Chico Drug Bust…Two Children In Protective Custody

A sizable drug bust in Chico lands three people behind bars today.  Drug agents served warrants this morning at two residences in the 2,000 block of Notre Dame Boulevard.  Agents say they seized approximately two pounds of meth in the first home, as well as a loaded gun and $14,000.  While searching the second home, agents seized [...]

(Update)Shooting At NIU

  

(AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

     DEKALB, Ill. (AP) – More details are being released about the
man who opened fire yesterday at Northern Illinois University –
where officials now say he took the lives of five people before
killing himself.
     Earlier, a coroner had said six students were killed. But he now
says that number is five — and that [...]

Lawmakers Probe Meat Safety of School Lunch Program

     WASHINGTON (AP) – Lawmakers are calling for an investigation
into the safety of meat in the National School Lunch Program,
citing concerns raised by alleged abuses at a slaughterhouse in
Chino, Calif.
     Democratic Representatives George Miller of California, Rosa
DeLauro of Connecticut and Carolyn McCarthy of New York, along with
Senator Dick Durbin of Illinois, are asking the Government
Accountability [...]

Orland School Principal On Administrative Leave

School officials are staying tight lipped about a change at the top at Orland’s Mill Street School.  Principal Francisco Flores is on administrative leave for unknown reasons and for an undetermined amount of time. Orland Superintendent Chris von Kleist confirmed Flores is on leave, but said he can’t divulge any more for legal reasons. In [...]

President Orders Shoot Down of Satellite

     WASHINGTON (AP) – For the first time ever, the Pentagon is
planning to shoot down a spacecraft with a missile.
     White House officials say President Bush decided to bring down
the broken spy satellite because its fuel poses a danger to people
on the ground.
     Officials aren’t saying exactly when they’ll try, but the
satellite is expected to [...]

Former Chico Police Officer Charged of Filing False Report

34-year old Robert Ponce has been charged with filing a false police report in 2007.  Butte County District Attorney Mike Ramsey tells KPAY News that in August of 2007, Ponce kept a counterfeit $100 bill instead of logging it as evidence.  He then gave it to a Chico woman he became enamored with.  Ramsey says [...]

Bernanke says Nation’s Business Prospects have Deteriorated

WASHINGTON (AP) – Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke is telling Congress the nation’s country’s economic outlook has deteriorated and is signals the Fed is ready to again lower interest rates to steady things.  In prepared remarks to the Senate Banking Committee on Thursday, Bernanke also says the one-two punch of the housing and credit
crises has [...]

Early Morning Fire Damages Red Bluff Home

Smoke detectors alert a Red Bluff family to a blaze in their home.  The Red Bluff Fire Department says crews were called to a home on Burgess Street just before 3 AM today.  Firefighters found heavy smoke at the front door.  The department says one resident was treated at the scene for minor smoke inhalation.  [...]

California Group Analyzes Housing Problems

Many California families are “LOCKED OUT” of the state’s housing market…meaning they can’t afford to buy a home.  That’s according to the California Budget Project, which just released a new report focused on state housing issues. The report also provides a snap-shot of housing issues in Butte County. It says the county’s median-priced home was 279 thousand [...]

Iraq Troop Surge One Year Old Today

PENTGAGON (AP) – The U.S. military is claiming some success on the first anniversary of the troop surge in Iraq. Spokesman Greg Smith says the extra 30,000 troops who started rolling toward the Baghdad area last Valentine’s Day had triggered “a dramatic dropoff in the levels of violence” by last fall. The 82nd Airborne was [...]