At about 8:15 a.m. Monday morning, Madera County Sheriff Deputies responded to a call about a body laying on the east bank of the Fresno River, 70 yards north of the Fresno River Bridge on Crane Valley Road (426). Other than being male, estimated to be between his mid-30s and late-40s, deputies had no further…

A 28-year-old man was caught in the midst of a burglary at the Madera Unified School District maintenance yard early Sunday morning, Madera police reported. Officers were alerted by a burglary alarm and spotted Steven Todd inside the maintenance yard throwing tools and copper wire spools that he stole from maintenance trucks, police said. When…

From June 8 through June 14, the Chowchilla Police Department responded to a total of 491 calls. There were 328 calls for service and 163 self-initiated calls. Fifty-two reports were taken during this seven-day period. There were five misdemeanor and four felony arrests. The following is a sample of calls for the week. June 8…

A suspected drunken driver over the weekend crashed into a car that was driven by the wife of a Merced Superior Court judge, and debris from the crash injured a bystander, the Merced Police Department confirmed. The suspect, Nicolas Miller, was arrested around 10 p.m. Saturday night after the crash at G and 22nd streets,…

Want to see what is truly going on at the border? Visit local news websites of some of those cities. This happens to be San Diego. SAN DIEGO – Video shows an organized raid Sunday on the United States border from Mexico. Agents tell 10News the assault is the first of its kind in this…

The City of Chowchilla claims nearly two decades of oversight has cost it some $4 million that instead went to Madera County coffers, and has filed suit to reclaim the allegedly misplaced dollars. The lawsuit centers on a 1996 annexation agreement between the two governments to bring both the Valley State Prison for Women —…

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Mexican law enforcement on Thursday crossed into Arizona by helicopter and fired two shots at U.S. border agents, a border patrol union leader says. A Mexican law enforcement chopper crossed about 100 yards north into the Arizona desert, the U.S. Border Patrol said in a statement. The helicopter then fired two shots…

TUCSON, ARIZ. — Mexican law enforcement on Thursday crossed into Arizona by helicopter and fired two shots at U.S. border agents, a border patrol union leader says. A Mexican law enforcement chopper crossed about 100 yards north into the Arizona desert, the U.S. Border Patrol said in a statement. The helicopter then fired two shots…

Authorities today announced the arrest of a Merced man on manslaughter charges after a fight during a comedy show earlier this year left an Atwater man dead several weeks later. The suspect is the son-in-law of Merced Police Chief Norman Andrade. Jesse Saucido, 36, was involved in a fight with Jack Kline, 55, during a…

MADERA, CALIF. — Authorities say at least one person died in a collision involving a tour bus and a car in central California. The California Highway Patrol says the crash was reported around 5 p.m. Thursday on a rural road east of Highway 41, about 20 miles north of Fresno. Photos posted on social media…