Jun 14 2016 - 9:50am
A surprise storm hit the Valley early Sunday morning and it brought with it thunder and lightning – lots of it. The Leader photographer, Bill Burris, was up and stepped outside to take photos, including the one shown here. Keep reading...
Apr 30 2016 - 2:07pm
The beautiful Sarah Mooney Museum has housed and shared the early history of our area for the past 42 years. In 1973, Sarah’s oldest granddaughter and her husband, Marie and Buzz Blakely, donated the property at 542 West D Street to the Lemoore Chamber of Commerce to be kept as a Museum in honor of Sarah Mooney. Keep reading...
With a possible life in the balance, Lemoore’s vaunted Volunteer Fire Department responded within minutes to an apartment fire at the Lemoore Arms Apartments, across from the Best Buy Market. Joining the Lemoore Volunteers were units from the Kings County Fire Department, both of whom arrived on the scene shortly after the call came in about 8:20 p.m. Friday night. Keep reading...
There were plenty of smiles, tears, plenty of awards, and even a few one liners at Wednesday’s West Hills College women’s basketball team’s end-of-season banquet. The Golden Eagles recently concluded their best season ever, compiling an impressive 19-10 record and finishing second in the Central Valley Conference. Keep reading...
Dinner patrons and fans of the arts got quite a show Friday night as the Lemoore High School Choir Department put on its annual extravaganza celebrating music and culture known as the annual LHS Choir Dinner Show. Keep reading...
A packed house at the Tachi Hotel and Casino Bingo Hall Friday night watched as Tim Wahl became Lemoore’s latest Citizen of the Year. Joining Wahl in earning recognition were Frances Perkins of the Lemoore Best Western Hotel, tabbed as this year’s Business of the Year, and the Lemoore Future Farmers of America, named the Organization of the Year. Keep reading...
The Lemoore Chamber of Commerce announced Tuesday the selections of the new Lemoore Citizen of the Year, Business of the Year and Organization of the Year. Earning a well-deserved honor as the community’s newest Citizen of the Year is longtime teacher and community leader Tim Wahl. Keep reading...
Lemoore’s Fresh & Easy neighborhood market will be closing its doors soon, despite surviving an earlier series of closures that left only stores in Lemoore and Reedley open for business in the Valley. Keep reading...