Chowchilla residents learned last week where candidates on next month’s ballot stand on the issues. The Chowchilla District Chamber of Commerce held a forum Thursday featuring candidates running for district attorney, sheriff-coroner and the Chowchilla City Council. The event, held at the Chowchilla Civic Center, was moderated by former Madera County Supervisor Vern Moss. The…
Four or five men invaded a home in Madera County on Tuesday and used a small U-Haul truck to cart off the property’s marijuana crop, sheriff’s officials said. Madera County Sheriff’s Office spokeswoman Erica Stuart said the men rushed into the house and assaulted one occupant during the robbery. Deputies responded to the call at…
Everyone needs to watch this video. The Islamic State, a hardline Sunni jihadist group that formerly had ties to al Qaeda, has conquered large swathes of Iraq and Syria. Previously known as the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS), the group has announced its intention to reestablish the caliphate and has declared its leader,…
Foreign fighters from all over the world have left their home countries to join the ranks of the Islamic State, and the militant group’s lightning advance across Iraq and Syria this summer has helped to boost recruitment. VICE founder Shane Smith spoke with a man thought to be 21-year-old Somali-Canadian Abu Usamah Somali, who has…
A patient in Dallas has tested positive for Ebola, the first time the virus has been diagnosed inside the United States. A report from Fox News said the Dallas County Health Department said the patient was recently in Africa, where the virus has claimed the lives of thousands in an epidemic that has spread across…
Pick-up truck and sedan collide MADERA, CALIFORNIA (September 28, 2014) – A collision between two vehicles occurred at the intersection of Avenue 18 1/2 and Road 19 on Sunday afternoon, California Highway Patrol dispatch team reported. The crash involving a white pick-up truck and a black colored sedan took place at 2:18 p.m. According to…
The Merced Police Department’s bomb unit responded to Chowchilla on Sunday after a device resembling a bomb was discovered. Officers went to the 500 block of Robertson Boulevard at 10:57 a.m. after receiving a call from Chowchilla police, according to Merced police Sgt. Bobby Chapman. The object was deemed suspicious because it was wrapped in…
The race for California’s 10th Congressional District seat is drawing national interest, with Democrats seeing the seat held for two terms by Republican Jeff Denham as vulnerable. The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee ranks the race of challenger Michael Eggman third on its Red to Blue list of highly competitive races. Eggman’s own polling shows Denham’s…
The New York Daily News reported: The first female pilot in the United Arab Emirates’ air force is reportedly taking part in the coalition air strikes against ISIS militants hiding in Syria. Maj. Mariam Al Mansouri, 35, is a squadron commander piloting an F-16 Block 60 fighter jet likely among those dropping munitions this week…
Incredible! Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson has an interesting theory: if the U.S. were to implement “path to citizenship” immigration “reform,” would-be terrorists might then come forward and subject themselves to background checks.
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