Chowchilla News

An eastern Madera County hair stylist gives her time to help cancer patients cope with the stress of chemotherapy and is offering her services to Madera and Chowchilla.

Ron Moore isn't resting on the success of 'Battlestar Galactica.' The Chowchilla native teamed with 'Battlestar' buddy Michael Taylor to create 'Virtuality,' a two-hour science-fiction movie that airs 8 p.m. Friday on Fox.

Friday 32 buses filled with more than 700 children from around the state arrived at three prisons, including the two women's facilities in Chowchilla.

Competition handbooks for Madera District Fair exhibitors are available in Madera, Chowchilla and Oakhurst.

For four hours on Friday, a select group of inmates at the California Men's Colony were more than prisoners serving time.

The following is a partial list of felony arrests recorded by the Madera County Department of Corrections on Tuesday.

Authorities believe two men working for a contracted prisoner transportation company forced a female inmate to perform sexual acts on them, while returning her to Santa Barbara County Jail in October of last year.

The California 5th District Court of Appeal in Fresno has ordered the city of Chowchilla to temporarily hold off on the deconstruction of the historic Dodge Brothers Garage until further review from the court, according to the Chowchilla District Historical Society, which sued to halt the demolition.

As the World War II Memorial opened on Washington, D.C.'s National Mall five years ago, it occurred to a retired Air Force captain that many of those it honors would never be able to see it.

The following is a partial list of felony arrests recorded by the Madera County Department of Corrections on Tuesday and Wednesday.

For most graduates, last week's commencements signified the end of childhood and the beginning of adulthood.

Jim Curutchet's easygoing manner and compassionate heart served him and the community of Chowchilla well during his 33 years on the police force, including seven as the chief, family and friends said.

New budget cuts could affect your kids' school plans this summer.The state's financial crisis has left some districts with multi million dollar budget shortfalls.

Jamal Patterson, 20, of Stockton was killed early Sunday morning when the car he was driving overturned in the center median of Interstate 5 near Coalinga and hit another car, the California Highway Patrol said.

An inmate at the Valley State Prison for Women, in Chowchilla, will be sentenced June 23 after being found guilty of second degree murder in the death of her cellmate.

An adoption story with a Silicon Valley twist has a very happy ending for Silicon Valley Leadership Group CEO Carl Guardino and his wife, Leslee.

Anti-gang officers in Madera County took two men and a juvenile boy into custody late Wednesday night in connection with a kidnapping, carjacking and attempted murder.

It was a story that stunned the world. In 1975, a bus full of school children disappeared in broad daylight--kidnapped from their small Central California town.

Vitaliy Kuchkovskiy was just a 10-year-old boy when his family moved from Ukraine to Fresno.

Authorities are seeking the assistance of the public following reports of shots fired in Chowchilla earlier this week.