The national debate about health insurance dominated the news last week — as well as discussion among online readers of The Bee. Most readers on all sides of the question offered thoughtful comments and questions about the package of bills approved by Congress. And then there were the more dramatic voices. “It’s kind of looking [...]

Before 73-year-old Roy Woodley was stabbed to death, his reported last words were directed at his drug-addict son: “I love you.” Those words, however, didn’t stop Phillip Woodley from killing his father, Jeffrey Rancour testified Thursday in Fresno County Superior Court. On his first day on the witness stand, Jeffrey Rancour testified that he and [...]

It begins here early this week in a small room adjacent to the men’s coaches offices in the Fresno High gym. There are T-shirts — boxes of them, bags of them, stacks of them — 1,300 in all being sorted. Every player, coach and team scorekeeper will get one in the Fresno Easter Baseball Classic, [...]

BOYS SWIMMING Kevin Cozzi (50 freestyle, 100 backstroke) and Jarred Meriniman (200 individual medley, 100 butterfly) each won two events as Dos Palos beat Lindsay 93-34 in the East Sequoia League. GIRLS SWIMMING Erica Fontana (50 free, 100 free) and Evie Esquivel (500 free, 200 IM) were double winners as Dos Palos defeated Lindsay 94-48. [...]

Highlights and box scores from Central Section baseball and softball games as reported to The Fresno Bee: BASEBALL Trent Seib, Tyler Schroeder and Chewy Telesco had RBIs in a four-run seventh that lifted visiting Bullard to a 10-7 win over Hoover in the County/Metro Athletic Conference. Schroeder finished with two hits, two runs and two [...]

BASEBALL Trent Seib, Tyler Schroeder and Chewy Telesco had RBIs in a four-run seventh that lifted visiting Bullard to a 10-7 win over Hoover in the County/Metro Athletic Conference. Schroeder finished with two hits, two runs and two RBIs. Wilson Ashford struck out six in six innings, Chris Mariscal went 3 for 3, including a [...]