Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Hundreds Of East Porterville Homes Now Have Access To Water

Hundreds Of East Porterville Homes Now Have Access To Water

[Photo: DWR] FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A partnership of state and local agencies finished connecting 755 homes to a safe, reliable, permanent water supply on Wednesday. All households participating in the East Porterville Water Supply Project have now been connected to the City of Porterville’s municipal water system. The Department of Water Resources’ Doug Carlson…MORE

Fresno Unified’s “Excellence in Education” Awards Recognizes Outstanding Employees

Fresno Unified’s “Excellence in Education” Awards Recognizes Outstanding Employees

  FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – More than 600 Fresno Unified Employees and their families attended the “2018 Excellence in Education” awards. This year’s event held at the Golden Palace Banquet Hall in West Central Fresno was honoring and recognizing some of the Fresno Unified School District’s outstanding employees. 45 finalists received plaques, after being nominated by their…MORE

Homicide Suspects From Mississippi Caught Sleeping In Fresno

Homicide Suspects From Mississippi Caught Sleeping In Fresno

FRESNO (KMJ) — Two wanted suspects from Mississippi have been arrested outside a Southeast Fresno gym. The call on Tuesday came after passers-by alerted police to a suspicious vehicle with two people sleeping inside. After checking plate information and speaking to the pair within, the responding officer established that the vehicle belonged to a wanted…MORE

Charge Filed In Murder Of Transgender Victim: Kenton “KC” Haggard

Charge Filed In Murder Of Transgender Victim: Kenton “KC” Haggard

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A murder charge is now filed against the man accused of killing a transgender person, Kenton ‘KC” Haggard. On Monday, Fresno police announced they arrested Richard Joseph Lopez (above) of Fresno. Lopez was already in custody in Fresno on an elder abuse charge and auto theft from a crime in 2017 in…MORE

Distracted Driver Convicted Of Vehicular Manslaughter In Kern County

Distracted Driver Convicted Of Vehicular Manslaughter In Kern County

    FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A distracted driver is convicted of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in Kern County. Last March, Gary Vansant struck and killed 41 year-old Sara Hernandez. She was crossing in an unmarked crosswalk, at Ashe and McKee Roads to get to the Bakersfield Sports Village Soccer Park. The Kern County DA’s office…MORE

China Peak Temporarily Closed – Not Enough Snow For Skiers

China Peak Temporarily Closed – Not Enough Snow For Skiers

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – China Peak Mountain Resort seeing too little snow to remain open, for now. The resort had to close in early January, and had just reopened on January 26. Officials said they will open on a moment’s notice, once the area gets enough snow. Resort officials says they’re looking for 18 inches,…MORE

One Dead After Shooting Near Fresno’s Tioga Middle School

One Dead After Shooting Near Fresno’s Tioga Middle School

FRESNO (KMJ) — A homicide investigation is underway following an early morning shooting in Central Fresno. Police were called to a home close to Millbrook and Santa Ana Avenues at around 4am. “We responded to 3523 East Santa Ana for a report of multiple shots being fired at the location,” established Fresno Police Sergeant Andre…MORE

Fresno Felon Suspect In Transgender Murder From 2015

Fresno Felon Suspect In Transgender Murder From 2015

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – Fresno Police make an arrest on Monday in the murder of a transgender person killed in Central Fresno back in 2015. It was back on July 23rd, around 2:20 in the morning that Kenton Haggard was stabbed to death on Blackstone and Cornell Avenues. Surveillance video shows 66 year-old Haggard, wearing…MORE

Sexually Violent Predator From Visalia Committed To Coalinga State Hospital

Sexually Violent Predator From Visalia Committed To Coalinga State Hospital

FRESNO, CA (KMJ) – A sexually violent predator from Visalia is committed to the State hospital. 44 year-old Jessie Pritchett will be confined for an undetermined amount of time at Coalinga State Hospital. Tulare County District Attorney Tim Ward says Pritchett’s rampage of violence in Tulare and LA Counties spanned 30 years against more than…MORE

Fresno Police Say Alleged Jaywalker Had Pot For Sale When Arrested

Fresno Police Say Alleged Jaywalker Had Pot For Sale When Arrested

FRESNO (KMJ) — A Fresno man has been arrested for possession of marijuana for sale, after he was originally caught jaywalking in Southeast Fresno. It comes as Fresno Police are trying to bring down the number of vehicle versus pedestrian incidents. “We have been targeting pedestrians in our Downtown area and in our high-traffic areas…MORE