Each year, we ask schools in the east metro and western Wisconsin for names of their top graduates, however they define them.

Santa Maria High School Band Co-Drum Major Angie Jimenez-Ramirez has fun leading the musicians along Broadway for the Elks Rodeo Parade on Saturday. Credit: Janene Scully / Noozhawk photo.

The City of Santa Maria's new police chief was sworn-in on Tuesday night, marking the official beginning a new era for city's police department. circle-arrow Play Button ...

The Santa Maria Valley Strawberry Festival kicks off Friday, April 25, with a three-day weekend community event at the Santa Maria Fairpark. 1 weather alerts 1 closings/delays. Watch Now ...

Jo Ann Santa Maria, passed away peacefully in her sleep on Wednesday, April 2, 2025, at her home in Rossville, Georgia. She was a longtime resident of the North Georgia area before moving to ...

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Hidden beneath the waters off Sicily’s southern coast, a 2,500-year-old shipwreck is revealing secrets of the ancient Mediterranean. In 2022, a diver and volunteer with the Italian organization ...

Law enforcement and other emergency personnel converged on the Santa Maria Superior Court complex Wednesday morning after an explosion that injured six people in the courthouse building.. A man ...

Nathaniel McGuire, the 20-year-old arrested for the explosion at Santa Maria Courthouse UPDATE (5 p.m.) - At a press conference Wednesday afternoon, Santa Barbara County Undersheriff Craig Bonner ...

Cara Maria Sorbello appears in a promotional video for The Challenge Season 40. Pic credit: MTV. In MTV’s 40th season of The Challenge, called Battle of the Eras, ...

Author Amanda Montell joins science communicator, psychologist, and podcast host Cara Santa Maria to delve into the cornucopia of the cognitive biases that run rampant in our brains to make ...

Maria Santa Poggi is a freelance writer. Her work has appeared in Vogue, Teen Vogue, Rolling Stone, InStyle, and Harper’s Bazaar, amongst other publications. She currently is an MFA candidate at ...