Tulare County News

A small crowd gathers across the street from the home where police say a man attacked and wounded a Tulare County Sheriff's Deputy.

State wildlife officials have arrested six men for growing $16 million worth of marijuana in an ecological preserve at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada.

The man shot and killed Friday in Earlimart has been identified as Raul Torres Sr., 54, of the Earlimart area, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department announced this morning.

The Tulare County Sheriff's Tactical Enforcement Personnel reports that 39 marijuana plants were found and eradicated Wednesday.

A man with a knife being chased by Porterville police officers was shot to death today at the Foster Farms plant at Plano Street and Henderson Avenue.

A single-A baseball game was canceled Thursday night when a sheriff's deputy was stabbed during an eviction, prompting a standoff.

Sgt. John Gray was transported by a Visalia Police Department patrol car to Kaweah Delta Hospital, where he was treated for his wound and released.

Detectives from several local law enforcement agencies arrested an Exeter man in connection with the sale and transportation of crystal methamphetamine near two Exeter schools Wednesday.

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Tulare County sheriff's investigators today announced the arrests of two suspects in the slaying of a man whose body was found last month east of Tulare.

Editor's note: Day In The Life is an occasional series that looks into the daily lives of hard workers throughout Tulare and Tulare County.

For the first time, Fresno County agriculture in 2007 topped the $5 billion mark, tightening its grip as the No.

A person was shot Monday in Ivanhoe, the Tulare County Sheriff's Department announced this morning.

State wildlife officials have arrested six men for growing $16 million worth of marijuana in an ecological preserve at the southern end of the Sierra Nevada.

Two Orange County residents are sick with West Nile virus, the first illnesses known to have been caused by the virus in Southern California this year, health officials said Friday.

An 18-year-old Hispanic man on Sunday was reportedly stabbed several times before dying from his wounds.

Police have arrested a 15-year-old escapee from the Tulare County Juvenile Detention Boot Camp.

Next month Tulareans will welcome the new Tulare InterModal Express Route 11X, which will take them from the Tulare Transit Center to the one in Visalia in only 30 minutes.

After killing a rival gangster at San Quentin in 1975, Guillermo Bermudez renounced his gang ties, became a mentor to young people and began to produce art in prison, including this self-portrait. A FORMER GANG ...

Nearly a quarter of Tulare County high school students drop out of school, a rate comparable to the state average, according to numbers released Wednesday by the California Department of Education.