Lindsay News

After five years without a home, the 60-member congregation of the Lindsay Church of the Nazarene is looking forward to a new place to worship.

A Celebration of Life service will be held on Tuesday, December 8, 2009 at 6 PM at theA A A Victory Outreach Church in Porterville and then funeral services will be held on Wednesday, December 9 at 10:00 AM at Webb-Sanders Funeral Home Chapel in Lindsay for Alberto Cabello Ortiz, 67 who went home to be with his Lord on December 2, 2009.

Officials are mulling another amendment to the Measure R spending plan that will clear the way for the agency to purchase the tracks, ties and signals for a east county rail line.

Tulare County sheriff's deputies are investigating a rash of burglaries. Among the incidents reported Monday: - A homeowner in the 23100 block of Road 231 in Lindsay reported he lost property valued at $33,000 when someone broke in.

The second person involved in a Sunday night motorcycle collision in Lindsay that killed one man has been identified.

A collision between a dirt bike and a quad Sunday night resulted in the death of Javier Benitez, 25.

Donations: No boxes full yet. November 29, 2009 6:16 PM BY SARAH DE CRESCENZO Approximately 60 Toys for Tots donation boxes have been distributed throughout Porterville and adjacent areas.

How can Michael Lohan keep leaking taped phone calls and not to go jail? - Brandee, via the Answer B!tch inbox Oh, he could go to jail, all right.

Twee to open doors Tuesday with kid's clothing, cards and more sold on consignment.

A 53-year-old Strathmore resident has been identified as the woman killed Sunday when an SUV was broadsided by a pickup on Highway 65, the California Highway Patrol reported.

One person was killed and five others injured Sunday afternoon in a three-vehicle crash on Highway 65.

Three citrus packinghouse workers who were sickened Thursday - two of them seriously- after being exposed to high levels of carbon monoxide on the job were treated and released from local hospitals.

At least two workers at a Lindsay fruit plant have been airlifted to a Fresno hospital after they were sickened by carbon dioxide gas while cleaning a cold storage facility this afternoon.

A driver this morning led Visalia police on a chase that ended in the foothills northeast of Lindsay, officials said.

Tulare Regional Medical Center has received shipment of 5,000 doses of Pandemic Flu H1N1 vaccines.

Information obtained from a witness led detectives to several suspects from the Lindsay area.

The Migrant Education Program, Region 24, at Lindsay Unified School District, is holding a coat drive.

Continuing with its effort to promote education, equity and achievement for girls and women, AAUW will hold a one-day conference Saturday at Visalia United Methodist Church.

Edie Davis has attended many Memorial Day services in Tulare honoring her son, Army Spc.

Half of the incumbents vying for spots on their respective special district seats failed to win the support of their voters Tuesday.