(Sacramento, CA) – In Federal Court yesterday, 60-year-old Rick Glenn Vardell of Olivehurst pled guilty to firearm and opioid trafficking charges. Prosecutors charged Vardell with selling a total of 1,989 Vicodin pills to a confidential source and a subsequent search of Vardell’s residence turned up an additional 1,000 hydrocodone pills and $98,000 in cash, in…
(Wheatland, CA) – A Community Meeting is scheduled to discuss the proposed East Wheatland Expressway, that would connect Wheatland and Sheridan.The meeting is this evening from 5-7, at 101 C Street in Wheatland.A second meeting is scheduled Thursday the 23rd of this month, from 5-7, in Sheridan at 6005 Camp Far West Road.
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba City Police Department has issued a missing person alert for 52-year-old Marian Wilkinson. She was originally reported missing by Casa de Esperanza, as “our friend and coworker,” last seen by neighbors near her residence on Fairman Street in Yuba City, last Monday January 30th.If you have any information as to…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Yuba County Court, 26-year-old Courtney Williams of Linda has been found not guilty by reason of insanity, of drowning her children in the bathtub of the family home in the 6100 block of Sunshine Avenue.The two boys, 5-month-old Holden and 2-1/2 year-old Ronin, were found dead by their father when he…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Yes to Yuba has posted an online notification that it’s “not just road work you see going on near North Beale Road & Feather River Boulevard…construction at Costco has started!”Crews are clearing up and leveling the site and the notification reports we’ll be seeing a lot of activity over the next few…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Saying in an online post that she’s ready to join her husband Jeff in retirement, Cherie Stephens has announced that Stephens Farmhouse is officially for sale. However, Cherie goes on to make clear “we’re not closing.”The Stephens took over the former Johnson’s Farm location 21 years ago. Cherie says until the right…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – The Yuba County Sheriff’s office is passing along “their most sincere condolences to the family and friends of retired Sheriff, Gary Tindell.”Tindell passed away last Thursday, February 2nd.Tindell retired as Yuba County Sheriff in 1999 “after serving the Yuba county Community since September 1971” according to the YCSO announcement, describing Tindell “an…
(Nevada County, CA) – The Nevada County Sheriff’s office reports the arrest of 35-year-old James Michael Polney of Yuba City, following an investigation into the theft of bank cards and a Garmin GPS device from a vehicle parked along Bowman Lake Road in Nevada City. The Garmin ultimately provided deputies Polney’s location. The investigation uncovered…
(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – Marysville School District officials, including the Superintendent and the Principal of Arboga Elementary School, were joined by Yuba County’s Assistant Director of Public Works, in conducting a traffic observation of student drop-off & pick-up activity. The investigation is an effort to find a solution to traffic congestion, which they acknowledge has been…
(Paradise, CA) – A search by Paradise Police of a theft suspect’s residence has resulted in over a dozen additional charges after investigators discovered a massive stash of ammunition, gun parts and explosives.David Elkinton’s property was being searched specifically for stolen PG&E equipment when officers came upon a stash of 32,000 rounds of ammunition, 1400…
