A baby was born in a parking lot Thursday morning in North Fork — a delivery celebrated by sheriff’s officers who raced to the scene to help. Around 10:20 a.m., the Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a call about a woman in labor and dispatched a lieutenant and a detective to the parking lot of…

From July 13 through July 19, the Chowchilla Police Department responded to a total of 461 calls. there were 283 calls for service and 178 self-initiated calls. Forty-eight reports were taken. There were nine misdemeanor arrests and seven felony arrests made during the seven-day period. Following is a sample of the calls for the week…

MADERA, Calif. (KFSN) — Madera Police are investigating a frightening home break-in. A local family had barricaded themselves in a closet. They hid from several burglars that had cut the power to their home, then ransacked it. Right now investigators are still searching for additional suspects following one arrest. The family wanted to share this…

A tearful former Merced dentist received a three-year prison sentence Friday after pleading no contest earlier this year to sexually assaulting sedated female patients. Sang Hyuk Park, 45, pleaded for Judge Mark V. Bacciarini to allow him to avoid prison and, with tears streaming down his face, asked for probation, but the judge denied the…

Merced police and Merced County Sheriff’s deputies served search and arrest warrants early Friday morning in the 3800 block of Highway 140 near Easy Street. The warrants, which were for weapons-related charges, were served around 6:30 a.m. on two or three suspects, according to Lt. Matt Williams. Williams said the investigative phase of the case…

Sheriff John Anderson announced the Madera County Sheriff’s Office will begin using Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. All three sites are intended to provide a more timely method of issuing notifications. Anderson says the main purpose of the department’s Twitter account – @MaderaSheriff – is to better serve the public, keeping them informed with the most…

From July 6 through July 12, the Chowchilla Police Department responded to 393 calls. There were 278 calls for service and 113 self-initiated calls. Sixty reports were taken. There were six misdemeanor and 15 felony arrests made during the week. The following is a sample of the calls. July 6 • A subject was arrested…

An inmate at the Madera County Department of Corrections escaped Wednesday after taking out the facility’s garbage, Madera County sheriff’s officials said, but later in the evening announced that he was captured in Courthouse Park in Madera. A phone tip led to the arrest. 47-year-old Bryan King, who was being held on narcotics and weapons…

A woman is dead after being hit by a car and the Merced CHP is looking for the person who drove away after hitting her. Officers say they got a call about a body on the road at Santa Fe and Business Park Way just after 1:00 a.m. Wednesday morning. Merced County sheriff’s deputies were…

A 25-year-old Merced County man who drugged and raped two men in 2012 has been sentenced to 14 years, eight months in prison. Wearing a grey jailhouse jumpsuit, Thomas Zavaleta leaned forward, bowed his head and gave no facial reaction during the hearing late Tuesday afternoon, as Judge Marc Garcia handed down the maximum sentence…