Rob Parsons @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
A gun control ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this week has triggered a sentencing controversy in a high-profile Colusa County murder case.
Sentencing for the frequently delayed case of Cathy I. Mendoza, who was acquitted of murder in…
By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
The best way to keep babies from dying of whooping cough is to prevent them from getting it.
That is the message the Colusa County Health Department is trying to get out, after state health officials declared pertussis an epidemic in California.
It’s…
Colusa Sun Herald : Local News @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
By Susan Meeker
Colusa County Sun—Herald
“Where tyranny reigns, there is the country of ignorance and vice. Where good government prevails, there is the country of science and virtue.”
The words of James Wilson, a member of the Continental…
By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
An Oregon woman suffered minor burns while escaping a vehicle that went up in flames on Interstate 5 on Wednesday, at the Maxwell overpass north of town.
Brian Anthony Geck, 28, of Newberg, and passenger Desiree Leigh Idler, 28, were traveling north…
By Julie Johnson/Tri-County Newspapers @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
It was 100 degrees outside when a 21-month-old Phoenix, Ariz., girl was left in her family’s minivan around 2:30 p.m. on Sunday.
Two and half hours later, when the toddler’s father got in the van to leave on an errand, he discovered his daughter’s…
Colusa Sun Herald : Local News @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
FELONY
George Fredrick Matteson, 67, of Stonyford, was arrested on June 29 at 6:34 p.m. by Colusa County sheriff’s deputies on the 4400 block of Ladoga-Stonyford Road on suspicion of damaging a telephone or power line. He was booked into the Glenn…
By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers @ July 2, 2010 # Comments Off
Colusa County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Thompson impaneled his first grand jury Tuesday from a summoned group of eager and not so eager county residents.
The 19-member panel includes 17 members of the public, including the wife of county…
Susan Meeker @ July 1, 2010 # Comments Off
The best way to keep babies from dying of whooping cough is to prevent them from getting it.
That is the message the Colusa County Health Department is trying to get out, after state health officials declared pertussis an epidemic in California….
By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers @ June 29, 2010 # Comments Off
Hundreds braved the June heat to enjoy traditional Portuguese fare in Princeton on Sunday, but inside the main hall, it was all about the dress.
“Every little girl dreams of being the queen,” said Marissa Cornelius, whose crowing during Mass was an…
By Susan Meeker/Tri-County Newspapers @ June 29, 2010 # Comments Off
Four state patrol officers killed in June has the California Highway Patrol concerned that busy holiday traffic could lead to more deaths.
“It’s summertime,” said CHP Public Information Officer John Waggoner. “That means more motorists on the roadway…