It has been almost six days since a woman went missing after the dune buggy she was riding in crashed into a canal west of ...

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke wishes his agency could honor ICE detainer requests. Merced County’s Sheriff Vern Warnke called California’s immigration reporting requirements “a waste of taxpayer ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) – Governor Gavin Newsom and Attorney General Rob Bonta say local law enforcement has the ...

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke who also serves as his county's coroner says a bus crash on a rural highway killed four people, not five. Warnke gave the new total Wednesday after canvassing ...

MERCED, Calif. -- A baby girl, her parents and uncle were found dead in an orchard after they were kidnapped at gunpoint from their business in Central California's Merced County, the sheriff ...

MERCED COUNTY, Calif. – Authorities in California say six inmates, including a man charged with murder, used a “homemade rope” to escape a jail over the weekend. The Merced County Sheriff’s Office ...

For five days, family members of 21-year-old Lupita Ontiveros have been driving from Stockton to the Gustine area to search ...

MERCED, Calif. -- A person of interest in the kidnapping of four family members in Central California's Merced County was taken into custody Tuesday afternoon, authorities announced. The four family ...

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke wishes his agency could honor ICE detainer requests. Andrew Kuhn [email protected] Merced Sheriff Warnke criticized state required ICE reporting as wasteful ...