FRESNO - On May 19, 2025, a federal judge sentenced three members of the Aryan Brotherhood prison gang who were convicted at trial of a racketeering (RICO) conspiracy that included multiple murders, ...

MADERA – Day one of the 2021 Madera District Fair is in the books, and we have a photographic record of it on our Facebook page (www.Facebook.com/BigValleyNews ...

EDITORIAL - We should all be in favor of Measure T. Why? Because without it our roads will be even worse and with it we have a chance to finally make them better. This renewal of Measure T arrives on ...

SACRAMENTO - A Fresno man was sentenced today to 55 years in prison for sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography. Jacob Blanco, 29, of Fresno, pleaded guilty in May 2020 to ...

MADERA - One person was injured after an afternoon shooting at the Vallarta Shopping Center parking lot in Madera on Christmas Day. Both the gunshot victim and male suspect shooter fled the scene in ...

COARSEGOLD - The Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Indians announced today the grand opening of the new SONIC Drive-In at the Chukchansi Crossing Fuel Station & Travel Center—a state-of-the-art ...

MADERA - I share the news of former Madera County Sheriff John Anderson's peaceful passing last night at his Nipomo home with great sadness. Sheriff Anderson dedicated more than five decades to law ...

FRESNO - A federal grand jury returned an indictment against German Antonio Lopez-Velasquez, 55, of Modesto; Marko Antonio Lopez, 27, of Modesto; and Lisa Marie Santos, 48, of Long Beach, charging ...

MADERA - The Old School House on Howard Road, which has served as the Petrucci BBQ Pit and home to the family's secret Italian sauce and BBQ seasonings, burned down Sunday night. The over-100-year-old ...

MADERA COUNTY - The Madera County Sheriff’s Office recently collaborated with the California Department of Justice, Bureau of Investigation, Fresno Regional Office, Human Trafficking/Sexual Predator ...

EDITORIAL - Disgraced former Madera County CAO Eric Fleming has been hired by the one Fresno contractor who reaped the most financial gain from Fleming’s time on the fourth floor of the Madera County ...