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According to Kern County Superior Court records, a man was sentenced to one year in jail and two years probation for the death of a man in Ridgecrest in 2022.

In the case of a brutal Ridgecrest killing where a man was found beaten and shot in the head, one defendant was found guilty Tuesday of involuntary manslaughter while the

Trial proceedings of two Ridgecrest men charged with first degree murder concluded with closing arguments Friday in Bakersfield placing the fate of the men in the hands of the jury.

Multiple witnesses said Coykendall, 34, had made comments threatening trouble if Peterson returned to Ridgecrest.

Now that the New Year has arrived, The Daily Independent sat down and spoke with Ridgecrest Police Chief Jed McLaughlin about what kinds of crime that was reported in Ridgecrest

A man who was killed March 4 on the 1500 block of South Porter Street has been identified.

The 23,000-square-foot facility is located at the front of the hospital in an area previously serving as a parking lot. While the outpatient surgery center had been in the planning stage for about two years prior to the groundbreaking, the medical community has discussed the need for a facility providing this service for about 20 years. Peterson said at the groundbreaking when he arrived at the medical center 12 years ago, he found a book on his desk with information about earlier planning for ...