Raymond News

The annual Raymond Volunteer Fire Department Spaghetti Benefit Dinner and Halloween Dance will be held from 5 to 8 p.m. at the Raymond General Store.

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

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.

Former County Supervisor Harry Baker surrenders to Fresno police Oakhurst businessman and former Madera County Supervisor Harry Baker, 81, has turned himself over to the Fresno Police Department to face charges of child molestation.

The Madera County Board of Supervisors voted last week to close the Ahwahnee and Raymond Cal Fire Stations at the end of the current fire season, probably in December.

A wind-driven grass fire quickly burned at least 135 acres of pasture adjacent to Road 600, just south of the town of Raymond.

Agents with Madera County Narcotic Enforcement Team pulled the plants obscured by rows of corn, between eight and 20 feet tall, in a field off of Olympia and Avenue 21.

Madera County Sheriff's spokesperson Erica Stuart says six young boys, ages 11 to 17, found living inside a home where more than 10,000 pot plants were discovered growing inside a cornfield, have been turned over to Child Protective Services.

Madera County Sheriff's spokesperson Erica Stuart says six young boys, ages 11 to 17, found living inside a home where more than 10,000 pot plants were discovered growing inside a cornfield, have been turned over to Child Protective Services.

Visalia, CA, June 4, 2009 When surveying the current community positions held by local leaders in Tulare County there is an apparent need to diversify and increase representation from the Latino population.

The Tulare Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce isn't just expanding its quarters, it's also expanding its expectations, said Raymond Macareno, the organization's executive director since November 2008.