to Road 416 ...

MADERA – Morrie William Kiseloff, 38, of Madera, was sentenced in Madera Superior Court to four years in state prison on Oct. 26, announced Madera County District Attorney Michael R. Keitz.

MADERA COUNTY – A lawsuit filed by a former deputy district attorney against the County of Madera and the District Attorney’s Office has been settled, announced Madera County District Attorney Michael R. Keitz on Friday, Oct. 26. The lawsuit alleged that the employee had been the subject of retaliation for supporting the political campaign of a rival for the District ...

MADNET agents arrest 11 suspects, seize pounds of pot and a stolen weapon MADERA COUNTY – Eleven people are behind bars facing felony drug charges following two simultaneous raids in the Madera area on Thursday, Oct. 25. Madera County Narcotics Enforcement Team (MADNET) agents, along with Madera County Sheriff’s Deputies and Madera Police Officers, busted a grow site and then ...