The Lemoore City Council will discuss the coronavirus, its implications, and impacts on the city during Tuesday’s (March 17) meeting. Health officials and government sources have recommended against larger gatherings, and city officials remind anyone attending to do so at their own risk. Keep reading...
Former Lemoore Councilmember Holly Blair, transferred on January 9 to a California State Hospital to received competency training and treatment in anticipation of an upcoming trial, has been “restored to competency” according to law enforcement officials. Keep reading...
There were only three council members on hand Tuesday night to conduct the city’s business. Fortunately, there wasn’t much on the agenda, the main item of interest probably the approval of a consumption lounge license planned for a local cannabis dispensary. Keep reading...
The Leader has learned that one of Lemoore’s biggest employers will soon be closing its doors. City of Lemoore sources and company officials have confirmed that Olam, a tomato processing facility located in Lemoore’s industrial park, will soon close. Keep reading...
Former Lemoore Council Member Holly Blair is headed to an inpatient mental health program. Kings County Superior Court Judge Randy Edwards ordered the move after hearing from the county community program director, who recommended she be placed at a state facility. Keep reading...
A California State community program director dealing in mental health issues is likely to tell a Kings County Superior Court judge whether former Lemoore City Councilmember Holly Blair should be placed in an inpatient mental health treatment center or treated as an outpatient until she is capable of standing trial. Keep reading...
Holly Blair's controversial tenure with the Lemoore City Council may have come to an end, at least as far as the city is concerned. Council members, while adhering to their official Rules of Procedures, provided a consensus Tuesday night to remove the controversial council member from the seat she was elected to in 2016. Keep reading...
Lemoore Councilmember Holly Blair remains in jail today (July 10) as the Kings County District Attorney’s Office on Monday, July 8, filed four additional charges against the first-term council member following her second arrest Saturday (July 6) on a variety of charges that included suspicion of spousal battery and felony criminal threats. Keep reading...
Kings County Jail officials and the Lemoore Police Department confirmed that Lemoore Councilmember Holly Blair was booked into the Kings County Jail this afternoon (July 6) for various charges that included suspicion of spousal battery and felony criminal threats. Keep reading...
Lemoore’s first-term council member, Holly Blair, was late to her court date today (July 5) for her arraignment – and without an attorney – as she faces a slew of felony and misdemeanor charges stemming from the June 5 incident that resulted in a high-speed chase and ended with her arrest at the intersection of Lemoore Avenue and Cinnamon Drive. Keep reading...