A Stanislaus County Sheriff's Deputy is at a Modesto hospital recovering from minor injuries after a car accident early this morning.

A man was shot and wounded Monday night in a northeast Modesto convenience store parking lot, Modesto police reported.

City officials today will look at a controversial set of changes to Modesto's growth policies that some say push the city to grow even though voters sent a strong anti-growth message in the fall.

A gunman fired several shots into a Chrysler sedan that had parked in front of a home Sunday afternoon, wounding two people in the car, Modesto police said.

Modesto police have arrested the last suspect in the slaying of a 17-year-old rival gang member.

A two-vehicle accident at the intersection of Claribel Rd. and Claus Rd. in Modesto caused minor injuries and partially closed down the busy intersection early Sunday afternoon.

The father and former acting teacher of Jeremy Renner bubbled over with satisfaction Tuesday after the Modesto man was nominated for a best acting Academy Award.

Merced Police are looking for the driver of a dark green compact sedan that hit a bicyclist Thursday night at Olive Avenue and G Street.

A Modesto man on a bicycle who was stopped in the eastbound lane of West Service Road was struck and killed by a car on Thursday night, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Modesto is looking for citizens to serve on a committee that will evaluate whether the city should keep runoff elections, do away with them or delay them.

Denver police Thursday asked Modesto residents for information that might solve the brutal murder of a 19-year-old man from Modesto.

Modesto ranks eleventh in a new survey released by Men's Health Magazine revealing the drunkest cities in America.

A Turlock man accused of murder after a Monday road rage incident appeared in court in Modesto this afternoon.

Share + Feb 3, 2010 10:55 pm US/Pacific MODESTO A major law enforcement operation to serve warrants in Modesto yielded the arrest of three suspects who are accused of murdering a teen two weeks ago, according to authorities.

The admitted getaway driver in a string of robberies that left a convenience store owner dead and three other clerks injured said he and his accomplice made less than $20 in cash from each heist, according to testimony Tuesday in Stanislaus County Superior Court.

Stanislaus County sheriff's investigators believe there are additional witnesses to what they're calling a road rage attack that has resulted in a 67-year-old man's death.

Jeremy Renner has gone from a student on the small stage in the Modesto Junior College auditorium to a star on the movie industry's biggest stage -- the Oscars.

Happy Groundhog Day. Like Bill Murray's 1993 movie of that name, the items in today's column follow a "been there, done that" theme: CINDERELLA -- Last week, someone broke into student Lindsay Pearce's car at Modesto Junior College.

More than 30 activists from Fresno, the Bay Area and Stanislaus County converged outside the downtown Modesto courthouse Monday to protest criminal charges against two people accused of handing out clean syringes and collecting dirty ones from drug addicts in a Modesto park.

Two people were injured in a Modesto shooting Sunday afternoon. Modesto police watch commander said it happened on the 400 block of Hackberry and West Morris Avenue.