James Bitter’s two-out, two-run double broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth, and Eric Karch made it stand up with a three-hitter as fourth-ranked Clovis West High defeated No. 1 Centennial 5-4 in the Fresno Easter Baseball Classic on Tuesday at Stan Bledsoe Field. Five teams stand tied at 3-0 overall and have one game [...]

Thursday is Census Day, the once-per-decade occasion when the nation poses for its group photo. In reality, though, the head count started earlier this month, when 120 million U.S. households got census forms in the mail. Almost half already have returned them. Now, said Anthony Muñoz, manager of the bureau’s central Fresno office, census workers [...]

WASHINGTON — An unhappy federal judge on Tuesday approved a $3 million settlement with a former narcotics officer who said the CIA spied on him overseas. The approved settlement caps a 16-year fight for Clovis attorney Brian Leighton and former Drug Enforcement Administration agent Richard A. Horn. It also leaves the judge grumbling over how [...]

James Bitter’s two-out, two-run double broke a 3-3 tie in the fourth, and Eric Karch made it stand up with a three-hitter as fourth-ranked Clovis West High defeated No. 1 Centennial 5-4 in the Fresno Easter Baseball Classic on Tuesday at Stan Bledsoe Field. Five teams stand tied at 3-0 overall and have one game [...]

SOFTBALL Jordan Yates threw a perfect game and struck out 13 as Kerman downed Edison 2-0 in the Kerman Tournament. Hanford’s Sydney Raeber struck out 14 but still lost 1-0 to Memorial in the Clovis Easter Classic. Memorial’s Madison Green drove in the winning run in the sixth inning. Breanna Young homered and drove in [...]

This does not bode well for the rest of the Central Section. Defending Division I softball champion Buchanan High was far from perfect Tuesday night in the final of the Clovis Easter Classic. The typically strong-on-defense Bears made three errors, and ace pitcher Natalie Rendon surrendered an uncharacteristic six hits and four walks. Yet the [...]