Snelling News

A 51-year-old woman was arrested on accusations that she abused her 74-year-old boyfriend.

A 51-year-old Snelling woman was arrested on suspicion of spousal abuse after she allegedly knocked over the 74-year-old man she was living with, breaking his hip.

With one bullet, a gunman ended George Tiller's life and the controversial career of an abortion doctor who had been a target for years, killing him as he stood in the foyer of his church Sunday.

Cindy Lashbrook stood in the sunshine at Riverdance Farms, which she runs with Bill Thompson, and supervised fourth- and fifth-graders from the Snelling School as they weeded and rooted native plants along the border of her orchard.

A potentially lucrative crop of pot plants was found during a raid in what officials call a "high-intensity drug-tracking area." Officials said 14,291 marijuana plants, which weighed about 750 pounds, were taken Friday from a remote area near Snelling.

The day Nanette Ontis found out her brother Walter Frago had been killed in the line of duty is a day she'll never forget.

A vehicle pursuit resulted in two arrests Tuesday after California Highway Patrol officers responded to reports of street racing near Snelling.

Among our companion animals, cats certainly get their fair share of ear infections, but dogs are more prone to them.

Merced County Chamber of Commerce will host a luncheon to learn about how law and order is kept in Merced County and the Central Valley at noon today at Fernando's Bistro, 510 W. Main St.

Patricia Sitkin, of Bellota, where the foothills east of Linden begin to rise toward the Mother Lode on the shoulders of the Sierra Nevada, told me a wonderful story of Douglass Township, where she lives.

A proposed gravel mine near the Tuolumne River near La Grange and northwest of Snelling has drawn opposition from a handful of area residents concerned about water contamination and safety issues.

Washington Elementary School in Snelling was visited by officials from the California Department of Education on Friday.

PetSmart will host a Second Chance for Love Adoption Weekend through Sunday. Adopt a pet and receive a $7 coupon toward a bag of dog or cat food, plus with every adoption, a $5 donation will be made to PetSmart ...

Snelling-Merced Falls Elementary School Board of Trustees told three mothers at their Thursday evening meeting here that the district could not transport their children home at 2 p.m. The school has requested ...

More and more meth labs seem to be popping up around the Central Valley. Merced County Sheriffs officials say they've discovered four meth lab dumps this week alone.

There was no pot of gold at the end of this rainbow -- only shiny metal handcuffs.

Two men are under arrest in the North Valley, accused of trying to steal gold from their former employer.

A Snelling rock mining company has been forced to shut down nearly a year after a Merced County judge ruled that the company shouldn't be allowed to mine below ground without first examining how that would ...