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Family remembers man killed in hit-and-run while stopping to help stranded motorist Family remembers man killed in hit-and-run while stopping to help stranded motorist By Joyce Peterson | January 8, 2021 at 10:21 PM CST - Updated January 9 at 6:46 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - A deadly double hit-and-run in Memphis the day after Christmas remains unsolved. Willie Lee Sanders, 50, is one of the victims, killed all because he was trying to be a good guy and help someone in trouble. Loved ones ...

More By allowing ads to appear on this site, you support the local businesses who, in turn, support great journalism. Second diverging diamond planned for South County The design for the diverging diamond interchange planned at Interstate 580 and International Parkway in Tracy. South San Joaquin County’s second diverging diamond interchange will be built in Tracy. The $24.8 million project will convert the existing interc...

Sale tax revenues have dropped but not like in neighboring cities The Ceres business community has struggled through the COVID-19 pandemic and state lockdowns but the city doesnt see a major revenue hit like what is occurring in neighboring Modesto and Turlock. The bigger they are, the harder they fall. While the sales tax revenue giants of Stanislaus County – Modesto and Turlock – are expecting significant reductions in sales tax revenue stemming fro...

The following reports were filed Wednesday by the Lee County Sheriffs Office and the Tupelo Police Department.

A traffic accident at 28th and Mitchell Road Tuesday evening sent one to the hospital. According to the Bedford Police Department, 51-year-old Michelle A. Fleener, of Bedford, was driving a 2004 Honda Civic and pulled into the path of a 2004 GMC Envoy driven by 55-year-old Cynthia R. Parks, of Orleans. According to Fleener, she was turning north onto Mitchell Road from 28th Street when she did not see the other vehicle that was traveling southbound on Mitchell Road. Parks was complaining of ...

Wanted man fights arresting officer David Glover A 28-year-old Ceres man wanted for an assault with a deadly weapon charge decided to fight a Ceres Police officer making an arrest but was finally taken into custody on Wednesday evening, Dec. 16. At 7:39 p.m., Officer Jon Blount spotted David Glover, 28 of Ceres, walking down the 1700 block of Mitchell Road and was aware that he had a felony warrant for his arrest related to an assault with a deadly weapon...

State’s pandemic rules drive In-Shape City to bankruptcy There has been no word on the fate of the Ceres In-Shape City gym on Mitchell Road following announcement of a bankruptcy motion. Approximately 45 clubs may remain open. California’s COVID-19 pandemic rules are forcing In-Shape Health Clubs to file for bankruptcy. The Chapter 11 filing was made on Dec. 16 with the goal of keeping 45 to 50 clubs. The fate of the In-Shape club in Ceres remains unc...

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 ...

(Photo: Twitter/Deputy Paul) A tractor trailer driver has died after his truck veered off Old Highway 2 and hit a house near Mitchell Road in the far east end of Belleville early yesterday (Monday) afternoon. The driver, a 59-year-old man from Nobleton Ontario was taken to BGH where he succumbed. The transport sheared the front deck off the older wood frame house but luckily no one else was injured. Police closed Old Highway 2 in the area of the collision for seven hours to conduct an investiga...

Popular Central Valley gym chain files for bankruptcy, blames pandemic restrictions [The Modesto Bee] Dec. 18—In-Shape Health Clubs, a well-known chain of fitness centers with locations up and down the Central Valley, filed for bankruptcy this week, leaving its future in the region uncertain. Like gyms and fitness centers across the state, In-Shape has weathered closures, reopenings and other safety restrictions due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The company said the decision was due to...