Dr. Robert William "Bob" Wiley, age 83 of Monticello, Ark., passed away at home on Monday, July 29, 2024. He was born April 18, 1941, in Higginsville, Mo., to the late James Clarence Wiley, Sr ...

Wiley graduated from Kingsburg High School and went on to serve as Tulare County Sheriff from 1967 to 1991. After he retired, the county jail was renamed the Bob Wiley Detention Facility.

Wiley beat out long-time incumbent Sheriff Sandy Robinson and went on to serve as Tulare County sheriff from 1967-1991. When he retired in early 1991, the newest jail which Wiley opened in 1987 ...