Oakhurst News

Terry and Mary Loughran are a soft-spoken pair of retired folks who move a little slower than they used to.

A 27-year-old man and his girlfriend, 33, both of Madera, were booked into Madera County Jail on Sunday night after two men were shot, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

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

For the third time, a former Madera County Supervisor failed to show up for court on Tuesday.

Beginning Nov. 2, the Friends of the Oakhurst Branch Library will implement a new program to supplement the library's purchase of books and DVDs.

Fun and frightful events are planned throughout the Mountain Area to celebrate Halloween Friday and Saturday.

Seven of the 23 Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indian Community Grants, totaling $202,240, will be presented to organizations in Eastern Madera County.

Diaundra Pooler lives within three miles of Fresno City College, yet her commute to class is an hour-long journey into the Madera County foothills.

"Art has always been in the back of my head." Fish Camp artist Guido Stauffer's creative journey has taken him from tattoo-parlor art to intricate pen and ink drawings, some of which are now on display at Sugar Pine Mountain Railroad.

Madera County will have a busy Saturday of various events for all ages. Auto racing Saturday night's events at the Madera Speedway will feature numerous races of various classes, trick-or-treating for kids, and a fireworks display... Tarantula Fest Coarsegold is hosting the 12th Annual Coarsegold Tarantula Festival on Saturday as well.

In the rural, low-income community of Fairmead about 10 miles north of Madera, some 800 people rely on a decades-old water pump that could fail at any moment.

The Amgen Tour of California won't be returning to some portions of the Central Valley.

For the third time in the past decade, the National Park Service is seeking the public's ideas for a plan to protect the Merced River, which runs through the heart of popular Yosemite Valley.

Madera County Sheriff John Anderson said this morning that no remains of a body were discovered near the wreckage.

It's an exciting time of year for wineries throughout Madera County, including Idle Hour Winery in Oakhurst.

As residents of Eastern Madera County communities continue to react to the Oct. 5 arrest of Harry Baker, 81, for alleged lewd and lascivious acts with a 13-year-old girl, details of the incident and the alleged blackmail scheme against Baker have been outlined in a series of investigation reports by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent ...

An eastern New Mexico couple has been jailed after a 10-year-old girl told police her father and stepmother used a timer to limit her meals, then locked her inside her bedroom to keep her from getting up to eat.

Madera County sheriff's deputies booked two men on felony drug counts after they were found Friday night in a van behind a business near Highway 41 in Oakhurst, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

Madera County sheriff's deputies booked two men on felony drug charges after they were found Friday night in a van behind a business near Highway 41 in Oakhurst, sheriff's spokeswoman Erica Stuart said.

Harry Baker, an Oakhurst businessman and a former Madera County supervisor, was arrested on one count of lewd and lascivious acts against a child under 14 after turning himself in at Fresno police headquarters today.