Pioneer News

Amador County Sheriff's Office deputies responded to a domestic violence call just after 3 a.m. on June 26 from a woman claiming her husband had threatened to kill her.

In the early hours of June 26, Amador County Sheriff's Office deputies began surrounding the home of 88-year-old Samuel Jackson Cooper of Pioneer.

Margaret Dalton, one of the pioneers of Indian gaming and the longtime chief of the Jackson Rancheria, died in her sleep Sunday night at age 69.

She was the driving force behind the establishment of the Jackson Rancheria. Born in Tuolumne, Dalton moved to Calaveras County.

A grand theft attempt was thwarted by the thief himself April 21, according to the California Highway Patrol.

She was in high school when she first noticed him. He'd been to College of the Pacific, playing football, but was home working on the ranch.

Wyoming could get trail work under Public Land Act The Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009 approved by President Obama last week authorized studies of additional routes and cutoffs of the Oregon, Mormon Pioneer, California and Pony Express National Historic trails, including portions of those trails where they pass through Wyoming.

Operation Care's advocate Candice Jayne stands next to the "Human Ribbon" Ashley Linerud, as they prepare for their trek through Amador County to raise awareness about sexual assault prevention.

Sheriff's deputies take a drunk driving suspect into custody Sunday afternoon outside of a Pioneer hotel.

A new Saturday transportation service for Amador County residents who have difficulty traveling is underway, thanks to a pilot program administered by Common Ground and funded by Amador Regional Transit Service.

ARRESTS/BOOKINGS Arrests are on suspicion of the new charges indicated; or for bench warrants, as stated.

In the wake of a residential fire that destroyed a house in Pioneer on Wednesday, another fire broke out around 11:15 a.m. off of Curran Road in the Lake Camanche area outside of Ione yesterday.

A residential fire chewed through much of a Pioneer home Wednesday afternoon. Photo by: Bill Lavallie A sheriff's sergeant rescued an elderly woman from her second floor bedroom before the fire engulfed the ...

A family dispute almost turned deadly over the weekend, when a Pioneer man drove a knife into his brother-in-law's stomach and then sped away in his pickup truck.

The trial of Lodi murder suspect David Paradiso began today in San Joaquin County Superior Court, two years after he allegedly stabbed his 20-year-old girlfriend Eileen Pelt in the neck in the back seat of his ...

In an effort to reduce overhead costs, the Amador Fire Safe Council has closed its office in Pine Grove and relocated to a private residence.

Twelve members of the Amador County Democratic Central Committee were sworn into office for the 2009-11 term on Dec.

On Sunday, a vehicle crashed into an embankment, then flipped and slid upside down on Highway 88 in Pioneer near Antelope Drive.

On Saturday afternoon, a 61-year-old San Carlos woman was driving her 2002 Toyota Tundra down Ridge Road when, for reasons still unclear, she allowed it to drift onto the shoulder.

The Amador County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating fugitive John Lee Moody, last believed to be living on Hooper Court in Pine Grove.