(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – A release from the Yuba County Sheriff’s office reports that after nearly a full year of investigation into the murder of 27-year-old Amery Sweany of Chico, an arrest has been made. 39-year-old Ricky Lasher was arrested Wednesday night in the 1400 block of Jamie Drive in Yuba City.Sweany was found dead on…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office reports two child abuse arrests in Live Oak after dispatch received a call Wednesday afternoon at 3:30, and responded to the 9000 block of Maple Park to a report of a 4-year-old with “significant facial injuries.”Deputies rendered aid on-site and ensured the child’s transporttion to the hospital….
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – CHP Yuba-Sutter has issued a press release applauding the efforts of Officer M. Covington and Dispatcher Emily McLain for working together to figure out a baffling case.It began with Covington being dispatched to the Adventist Health and Rideout Hospital Emergency Department Wednesday, for a man who’d been in a collision, “with no…
(Yuba-Sutter CA) — A weak weather system will bring rain to the Yuba-Sutter area possibly tonight into Saturday. Valley showers and mountain snow will bring slick roads and chain controls according to the National Weather Service in Sacramento. Breezy to gusty winds are expected to move in today with wind gusts of up to 20…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – If not for the actions of 32-year-old Amandeep Singh late Tuesday night, when he approached, disarmed and took down a gunman at the Lakeside Indian Cuisine Bar & Grill in Marysville, the MPD Chief says “There may have been a different outcome.”Singh intervened when 26-year-old Roy Lavern Kirk Jr. of Clear Lake…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County District Attorney reports that yesterday, David Martin Shaw, Sr. of Marysville, convicted of rape and attempted murder 25 years ago, was denied parole at his first hearing since being incarcerated.His original sentence was 24-to-life, however, he was subsequently charged with another attempted murder for attempting to kill his cellmate.According…
(Arbuckle, CA) – An Arbuckle crop duster pilot has been killed in a crash in Modoc County.69-year-old Peter Spyres, of Arbuckle, was with Jones Flying Service out of Biggs. His aircraft crashed at around 2:45 yesterday afternoon between the towns of Alturas and Likely in the northeast corner of California, near the Nevada border.The accident…
(Sacramento, CA) — California state employees are being required back in office. Governor Gavin Newsom’s administration announced Wednesday that all state employees are now required to work at least two days a week in office, beginning in June.Cabinet Secretary Ann Patterson cited the dwindling COVID pandemic as the reason, with a standard policy needed for…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Sutter County Sheriff’s office has issued a press release reporting deputies responded “at around midnight” Monday night to a report of a man with a pickaxe and crowbar causing a disturbance, in the 900 block of O Street in Live Oak.47-year-old Vertis Wheeler of Live Oak approached the deputies, who held…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Caltrans is shuttling down the Meridian Bridge from 9 until noon today, resulting in a three hour closure of HWY 20, from the bridge to the Sutter / Colusa County line.The unique center-swing-rim-bearing-castle-stayed bridge is undergoing its annual inspection. It was built in 1977 and is the only one of its kind…
