Several members of the team headed to Fountain Valley High School for the Five Counties Invitational 2025. Oakdale had a few ...

The Oxford Dictionary defines politeness as “having or showing good manners and respect for the feelings of others”.

Although it’s possible for anyone to make a change or a new start, it takes determination, commitment, and persistence.

The stock market is notoriously volatile, which can create substantial angst for investors who are faint of heart.

In this crazy world, let us not forget the blessings we have by living in a town where people still have the personal touch.

The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) announced that as of Jan. 1, 2025, more than 18.5 million Californians have upgraded to a REAL ID, an increase of 118,056 from December 2024. More ...

Within three months abroad in the U.K. I had written 33,000 words of academic essays, so no wonder it took me all of those three months to write another column for the trio of newspapers, The Leader, ...

A National Day of Observance has been declared to honor the passing of former President, Jimmy Carter, providing for the closure of federal government agencies, and that will impact mail service. On ...

Stanislaus County is preparing for a massive undertaking to better understand homelessness. The goal is to find out who the homeless are in Stanislaus County and how many people live in your community ...

Senate Bill 982 makes the crime of organized retail theft permanent and strengthens measures to address retail crime. The bill eliminates the expiration date for specific provisions targeting ...

We were in one of those finish-everything-before-the-holidays meetings, pussyfooting about an accusation someone had made. Suddenly a colleague confessed, “My hands are clenched. My shoulders are ...

"The Fire Inside," about boxer Claressa "T-Rex" Shields, is not your standard inspirational sports drama, even if it feels like it for the first half of the movie. There's the hopeless dream, the ...