MADERA - Emilio Hernandez Yesca, 31, of Madera, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston to 21 years and 10 months in prison for trafficking fentanyl and methamphetamine, Acting ...

A federal grand jury returned an indictment today against Ralph Contreras Jr., 39, of Chowchilla, charging him with receipt and distribution of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith ...

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FRESNO - On May 19, 2025, a federal judge sentenced three members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang who were convicted at trial of a racketeering (RICO) conspiracy that included multiple murders, ...

MADERA - Shots rang out at the West Cleveland Avenue Walgreens in Madera on Monday evening around 9:30 p.m. One employee was killed, and Madera Police have one suspect in custody. Little is known at ...

FRESNO, Calif.— A federal grand jury returned a three-count indictment today against Jesus Valdez Castaneda, 28, of San Bernardino, California, Carlos German Fierro, 29, of Caruthers, California, and ...

Robert "Bobby" Atamian (89) of Madera Ranch, California, passed away peacefully on January 31 2025. Born on December 1, 1935, in Chelsea, Massachusetts, to Yesav and Keghanou Atamian, Bobby moved to ...

FRESNO - Acting U.S. Attorney Michele Beckwith announced that Seth Adam Depiano, 43, formerly of Clovis, initially appeared for an indictment charging him with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire ...

FRESNO - Gabriel Ruiz De Chavez, 47, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years and nine months in prison for a multiyear embezzlement scheme and ordered to pay ...

OAKHURST - Yesterday in the mid-afternoon, the Madera County Sheriff’s Communications Center received a report of multiple hit-and-runs with a vehicle in the area of Highway 49 and State Route 41 in ...

FRESNO - Sandra Munagay, 42, of Atwater, a Senior Correctional Officer at the United States Penitentiary, Atwater, appeared in federal court today for arraignment on a two-count indictment charging ...

FRESNO - Jorge Calderon-Campos, aka Americano, 42, a Mexican national residing in Bakersfield, was sentenced today to eight years and one month in prison by U.S. District Judge Jennifer L. Thurston ...