Waterford News

I wish you were here with me, drinking in fantastic photos of the glacial valley of County Wicklow in southeast Ireland.

Garrett Leandro of Waterford was identified Saturday by authorities as the 17-year-old who drown Friday after diving into a Modesto Irrigation District canal.

A 17-year-old male has drowned in the main irrigation canal in Waterford, Ca., according to the Stanislaus County Sheriff's Department.

A magic show featuring magician Shawn Durham was part of the Summer Reading Club at the Stanislaus County Library in Waterford.

Property taxes will be reduced for nearly 62 percent of Stanislaus County's homeowners this year because house values have plummeted by $3 billion, the county assessor revealed today.

The Waterford Unified School District's superintendent is stepping down after three years leading the 1,900-student district.

The Tuolumne River Trust's Paddle to the Sea project concludes today on the San Francisco waterfront.

A Waterford mother's condition was improving Friday after she was hospitalized for burns she suffered while fleeing the burning apartment she shared with her two sons early Wednesday, a hospital spokeswoman said.

They're slashing prices, returning all phone calls and bidding on every job they can, but Stanislaus County's licensed contractors still are having a heck of a time finding work.

Duke Morgan and Keith Malvitz were strolling through French Quarter antique shops when Morgan spotted the perfect lighting fixture for his big new bathroom.

Lou and Judy Lombardi's walnut orchard stretches half a mile from their house to the Tuolumne River.

It's just over a mile from Lucille Whitehead Intermediate School to the bank of the Tuolumne River at Waterford River Park.

Stanislaus County still leads, like, the entire world in per capita auto theft. But this time, score one for the tech types.

It's convenient to blame a judge who lets a man, convicted of domestic violence, have two moths of freedom before reporting for his 60-day county jail term.

It's convenient to blame a judge who lets a man, convicted of domestic violence, have two moths of freedom before reporting for his 60-day county jail term.

A Waterford man accused of stabbing to death his former girlfriend last week in a Modesto motel room appeared this afternoon in Stanislaus County Superior Court for his arraignment hearing.

The family of a woman who was killed at a Modesto motel Wednesday is offering a $5,000 reward for the capture of the victim's former boyfriend, who is wanted on suspicion of murder, police announced this afternoon.

Deputies said the manhunt for a wanted murder suspect has ended with his capture.

Modesto police continue to search for 38-year-old Erik Vogel, suspected of brutally stabbing his ex-girlfriend to death on Wednesday.

Students and staff at schools in Waterford were being released from campuses after authorities determined a murder suspect was not in a house near Welch Street and Amy Lane.