CHICO — Randall Stone of Chico will take over as director of Special Olympics Butte County on Jan. 1. Stone will replace Debbie Roth, who resigned in July. Under Stone's leadership, he hopes the organization will soon see its own Web site, "which ...

McClatchy Newspapers We do it for a reason that is as timeless as humanity itself: women. Women have an overpowering biological need to mark pretty much every occasion, including sunset, by wrapping a gift and giving it to somebody, along with a card ...

WILLOWS — A worldwide scam spreading out of Canada has surfaced for the first time in Glenn County. The scam involves fraudulent checks sent via mail from Maple Leaf Lottery Corp. Local authorities learned of such a check Friday afternoon through a ...

Gene Tunney finally got his due from his adopted home state last night. The heavyweight champion, who twice defeated legendary brawler Jack Dempsey, then retired to Stamford and is buried in Long Ridge Union Cemetery, was inducted into the ...

Hometown Christmas - Hometown Christmas was a wonderful success, thanks to all our sponsors and the hard-working committee and staff that organized it. The Corning Chamber of Commerce thanks these major sponsors: All Star Recycling, Bell Carter Olive ...

There are more than 60 stores at the Waterside Shops in Naples and many are having sales. There is still more than enough parking spots available at this swanky mall. General Manager Annette Alvarez said some of the stores offering sales normally do ...

Ava Knight, Chico's world-ranked professional boxer, is currently putting the finishes touches on her preparation for the most important fight of her career. On Tuesday at the Table Mountain Casino in Friant, Knight will take on unbeaten Kaliesha ...

OROVILLE — Authorities said that a man who admitted robbing three banks, including one in Chico, claimed he spent more than $8,000 of the loot on "in-room entertainment" at a Las Vegas hotel. Edward Eugene Eastes, 42, is currently serving an eight ...

HUMANITIES CENTER, CHICO STATE: 4-5:30 p.m. Trinity Hall, Room 100. Kyle Wiley Pickett, music director of North State Symphony, will discuss beauty as it relates to the upcoming symphony production, Nov. 14-16, that includes Rossini's "Barber of ...

Around this time last year, Laurie Stathopoulos and Christian Day weren't talking. In fact, they couldn't even be in the same room. The two Salem witches had filed charges against each other after Stathopoulos smashed a lamp over Day's head. The bad ...