Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Diocese of Fresno Issues Response Over Monsignor’s Resignation

Diocese of Fresno Issues Response Over Monsignor’s Resignation

(KMJ) – The Catholic Diocese of Fresno issues an official response following last week’s resignation of a South Valley Monsignor. Thursday’s announcement by Monsignor Craig Harrison follows the dropping of a pair of sexual misconduct charges against him and word he will not drop the defamation lawsuit he filed against the Diocese Here is the…MORE

Valley Congressman Proposes Federal Funding for High Speed Rail

Valley Congressman Proposes Federal Funding for High Speed Rail

(KMJ) – Valley Democratic Congressman Jim Costa re-introduces a bill in the U.S. House to help fund California’s High Speed Rail project. His HR 867 is also known as the High-Speed Rail Corridor Development Act. It seeks to provide $32 billion to fund projects in federally designated high-speed rail corridors. That includes the Golden State’s…MORE

Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh: 1951-2021

Radio Legend Rush Limbaugh: 1951-2021

Conservative icon Rush Limbaugh, who single-handedly created the era of national political talk radio and had the most listened to program in U.S. history, died Wednesday of lung cancer a year after announcing his diagnosis with the disease. He was 70. Limbaugh’s wife, Kathryn, made the announcement on his radio show. A cultural force with…MORE

Accused Fresno Child Abductor Brought Back to the Valley

Accused Fresno Child Abductor Brought Back to the Valley

  (Photo courtesy:  Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – A Virginia man accused of flying cross-country to kidnap a young Fresno girl is returned to Fresno to stand trial. 40-year-old Nathan Larson had been in a Denver, Colorado Jail since December 14th awaiting extradition.  And this is the reason why, per the Fresno County Sheriff’s Office:…MORE

Fresno Mayor Dyer Updates Homeless Placements on Project Off-Ramp

Fresno Mayor Dyer Updates Homeless Placements on Project Off-Ramp

  FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) —  The City of Fresno is continuing to house the homeless through Project Off-Ramp, Fresno’s initiative to clear homeless encampments along the freeways. Project Off-Ramp is providing an off-ramp to homelessness and an on-ramp to a better, more productive life. Outreach workers assist the homeless by offering housing and services based on…MORE

State Auditor Says Homeless Council Not Properly Tracking Homelessness Spending

State Auditor Says Homeless Council Not Properly Tracking Homelessness Spending

  A new report issued by the California State Auditor, Elaine M Howle, CPA, says the state’s approach to addressing homelessness has hampered the effectiveness of its efforts. As directed by the Joint Legislative Audit Committee, the California State Auditor’s office conducted an audit of five local governments who play a key role in a…MORE

Fresno Woman Rearrested In Ongoing Child Sex Abuse Case

Fresno Woman Rearrested In Ongoing Child Sex Abuse Case

(Photo courtesy:  Fresno County Sheriff’s Office) (KMJ) – Fresno County Sheriff’s Sex Crime Detectives rearrest a Fresno woman for her part in an alleged child sexual abuse case. This all stems from a case where 36-year-old Jill Cox (pictured above), her husband Brent Cox, and his girlfriend,  38-year-old Tammy Schreiner, reportedly groomed Schreiner’s 12-year-old daughter…MORE

Gov. Newsom Visits Fresno Fairgrounds to Update Vaccine Plans, Protestors Chant at Gate

Gov. Newsom Visits Fresno Fairgrounds to Update Vaccine Plans, Protestors Chant at Gate

    FRESNO, CA. (KMJ) — Governor Gavin Newsom was in Fresno Wednesday morning to provide an update on COVID-19 and a new vaccine distribution site in the Central Valley. The news conference was held at the Fresno Fairgrounds. While the governor was speaking inside, protesters outside the gates chanted “Recall Gavin” and “Recall Newsom.”…MORE

Cressman’s General Store Covered in Graffiti and Garbage

Cressman’s General Store Covered in Graffiti and Garbage

(Photo courtesy:  Cressman’s General Store Instagram) (KMJ) – The iconic Cressman’s General Store was destroyed by the Creek Fire back in September.  Now, just as its owners are working to rebuild the iconic business that sits at the the four-lane, it is hit by vandals. Photos posted on the store’s Instagram page show graffiti on…MORE

Historic Intruder Heading to Castle Air Museum

Historic Intruder Heading to Castle Air Museum

(Photo Courtesy:  Castle Air Museum) (KMJ) – Atwater’s Castle Air Museum is about to add a new piece to its collection of historic aircraft. The North Valley site is partnering with the Pima Air Museum in Tuscon, Arizona to bring a Grumman A-6E Intruder to the region.  The aircraft, numbered 159579, is the next to last…MORE