By Rob Parsons/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Hugh Glenn, the namesake of Glenn County, is the subject of a new historical book due out next month and penned by Yolo County resident and historian Ann F. Scheuring.
“History is a narrative, a story, and stories depend on the eye of the beholder,”…
By Lydia M. Harris/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Willows High School is about to be in the national spotlight, again.
And again it is because of a student who has been expelled. But the issue goes beyond a teenager being kicked out of school.
An attorney for Shawki Al-Rifai’s family said Tuesday he…
By Rob Parsons/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
This year may have been the Willows Volunteer Fire Department’s 26th annual bean feed, but event founders are so full of beans even he admits they don’t know how long they’ve been cooking beans for department’s fundraiser.
“They’re always good, every…
By Rob Parsons/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Eleven parking tickets were issued Monday afternoon to Willows High School students who were reportedly parked illegally during lunch time at Central Park on Laurel Street, police reported.
However, the $27 parking tickets have more to do with a “bad…
By Rob Parsons/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Authorities are warning local residents that as the weather warms up, burglaries and other thefts are expected to rise with the temperatures.
A laptop and an unknown amount of cash were reportedly taken from an unlocked Orland home on Sunday, police…
By Lydia M. Harris/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
The equivalent of nearly 12 full-time positions are on the chopping block in the Hamilton Unified School District.
During a special meeting Monday night, the Hamilton school board passed a resolution to cut administrative and teaching positions in…
Willows Journal @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Former state Assemblymen Rick Keene and Doug LaMalfa, competing for the state Senatorial District 4 seat held by Sen. Sam Aanestad, square off Thursday night in the first of five political candidates forums broadcast live online by the…
By Rob Parsons/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
More than $1,000 was raised at a bake sale Sunday by the residents’ council of Eskaton Manor on Humboldt Street for the proposed K-9 Unit for the Willows Police Department.
“We all agree that the police need to have a dog,” said Eva Whitham,…
By Lydia M. Harris/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Huge crowds ready to find some bargains waited to get into a rummage sale Friday and Saturday.
The Orland Women’s Improvement Club’s rummage sale raised about $6,000 that go directly into the community.
All proceeds from the annual event go toward…
By Lydia M. Harris/Tri-County Newspapers @ March 9, 2010 # Comments Off
Teachers throughout California rallied Thursday to send a message to Sacramento. Stop the cuts.
Orland Unified School District teachers set up tables, carried signs and offered information and petitions for people wanting state legislators to…