Whitmore News

Authorities say a man linked by DNA to series of rapes in Los Angeles was shot by police in Columbus after a freeway chase ended when the man crashed head-on into a tanker truck.

Susan Clemmer, 41, was a gang narcotics officer who worked for the department for nearly 20 years, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

I get a lot of interesting mail, like the " Sleestak in a Santa Claus hat " statue now perched next to my deskor the "Transformers" cupcakes that were delivered last week .

Three more players with central Valley roots have been selected today in Major League Baseball's amateur draft, with Clovis' Ben Whitmore going to Seattle, Madera's Gary Moran to San Francisco and Fowler's Clay Cederquist to Seattle.

A California man convicted of killing another man's wife for money in 1993 has been sentenced to 100 years in prison.

Tens of thousands of tiny toads have been hopping across streets, lawns and patios in a neighborhood of Marysville, Calif., this spring, and scientists say it's partly because of the California drought.

Tens of thousands of tiny toads have been hopping across streets, lawns and patios in a neighborhood of Marysville this spring, and scientists say it's partly because of the California drought.

A Whitmore woman has sued the Shasta County Sheriff's Office over missing jewelry and guns.

The parental abduction trial of Clark Rockefeller kicked off in Boston on Tuesday with the seating of 11 of the 16 jurors necessary.

Several hundred protesters are gathered at a rally in West Hollywood, expressing their opposition to the California Supreme Court's decision to uphold the state's gay marriage ban.

Caltrans will host a business information seminar from 9 a.m. to noon Thursday, at its headquarters, at 703 B. St.

Authorities have arrested a camouflage-wearing, camera-toting woman they say was caught peeking into Britney Spears' windows.

Civil rights advocates Tuesday called on the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors and Sheriff Lee Baca to close the Men's Central Jail, saying nightmarish conditions and overcrowding undermine the inmates' mental health.

Jurors in Muncie have convicted a California man of killing another man's wife for money nearly 16 years ago.

A civil rights group called Tuesday for the closure of the downtown Men's Central Jail, alleging the Los Angeles County lockup is so overcrowded and brutal that it threatens the mental health of inmates.

A woman and her 7-year-old son drowned in Lake Shasta despite an attempt by bystanders to rescue the boy.

An investigation into allegations of harassment by Indian Wells City Councilman Douglas Hanson began Monday, city official said.

A task force including the sheriff's department and two federal agencies also seized 15 kilograms of heroin, $100,000 in small bills, five vehicles and two guns in the raids, while 14 children were taken into protective custody, sheriff's spokesman Steve Whitmore said.

Sheriff's officials say 48 members of a drug ring headed by a Mexican family have been arrested for allegedly providing heroin to gangs for distribution across Southern California.

The president of San Jose State University has issued a letter to Israel Consul General Akiva Tor, apologizing for students' disruptive behavior during an on-campus event last month.