Railroad crossings in Merced are closed after a pedestrian was struck by a train. Stay informed and use alternate routes.

Drivers were advised to take alternative routes, police say.

In the year since Merced installed two red-light cameras, police wrote nearly 2,000 tickets — a figure lowered by a crash ...

Automated license plate readers alerted deputies to a stolen Mercedes linked to a violent carjacking, leading to a chase and ...

There are plenty of reasons you might notice a sheriff’s helicopter circling overhead late at night. Sometimes it’s a missing person, sometimes it’s a search for a suspect, and sometimes it’s because ...

Jaime Farao, a longtime agricultural educator whose work influenced students and teachers across California, has been ...