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Sixty-five years ago, Nawatha Hutson (now Reed) graduated from Ceres High School as one of 159 seniors. Bobby socks and car hops were still American fare, Elvis and Bobby Darin were the music craze and the space race between the U.S. and Russia was heating up.

Ceres and Pacheco honored cancer fighters and survivors before their Western Athletic Conference game Thursday.

Derek Young has been a Pitman High wrestling coach since 2021, but school district has no indications its students were harmed.

Players from Pitman, Golden Valley and Central Catholic took home MVP honors.

While many were enjoying a long weekend, a small number of Ceres residents took an hour Monday morning to remember those for whom the Memorial Day holiday was meant: Those who gave up their lives defending the country in the U.S. Armed Forces.

Retiring Siegel wins Chamber’s top award • Chamber of Commerce hosts closed-to-the-public awards ceremony for Zoom audience Dr. Scott Siegel, superintendent of the Ceres Unified School District, was presented the “Citizen of the Year Lifetime Achievement” award Monday evening by incoming Superintendent Denise Wickham. - photo by Jeff Benziger Ceres Unified School District Supt. Scott Siegel was hono...

Local students medal in virtual Academic Decathlon Due to COVID-19, the Stanislaus County Academic Decathlon was a virtual event.  Hailed as the biggest academic event for local high schools, the decathlon is a series of tests, speeches and interviews featuring this year’s theme, “The Cold War.”  Speech and Interview presentations were conducted by Zoom, while essay and objective testing were completed online.  Students continued their late-night study sessions and team...

Nothing about this lockdown makes any sense to many of us Nothing about the governor’s lockdown makes sense. My daughter-in-law has been the most careful of anyone I know in fact she and my son have purposely avoided family celebrations for Thanksgiving and Christmas. She has stayed away from stores, preferring for home deliveries. Who gets COVID-19? She does. My son, who is her husband, doesn’t get it. All of the people I know who have tested positive for COVID-19, all are ...

COVID-19 may be delaying OK’d projects The Whitmore Towers project has been temporarily stalled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For some time it has seemed like once a project is approved in Ceres it gets sucked into a black hole and never sees the light of day. But some of the more recent projects could be stymied because of uncertainties associated with COVID-19 pandemic. The periodic government shutdowns of sections of the economy particularly have a ...