Lockeford News

There were 85 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Friday.

Noah's Park, the county's only large Bible-themed public playground, will have its grand opening at 10 a.m. Sunday at The Home Church, 11451 N. West Lane, Stockton.

Let's report the big news: At first there were going to be grilled oysters, then there weren't, and now there will be.

Reroofing a 1970s-era geodesic dome house outside Lockeford was a real challenge, Marlin Kjelaas said.

I am disgusted with the Stockton Unified School District board. The constant bickering among board members is ridiculous.

Jennifer Sweat, Mike Miller and Wayne Bogart of TMW & Associates Inc. in Stockton recently attended Star Building Systems' National Sales Meeting in Tucson, Ariz., and were presented with Star's Master Builder Award by Star's President Joe Edge.

Cosentino Signature Wines plc today said it defaulted on its most recent interest payments on $18 million in debt, but the publicly traded wine company said it is in talks for refinancing and new working capital.

In Lodi, the area around Lakewood Mall is ideal for running errands. Even better if you live in one of the dozens of homes that surround the locale, anchored at Lockeford Street and Ham Lane in the northern half of town.

A luncheon to benefit seniors in Stanislaus County will be held at 11 a.m. March 31 at the SOS Club in Modesto.

The San Joaquin County Sheriff's Office on Thursday arrested a 53-year-old Stockton man in connection with a robbery the day before of a Lockeford bank.

A man was arrested Thursday in connection with a Lockeford bank robbery after a confidential source identified him, the San Joaquin County Sheriff's Department said.

A bank was robbed Wednesday morning by a masked man who made no threats and displayed no weapons, the Sheriff's Office reported.

There is Chester Locke the farmer, the education advocate, the war hero. A native son of Lockeford and a descendant of the community's namesake.

There were 100 bookings at the San Joaquin County Jail in the 24 hours ending at 8 a.m. Tuesday.

A man who claimed he killed another man in self-defense was convicted Tuesday of first-degree murder and robbery.

The Sheriff's Office on Tuesday identified the 31-year-old man who had been beaten and left for dead at a gas station as Juan Alberto Sanchez-Chavez of Stockton.

Two Stockton men and a Lockeford man were arrested in the beating death of a 36-year-old man in Stockton over the weekend.

Testimony began this morning for a man who says he killed a Fresno homosexual because the gay man molested him.

With its families, schools, businesses and a sense of being part of something separate and unique, the rural area east of Stockton has all the makings of a community, its residents say.

Highway 26 Wednesday and Thursday One-way traffic control in both directions for cleaning ditches and drains 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. from Duncan Road to Fine Road.