CENTRAL SECTION LEADERS BOYS 100 dash: Walter Hunt, Bakersfield, 10.66a; Ramiro Barraza, Bakersfield, 10.88a; BJ Kelley, Central, 10.93a. 200 dash: Devon Gomez, Golden West, 22.28a; Evan Crayton-Crogan, Bullard, 22.37a; Tyler Wonnell, Buchanan, 22.41a. 400 dash: Crayton-Crogan, Bullard, 48.23a; Jonathan Kirkman, Liberty-Madera Ranchos, 49.01a; Chris Brusenback, Buchanan, 49.22a. 800 run: Jake Talley, Clovis West, 1:54.88a; Ryan [...]

The motorcyclist who died Tuesday afternoon northeast of Clovis was identified Wednesday by the Fresno County Coroner as Arthur Laird, 70, of Friant. Laird was riding a Harley-Davidson when he crashed about 2:45 p.m. on Auberry Road just south of Millerton Road. By Jim Guy / The Fresno Bee

A jury will determine whether a Fresno doctor committed fraud when he allegedly faked his wife’s death to induce a couple to buy the doctor’s horse ranch at an inflated price, a judge ruled Wednesday. Judge Alan Simpson also said a Fresno County Superior Court jury must determine whether Dr. Michael Weilert and his wife, [...]

Clovis Unified School District officials might ask voters to support a $300 million bond measure next year to fix and modernize many of the district’s aging schools. Most of the money would pay for repairs and upgrades at many of the district’s schools, Superintendent David Cash said Wednesday during a meeting with The Bee’s editorial [...]

The Community Housing Council of Fresno is a non-profit organization committed to strengthening local partnerships to ensure adequate, affordable and equitable housing opportunities for members of the community. The organization supports homeownership by providing homebuyer classes, grants for closing cost assistance to first time buyers and for homeowners at risk of losing their home, foreclosure [...]

At this point, it’s indisputable: The torch of national-class high school boys volleyball in the Tri-River Athletic Conference has been passed from Clovis West to Buchanan. The nation’s fifth-ranked Bears swept the Golden Eagles 3-0 for a second time Tuesday night, but there wasn’t a person who left the Buchanan gym thinking this issue has [...]