Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Abducted Toddler Found, Domestic Violence Suspect In Custody

Abducted Toddler Found, Domestic Violence Suspect In Custody

[Photo: Fresno PD] UPDATE: Fresno Police say suspect is in custody, two-year-old found safe. [Photo: Fresno PD] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno police are looking for a man considered armed and dangerous who abducted his two-year old daughter. Fresno Police Chief Jerry Dyer says the domestic violence incident began at 5:30 on Thursday, at the…MORE

Grizzlies Show Plans For Updates At Chukchansi Park

Grizzlies Show Plans For Updates At Chukchansi Park

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Final renderings of the plans to update Chukchansi Park are released today. Fresno Sports and Events, the ownership group of the Fresno Grizzlies are making major capital improvements. They say a new more modern hospitality area in the left field area will help put the stadium in the upper-echelon of…MORE

Tulare Mayor Says “Ag Causes Asthma” Facebook Post Is Out Of Context

Tulare Mayor Says “Ag Causes Asthma” Facebook Post Is Out Of Context

FRESNO (KMJ) — Mayor of Tulare Carlton Jones said his post on Facebook criticizing the ag industry was taken out of context. A screenshot of his words have been circulating on social media. Jones told KMJ News that the statement, which includes the line “ag strips the natural resources and contaminates our ground water and…MORE

Body Found May Be Missing 18-Year Old Hiker

Body Found May Be Missing 18-Year Old Hiker

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Sheriff’s Office says their SAR Search and Rescue Team has recovered the body of a man from the San Joaquin River. They believe he’s the missing 18-year-old hiker, Jared Gardner, who was swept away last Saturday when hiking with friends near Auberry. Since then, Lt. Kathy Curtice says the Fresno County…MORE

Fresno Mom Shares Daughter’s Story To Raise Lyme Disease Awareness

Fresno Mom Shares Daughter’s Story To Raise Lyme Disease Awareness

[Photo: Jody Hudson] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – May is Lyme Disease Awareness Month – one local mother hopes to share her daughter’s story to spread awareness. Jody Hudson’s daughter, Alex was supposed to be heading off to UCLA, but on March 24th, the 22 year-old lost her fight. For ten years, they didn’t know they were…MORE

Fresno County’s Sheriff Meets Trump, Discusses California’s Immigration Policy

Fresno County’s Sheriff Meets Trump, Discusses California’s Immigration Policy

[Photo: Sheriff Margaret Mims] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Sheriff Margaret Mims and other California law enforcement and public officials met with President Trump on Thursday in the Nation’s capital. “The President wanted to hear from all of us individually about the impacts of the Sanctuary State Law, and so that’s what we told him, said…MORE

Teen Who Allegedly Posted Central High Prom Threat Enters Plea

Teen Who Allegedly Posted Central High Prom Threat Enters Plea

FRESNO (KMJ) — The 18 year old alleged to have threatened a shooting at Central High School’s prom has appeared in Fresno County Superior Court. Facing a felony charge of criminal threats, Edward Hannah entered a not guilty plea Wednesday morning. It is alleged that he posted on social media that anyone attending the Saturday…MORE