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 ...

FRESNO - Gabriel Ruiz De Chavez, 47, of Fresno, was sentenced Monday by U.S. District Judge Troy L. Nunley to two years and nine months in prison for a multiyear embezzlement scheme and ordered to pay ...

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 ...

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 ...

SACRAMENTO--California invites travelers to experience an abundance of new offerings coming online in 2024. Throughout the year, the Golden State will celebrate the opening of exciting new attractions ...

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 ...

GUEST EDITORIAL - As if our third disrupted school year is not challenging enough, the universe delivered a powerful blow to Madera South High School and our entire community. Toward the end of the ...

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 ...

Richard Kuckenbecker (82) It is with great sadness that the family of Richard Kuckenbecker announces his passing on November 27, 2022, at the age of 82. Richard was born in Sanger, CA, on May 2, 1940, ...

DUNLAP – A Madera man lost his life early Friday mornings after suffering injuries during a fight with a Squaw Valley man. Thomas Robert Christopher (56) of Madera County was killed shortly after ...