The Merced AppleGate Zoo has a brand new sign thanks to an outpouring of community support, with the replacement cost covered ...

The Merced Police Department has seen a significant drop in crime rates, including car theft, burglaries and assaults.

The sound of taps echoed outside the Merced County Administration Building on May 14 as relatives and law enforcement ...

The Merced Police Department conducted a total of 3,510 traffic vehicle and pedestrian stops in 2023 — a decrease of 16% from the previous year — but resulting in what appears to be more ...

Chris Goodwin, a 21-year veteran of the Merced Police Department, has been named Interim Police Chief. Goodwin, pictured here in 2016 after he was promoted to captain, takes over for Norman ...

Andrew Kuhn [email protected] The city of Merced recently sent a letter to California’s attorney general, asking the state’s top cop to investigate its own police department amid ...

"Our detectives were able to locate him in the 1900 block of 4th street in the city of Atwater," said Captain Joey Perez with the Merced Police Department. The shooting happened after 5 am in a ...

If you know anything about this investigation, you're asked to call the Merced Police Department. If you are the victim of domestic abuse, or you know someone who is, there is help available 24/7.

Merced police were risking a potential gun battle with the suspect in a crowded room, he said, when they could have waited outside. Or, approached the party-goers without a show of force.

In Merced, there have been 15 reported rapes this year, according to police department data. Last year there were 29 reported rapes in the city. Rates of reported rape cases have decreased from ...

A Merced Police Department patrol vehicle. Merced Sun-Star file image. Andrew Kuhn [email protected] The Merced Police Department conducted a total of 3,510 traffic vehicle and pedestrian ...