Willows News

Last month was a landmark month for Alice Ackerman. Oct. 24 she was inducted into the Eagles Hall of Fame during ceremonies at the organization's headquarters in Bakersfield.

A Paradise man was killed Wednesday afternoon when a van driven by a woman suspected of being under the influence of prescription medications rear-ended his vehicle on Highway 162, east of Willows.

Three people inside a suspect car and a California Highway Patrol officer escaped injury about 2:20 p.m. when they tangled during a high-speed pursuit.

One teenage boy wasA hurtanother arrested after a fight near the Willows High School gym Wednesday.

School Superintendent Steve Olmos ordered members of the Glenn County Office of Education board to leave two Willows school campuses during Monday morning visits, according to a police report.

Nearly one-fifth of children in California attend after-school programs where they can get homework help and hang out with their friends playing games or participating in enrichment activities.

So where's the swine-flu vaccine? It's trickling in slowly, says the state Department of Public Health.

Most high school students don't know who Sonny Turner is. Somewhere in the back of their minds, they may recognize songs like "The Great Pretender" and "Only You" and dozens of others released by The Platters when rock 'n' roll and Motown were on the rise in the 1950s and 1960s.

Joshua Sebold Staff Writer Plumas County District Attorney Jeff Cunan recently confirmed that he was not pursuing the death penalty in the Reyes Carrillo-Garcia trial.

WILLOWS A Fire restrictions on the Mendocino National Forest were lifted Wednesday as a result of rain and lower temperatures in the area.

Wednesday morning dawned soggy and blustery in Butte County, but as skies cleared somewhat and the wind diminished, crews made serious progress on restoring order after Tuesday's big storm.

QUINCY On just the first full day of deliberation, a Plumas County jury has found a Chester man guilty of murder in the killings of a Willows High School senior and his girlfriend.

A knife attack in Willows last month will now be handled by theA California Attorney General's office.

The case the Glenn County district attorney did not think he could prove, the state Attorney General's Office thinks it can.

Held at Wyandotte Grange, 4910 Foothill Blvd., from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

Declaring Oct. 5-10 "Heads up Driving Week," AAA of Northern California is imploring motorists to skip activities that might district them while driving.

Auditions are 6:30 p.m. Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 7-8, at the theater, 1740 Bird St.

Fire torched a Glenn County rice dryer Monday morning. Damage estimates and the fire's cause were still unknown Monday afternoon.

Work is under way on Pismo Beach's first watershed enhancement project financed with fines collected from city water-quality violations.

Willows City Councilman James Yoder is among six people cited Tuesday night for allegedly selling liquor to minors during a law enforcement compliance operation in Glenn County.