A capacity crowd cheered a large contingent of Lemoore High School grads Thursday night in Tiger Stadium in the annual rite of passage known as commencement. It was a standing room only crowd that witnessed an impressive display of pageantry, that began with a United States Navy fly over featuring a pair of FA-18 Hornets and then culminating with a fireworks display. In between, several hundred LHS students earned their diplomas, handed out by the school’s board members. Keep reading...
On the heels of an April decision by the Kingsburg School District to allow a limited number of guns on its district campus, the Lemoore High School District is studying the Kingsburg District’s decision and has decided to seek additional information from its Valley neighbor as to the reasons school officials there approved the controversial measure. Keep reading...
Apr 17 2016 - 2:55pm
There were 16 teams vying for Lemoore's "best designed" pizza at Saturday's annual "Pizza Making" contest in Lemoore City Park. The 16th annual contest was sponsored this year by the Educational Employees Credit Union and when all the votes were tallied, a team from Olam won with the best designed pizza. The team of Glenda Marroquin, Pamela Muncy, Tameka Lewis, Melanie Griffard and Virginia Lowe were awarded a $200 prize by EECU judges. Keep reading...
For 27 years, the community has known the large three-story building on Douty Street as Central Valley General Hospital. On March 7, 2016, Adventist Health leaders and staff revealed the new name, as Adventist Health / Community Care. Keep reading...
Dr. Lakshmi Duriseti, a board-certified specialist who will care for children and adults with allergies, asthma and immune system disorders, has joined the Adventist Health / Lung Care Center in Hanford and Community Care clinics in Hanford and Selma. Keep reading...
Local businessman Buzz Felleke, owner of Joshua’s Roasting Company, has recently acquired a new hefty piece of coffee machinery. This spring, Felleke decided to test out the K-Cup trend by manufacturing, in house by hand, K-Cup pods of his signature Ethiopian coffee, which he calls K-Buzz cups. Keep reading...
One of the founders of “Reestablishing Stratford,” the non-profit created to bring positive resources to the citizens of Stratford, was named the “Man of the Year” by the Tulare-Kings Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. 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...
After repeated efforts to sell Pioneer Square, one of Lemoore’s major shopping areas, the owners of what is now referred to as Gateway Plaza, have put the 37-year-old property up for auction, with a starting bid of $1.9 million. Keep reading...
