Tulare News

A helicopter lands to transport a victim of a one-vehicle rollover at State Route 99 and Avenue 184 south of Tulare.

The 52nd annual Bisconer Memorial Chamber Concert is at 4 p.m. Sunday at the sanctuary of First Congregational Church of Tulare.

The City of Tulare didn't have to look far for someone to fill the assistant city manager position, selecting Tulare Police Chief Jerry Breckinridge.

Every year in February the world comes to Tulare County for the World Ag Expo and a portion of that world stays in Porterville.

A measure on the June ballot in Tulare will propose amending the city charter to require the election of council members by district instead of citywide.

Octavio Robinson, 34, was booked at the Tulare County Main Jail late Wednesday on suspicion of public intoxication and possession of drug paraphernalia.

The Tulare County Office of Education has agreed to pay $140,000 a year to keep its planetarium and offices in a Burrel Avenue building in the county administrative center at least for the next decade.

An old saying in the Valley is that when it's farm show time it will rain. Water officials and those in agriculture hope that is the case this year.

A 22-year-old Tulare man was sentenced to 25 years in prison today for two armed robberies in 2009, the Tulare County District Attorney's Office said.

According to witnesses and the CHP, the man was riding a 2003 Harley-Davidson south on the highway, following several vehicles and a Peterbilt big rig.

A free citywide bike rodeo will be from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Feb. 25 at Lincoln Elementary School, 909 E. Cedar Ave., Tulare.

Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich is coming to the Valley next week for a private Fresno fundraiser and a visit to the World Ag Expo in Tulare.

APP RELEASED FOR NEXT WEEK'S WORLD AG EXPO Feb. 6, 2012 Source: Farm Press Publications Western Farm Press and Penton Media are teaming up with Tulare, Calif.-based Agricenter International to bring a new mobile app to the largest outdoor farm show in the world.

Planning Commissioners are expected to discuss an application by the city to use an existing building at 3817 South K St.

Damon Barnett is salesman of the year for 2011 for Hedrick's Chevrolet. He joined Hedrick's in November 2010.

A 21-year-old Fresno man told the Tulare County Sheriff's Department that he was carjacked Friday in Tulare.

World Ag Expoa celebrates 45 years World Ag Expo will celebrate 45 years of excellence Feb.

Traffic on Highway 180 in central Fresno remains backed up as law enforcement officials clear wreckage from a crash this afternoon.

Measure R is the Miracle Measure, the initiative that brought statewide attention to Tulare County.

The robberies happened between Tulare and Tipton near Avenue 184 and Road 128, and Avenue 168 and Road 128, and were reported about 5:35 a.m., the Sheriff's Department said.