Category Archives: KMJ Top Stories

Two Suspects Named In Fresno Retail Robbery

Two Suspects Named In Fresno Retail Robbery

(KMJ) – As part an ongoing Fresno Police investigation into the February 10th robbery of the J.C. Penny’s Department Store, Detectives have now identified two suspects. Detectives say the two females are responsible for assaulting a Loss Prevention Agent and forcefully stealing $180 dollars in make-up.  The two suspects who fought with Loss Prevention Agents to…MORE

Ahwahnee Hotel Sign Stolen Prior to Name Change

Ahwahnee Hotel Sign Stolen Prior to Name Change

Yosemite National Park’s Ahwahnee Hotel will soon be called “The Majestic Yosemite Hotel.” The Park will have a new primary concessioner, March 1, 2016, as Yosemite Hospitality begins its 15-year contract to provide lodging, retail, recreational services, and food to over four million annual visitors to Yosemite. “This is a new era in Yosemite and we…MORE

Video: Suspected Thief Flashes Possible Gun

Video: Suspected Thief Flashes Possible Gun

Fresno Police hope store video helps them catch two people who robbed a retail store in Northwest Fresno. The woman entered the Target at Shaw and Marks, last Wednesday, February 24 and failed to pay for merchandise. The man with her flashed what police thank may have been a handgun in his waist band. Detective…MORE

Sierra High Coach, Players Arrested in Burglary Plot

Sierra High Coach, Players Arrested in Burglary Plot

  An alert pawn shop employee is to thank — in a local case of stolen musical instruments. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office says two 16-year-old Sierra High basketball players stole the equipment from a house in Auberry, two weeks ago. They allegedly gave the loot to their 27 year old Sierra High basketball Coach Anthony Moschella try to…MORE

Valley Amtrak Service Hit By Shots Thought To Be From A Pellet Gun

Valley Amtrak Service Hit By Shots Thought To Be From A Pellet Gun

MERCED (KMJ) — An Amtrak service from Merced to Bakersfield has been shot at by what’s suspected to be a pellet gun. The incident took place Monday morning. The train had left Merced heading south, and around 10am the windows were hit by a series of shots. “So this was an Amtrak San Joaquin train…MORE

“Cajun John Wayne” Clay Higgins Resigns Amid Controversy

“Cajun John Wayne” Clay Higgins Resigns Amid Controversy

(KMJ)  One of KMJ’s favorite guests (and soundbites) Captain Clay Higgins turned in his badge and gun Monday morning. Higgins, who became a viral sensation as the no-nonsense spokesman for the St. Landry Parish Sheriff’s Office (Louisiana), resigned after an outcry from critics. Known as the “Cajun John Wayne”, Higgins broadcast the announcement on his…MORE

Trump Stumbles, Slammed on KKK Question

Trump Stumbles, Slammed on KKK Question

WASHINGTON (CNN) – Donald Trump stumbled into a racially charged controversy Sunday, saying in an interview on CNN that he didn’t know enough to disavow former Ku Klux Klan grand wizard David Duke. Trump tried to clean up his comments on Twitter in the hours that followed his interview and on TV Monday morning amid…MORE

Spotlight, DiCaprio, Mad Max Win Big at Oscars

Spotlight, DiCaprio, Mad Max Win Big at Oscars

(CNN) – “Spotlight” won just two awards at Sunday night’s 88th Academy Awards, but one of them was the night’s top prize: best picture. The film, about journalists investigating a sex abuse scandal involving Catholic priests, also won original screenplay. Leonardo DiCaprio finally won an Oscar. After four nominations without a win, the fifth time…MORE

Two Dead in Tulare Shootings

Two Dead in Tulare Shootings

(KMJ)  After a relatively quiet first two months of 2016, Tulare detectives are suddenly investigating the first two gun-related homicides of the year after a violent weekend.  A pair of shootings, reported just minutes apart, left two men dead early Saturday morning.  25 year old Steven Williams was gunned down in front of his home on Tulare St. …MORE

Black Fence Farm Owner Suing Over Tainted Horse Feed

Black Fence Farm Owner Suing Over Tainted Horse Feed

A new lawsuit targets a Valley company for selling tainted feed, linked to the death of more than a dozen horses. A total of 13 horses were lost at the Black Fence Farm which operates near Clovis, showing horses and teaching children how to ride. Katie Flanagan is the farm owner, who announced on Thursday, February…MORE