The Tulare County Sheriff’s Office and the Tulare County District Attorney’s office have been accused of giving preferential treatment to two major political donors, Casey and Morris Tharp, owners of EM Tharp Inc. EM Tharp Inc. is a family owned trucking business operating in Porterville since 1935. Kevin Rooney, of the Hammerschmidt Law Corporation, represents […]
Hospitals in Kings and Tulare counties are bleeding money in the wake of the COVID pandemic, with the area’s major healthcare providers – Adventist Health, Kaweah Health and Sierra View Medical Center – all operating well into the red in 2023, according to publicly available budget data. The local trend is very much in line […]
A press release from the Tulare County District Attorney’s office District Attorney Tim Ward has announced the launch of a cold case website in an effort to shine new light on unsolved Tulare County homicides. “In 2019, we created the Cold Case Homicide Unit to assist allied law enforcement agencies in their efforts to bring […]
The nomination period to run for local office in Tulare County started today and Vicki Riddle and Brian Poochigian were some of the first in line! Riddle is running for Exeter City Council District D and Poochigian is the incumbent for Visalia City council District 3 running to defend his seat. There are 271 offices […]
A press release from Tulare County Health and Human Resources Tulare County Public Health has confirmed the first case of Monkeypox has been identified in a Tulare County resident. While the number of probable/confirmed cases is growing in California (186 cases) and the United States (791 cases), the risk of monkeypox to the general population […]
The images are in and they’re even better than one could imagine. NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope began transmitting the clearest, infrared images from the deepest parts of the universe this week. The images will be available in large format at a gallery exhibition Friday, July 15 at TCOE’s Planetarium & Science Center. NASA Solar […]
Two men allegedly transporting 150,000 fentanyl pills from Mexico to Washington State were stopped along Highway 99 in Tulare on June 24, released on their own recognizance the next day, and failed to appear at a court hearing on Tuesday. The weekend release of the men, Jose Zendejas and Benito Madrigal, has started a blame […]
Around 12:40 p.m. on March 3, 1994, 10-year-old Angelica Ramirez of Hanford was reported missing from the Visalia Swap Meet by her mother. Mrs. Ramirez told authorities she had been operating a vending booth with her husband, Francisco Tafoya. Angelica, the oldest child, did not attend school that day and was assigned to watch her three younger […]
The Ventura Star Circus will take place daily, June 30 through July 4 at Ledbetter Park, located at 45779 Rd 128. Showtime for the June 30 performance is 8pm. July 1 and July 4 shows are also at 8pm. July 2 and July 3 show times are 2pm, 5pm and 8pm. The Ventura Star Circus […]
A joint press release from the fire departments of Dinuba, Visalia, Porterville, Tulare and Tulare County It’s that time of year as we lead up to the Fourth of July holiday, fire agencies from throughout Tulare County have partnered to remind residents that only Safe and Sane Fireworks purchased at approved fireworks booths throughout the […]