A special meeting by the Merced City Council on Tuesday night might just end up being a small footnote in what has been a ...

The talented members of the Gateway Quilters Guild’s “Cirque du Fabrique” group gathered at the Hoffmeister recently for an ...

There was an incredible amount of love, and lots of tears, inside a packed Pavilion hall at the Fairgrounds last Sunday, Jan. 25, as hundreds of people attended the Celebration of Life service in ...

Jess Munday, a Merced native who is pursuing creative writing ambitions in San Francisco, has just released her debut novel, “A Place Between Dreams.”  The 31-year-old author was surrounded by friends ...

Our Central Valley By STEVE NEWVINE  NFL quarterback Josh Allen and the Buffalo Bills may have missed out on a long-awaited ...

Lacey Spielman, a senior at Golden Valley High School, has won the title of Miss Merced County 2026, after besting two other contestants during the annual competition at Buhach Colony High School on ...

The Merced County Board of Supervisors and the Merced City Council began the new calendar year this week with public meetings that were somewhat light on agenda item discussion, but seasoned with ...

He once played basketball at Camp David.  He was attached there with the US Marines, serving and protecting the president of the United States. At one time, he managed a top-tier security firm in ...

BOOK REVIEW By GWEN HAGAMAN Special to the Times No other building in Merced carries the same monumental feeling as its ...

Both current and former Merced High Bears gathered together at the County Fairgrounds on Saturday for the 2023 Hall of Fame Dinner. As guests enjoyed a fabulous dinner prepared by Pereira Catering, ...

As the Food and Drug Administration, state lawmakers and city leaders consider new rounds of regulations and outright bans on flavored tobacco and vaping products, the premium cigar industry is ...

Dr. Hanimireddy Lakireddy is retiring after 50 years as a cardiologist, 40 of them in Merced. In fact, he is considered to be a pioneer medical specialist in this city, and surrounding area. Lakireddy ...