Adult faces weapons charges, while minor faces charges of making terrorist threats.

Fire personnel found the body, according to the sheriff's office.

The man had a violent past, authorities told the Sun-Star in 2023.

A security guard died in a shooting in Merced County on Saturday night, according to the sheriff's office.

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke addresses the board of supervisors on Tuesday, April 25, 2016, imploring the board to put more money into law enforcement agencies. Thaddeus Miller ...

A Merced County jury convicted Carlos Fred Romo of second-degree murder in the 2023 death of his romantic partner, Sonia Thomas.

A Merced County deputy opened fire to save a man being mauled by a pack of dogs in Le Grand. Two of the dogs did not survive.

A volunteer with the Merced County Sheriff's Posse is recovering after falling from his horse during the annual Christmas Parade in Downtown Merced. MERCED COUNTY, Calif. (KFSN) -- A volunteer with ...

The Merced County Sheriff’s Office has issued a scam alert over an increase in phone calls involving scammers impersonating law enforcement and court officials. Residents have called the sheriff’s ...

The Merced County Sheriff’s Posse won’t be appearing in the 250th Anniversary Parade in Washington, D.C., today; the parade was canceled because of extreme heat. According to reports, the high in ...

Merced County Sheriff Vern Warnke who also serves as his county's coroner says a bus crash on a rural highway killed four people, not five. Warnke gave the new total Wednesday after canvassing ...