Achievements Michael Der Manouel Jr. of Der Manouel Insurance Group was named chairman of the APPEX Advisory Council. APPEX is an international association of insurance brokers and agents. The Porterville Chamber of Commerce installed leadership at its recent annual awards and installation banquet. Newly seated directors to its board were: Stephanie Cortez, Innovated Technology Company; [...]

Question: What is the history of the Belmont Inn that was on the northeast corner of Belmont and Cedar avenues? I recall attending wedding receptions there in the 1950s. – A. Gougasian, Clovis Answer: The Belmont Inn and Motel was built in about 1946 by Dr. Doris Hicks Wilson and Burt Wilson. George Ehikian bought [...]

Right on the Money 8 p.m. Thursday / Tower Theatre, 815 E. Olive Ave. / $35-$50 / (559) 485-9050 When you think of Eddie Money, you think of rock anthems like “Two Tickets to Paradise” and “Shakin’.” You don’t necessarily think of an acoustic Christmas show like the one he’s doing in Fresno on Thursday [...]

A college steal?: Maybe the best unrecruited football player in the Central Section wears No. 15 in blue and gold, passes the eyeball test at 6 feet, 2 inches and 190 pounds, plays wildcat-formation quarterback and free safety and is the primary reason tradition has been restored at 7-4 Clovis, which had nothing to do [...]

Ferrari earns top freshman honor Buchanan High product Chloe Ferrari earned Freshman of the Year honors in West Coast Conference volleyball for the University of San Diego. The 6-foot-2 Ferrari ranked eighth in the nation in hitting (.417) and totaled 277 kills and 29 blocks. She ended the conference season with a 29-kill, nine-block performance [...]

A Fowler woman was killed in a three-vehicle hit-and-run crash Wednesday night near Clovis and South avenues in Fresno, according to the California Highway Patrol. Lorri Lasotovitch, 50, was a passenger in a 2000 Pontiac Firebird that was hit by a 1988 Ford Bronco driven by Jacob Ward, 21, of Fresno. Lasotovitch, who was not [...]