Planada News

Ex-Merced County sheriff's deputy found guilty of DUI Prosecutors say Metz gave contradictory statements.

Vehicle linked to drive-by shooting in Planada. By CORINNE REILLY creilly@mercedsun-star.com Police arrested two brothers in Atwater on Thursday morning following a high-speed chase through the city.

A Planada man was arrested Wednesday night after a Merced Sheriff's detective found 100 hypodermic needles and aluminum valves used for irrigation.

A 41-year-old woman was terrorized Sunday by two men who tried to break into her house in Planada, according to the Merced County Sheriff's Department.

A shooting incident early Sunday in Planada injured two men, authorities said. The Merced County Sheriff's Department is investigating the shooting, which happened about 4:30 a.m. in the 9000 block of Bigler Drive.

Authorities responded to two separate shootings in Merced County on Sunday, and the shooters remain at large in both incidents.

They all had a comeback story, it seemed, as they waited in the graduation line at Merced College.

One person was killed Monday in a single-car crash on the Merced River Bridge along Highway 99, the California Highway Patrol reported.

Evan and Theresa Unruh of Atwater are proud to announce the birth of their son, Cedric Rome Unruh.

RoseMary Parga-Duran has worked for the Merced City School District for 25 years.

The old train which pulled kids around Applegate Park for the last fifty years made it half way around the track the Sunday before last before giving out.

MARIPOSA: The Mariposa Rotary Club will present its fifth annual Fine Art and Wine Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. on May 30 at the Mariposa Historic Courthouse.

More than $33 million in federal funds will be pumped into local education agencies from the national stimulus plan, the California Department of Education revealed Monday.

A rapist who ruthlessly assaulted a woman in an abandoned home? Or an innocent man on trial, based on misleading evidence and poor investigation by law enforcement? Those are questions facing jurors in the trial of Daniel Mere Saldana, a 23-year-old man accused of sexually assaulting an 18-year-old woman in Planada on Sept.

Grace has been married to Alvin Halstead for 57 years. They have two children, 6 grandchildren, and 3 great-grandchildren. After finishing school, she worked at a small restaurant next to the Merced Theater.

The Stanislaus County Coroner's Office has identified 24-year-old Daris Fryar as the man who was killed in a solo car crash Tuesday in Planada.

Two people were killed in separate crashes reported by the California Highway Patrol Tuesday evening and Wednesday morning.

Editor: Columnist Tom Frazier's April 18 article shows that even the critics of Merced County authorities simply don't get it.

Jury selection is scheduled to begin this week in the trial of a 23-year-old man accused of brutally raping a developmentally disabled woman in 2004.

A 24-year-old parolee may be headed back to prison after being arrested by Merced police for allegedly trying to sexually assault a 19-year-old man in Applegate Park.