- Queen will be crowned at rodeo
- Corning cowgirl Kaylee Loewen, the 2012 Corning Jr. Rodeo Queen, will be handing her crown over to another cowgirl on May 30 during the Corning Jr. Rodeo Mixer held at the Clark Park Rodeo Grounds.
L... Full story
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- City recognizes mental health month
- Corning Mayor Gary Strack, right, presents Mike Go... Full story
- Attempted kidnapping reported in Corning
- A 30-year-old woman reported that two men tried to... Full story
- Railway could be a boon for county
- The idea of building a railway system between Humb... Full story
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- Cardiac Honkers advance to title game
- SACRAMENTO — Yuba City High baseball coach D... Full story
- Three 49ers named All-BVC
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Three members of the Yuba College... Full story
- Yuba City baseball in do-or-die mode against Lincoln
- Winning Sac-Joaquin Section championships almost b... Full story
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- Marysville City Council concerned about water rate increases
- By Eric Vodden/A-D Reporter
- California Water Service's proposal to hike rates in Marysville in the next three years has drawn the concern of City Council members.
"I understand costs are increasing for everyone, but at the end of the day, people are having to decide whether to... Full story
- Man connected to Boston bombing suspects shot dead
- Associated Press
- ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Authorities in the U.S. shot to death a Chechen immigrant who turned violent while being questioned about his ties to one of the Boston Marathon bombing suspects, officials said.
Ibragim Todashev, 27, was gunned down at hi... Full story
- Two jailed in Yuba County truck theft, tire slashing
- Vehicle belonged to man’s ex-girlfriend
- By Griffin Rogers/A-D Reporter
- Break-ups have been hard on Bradway Burdine.
On Tuesday, the 24-year-old Olivehurst man was arrested along with 18-year-old Ashley Trapp after stealing a truck and slashing its tires, police said. The truck belonged to Shelby Kannard, one of Burdine... Full story
- Yuba City Unified, teacher reach tentative settlement
- By Harold Kruger/A-D Copy Editor
- A teacher and the Yuba City Unified School District have reached a tentative, $150,000 settlement of a federal lawsuit, according to court records in Sacramento.
A trial was set for last week in the case brought by Lisa Polonsky-Britt against the di... Full story
- Fan Fest, scrimmage get fans ready for Gold Sox season
- By David Bitton/A-D Reporter
- The sound of horns blowing and cowbells ringing at Appeal-Democrat Park can mean only one thing — the Marysville Gold Sox are ready to charge the diamond and kick off summer.
Hundreds of fans turned out Wednesday night for Fan Fest, a six-inni... Full story
- Briefs: Marysville homeless man arrested for arson
- Appeal-Democrat staff report
- A homeless man was arrested on Tuesday for lighting a shopping cart on fire in Marysville four days earlier, the Marysville Police Department said.
Calvin M. Riggs, 62, of Marysville, was wanted by police after he set a shopping cart ablaze on Satur... Full story
- Gov. Brown defends California's business climate
- Associated Press
- SACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown is acting as California's cheerleader-in-chief, countering the state's anti-business reputation in an address to hundreds of business, agriculture and education leaders.
The Democratic governor spoke Wednesday to ... Full story
- Marysville City Council stops new red-light cameras
- By Eric Vodden/A-D Reporter
- New red-light traffic cameras planned for two Marysville intersections were squelched by the City Council, with one member saying they create a "negative atmosphere" for the city.
The council voted 3-2 Tuesday night against installing cameras on sou... Full story
- Oklahoma school in shreds becomes symbol
- By Marc Ramirez/The Dallas Morning News
- MOORE, Okla. — It was the school where panther paw prints once beat a playful path to the front door, where teachers did the Harlem Shake last month and 400-plus students were just a few days from their summer break.
But Plaza Towers Elementar... Full story
- WAPA will pay for removing trees
- Griffin Rogers/A-D Reporter
- A federal agency wants farmers to clear orchard trees lying beneath its power lines, and it's willing to pay them to do so.
The Western Area Power Administration, a division of the U.S. Department of Energy, is pursuing a plan calling for the cleari... Full story
- Wheatland tax agreement possible with Yuba County
- By Eric Vodden/A-D Reporter
- Yuba County and Wheatland officials will try again to hammer out a tax-sharing agreement that would move forward annexation plans for some 4,000 acres east and north of the city.
The hope is a new agreement will satisfy county supervisors who last m... Full story
- Briefs: Police in shooting back on duty
- All 11 officers involved in the deadly shooting last month of a Cleveland man have returned to duty as the Sutter County District Attorney's Office continues its investigation.
Wheatland Police Chief Allyn Wightman confirmed a Wheatland officer plac... Full story
- Faulty chicken feeder fuels Olivehurst folding-chair fight
- By Rob Parsons/A-D Reporter
- An Olivehurst man remained behind bars on Tuesday, two days after authorities said he beat his adult daughter with folding chairs and a can of beans during an argument over a missing chicken feeder bolt.
Dewayne V. Eddy, 54, is scheduled for arraign... Full story
- Yuba-Sutter students help make community air-aware
- Griffin Rogers/A-D Reporter
- Smoke, smog, pollen and pollutants — these are just a few things people breath into their lungs unknowingly.
But thanks to junior high Girl Scouts Maria Garcia and Alexa Carrera-Griggs, students at St. Isidore are now prepared.
Every day, Gar... Full story
- Marysville fire, police, EMS prep for big dig
- By Eric Vodden/A-D Reporter
- Marysville motorists won't be the only ones having to negotiate an ever-changing series of detours while Caltrans completes its $48 million two-year roadway reconstruction project.
Fire engines, ambulances and law enforcement vehicles will have to c... Full story
