Cressey News

A sting operation found violations in 4 shops in Hilmar and Stevinson. Several store clerks and businesses suspected of selling alcohol to minors are now going to pay the price -- literally.

Nathanial Nishido, 4, of Riverbank, and David Monaghan, 6, of Pleasant Hill, have cornstarch on their hands to keep them from sticking to the mochi at Tomodachi Gakko on Tuesday, July 1, 2008.

Opening statements begin in the retrial of Robert Thompson, left, who is accused of killing two teenage girls 20 years ago.

The next Mental Health board meeting will be from 4:30 to 6:30 tonight at 480 E. 13th St.

Tuesday is election day in Merced County. While presidential elections get all of the attention, local political leaders have a much larger impact on the lives of Merced County residents.

Incumbent Kelsey has outraised opponent's grass-roots campaign by a wide margin.

Their election may not be the shakeup the board needs, but it would be a step in the right direction.

“You'd have to go to Disneyland to get that kind of sensation now.”

With a brass plaque and mayoral proclamation, the old Karymor merry-go-round, a Crane Park staple for upward of 70 years, was memorialized. via The Modesto Bee

“I'm lost; I've never seen anything like this. I'll rebuild, I don't know where, but I'll be back.”

A Winton bar and liquor store were destroyed and surrounding stores damaged by an early morning fire Tuesday blamed on electrical causes. via Fire Engineering

“Our energy has been re-focused on that.”

A gloomy cloud loomed over Notre Dame de Namur University for most of the past several months. via Inside Bay Area

“We'll be meeting and discussing how to proceed from here.”

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the 21-year-old double-homicide case of Robert Thompson, leaving families on both sides of the courtroom aisle with more questions than answers. via The Modesto Bee

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“Why didn't you tape her like you've taped everybody else? You've got boxes of tapes”

A key witness in the double homicide trial of Robert Thompson didn't come forward at first with information about seeing Thompson covered in blood -- even after she had been interviewed several times by law ... via The Modesto Bee

“This is just one more giant question mark on (Myers') record”

A witness in the Robert Thompson murder case is in jail for allegedly threatening another witness in the case. via The Modesto Bee