A car wash and bake sale are being planned for three-year-old Robby Byers of Biggs. Robby is Autistic and desperately needs a service dog to help with his anxiety and meltdowns. Robby tends to wander or bolt away from his parents Travis and Andrena Byers of Biggs and a service dog would be at his side to make sure he does not get in harms way.

After 32 years with the Live Oak School District, Roger Christianson has retired as the Ag Instructor.

Every year at Live Oak High School, in between regular schoolwork, athletics, work, home life, and trying to enjoy their final year of high school, senior students are tasked with the graduation requirement of completing a senior project. The project requires that students complete at least twenty-hours of a community-service based project of...

Former Mayor Doris Long will be honored at the Butte County Library Saturday, June 15, 2013 for her many years of service at both the Carnegie and Spruce Street Gridley Library branches. Long will be presented the “Wiley Award,” which was established by the Gridley Friends of the Library, named after Donald and Nora Wiley, who...

The quick response by staff at Sycamore School and the CAL-Fire responders meant damage was contained to a boys bathroom at Sycamore School on Tuesday.

Biggs Elementary School will have a computer lab, called the Wolverine Learning Center, thanks to a $15,000 donation from Wilbur Ellis. The donation was presented by Cory Salter, Livestock Manager for Wilbur Ellis to Biggs Elementary Principal Minden King. Students yelled, “Thank you Wilbur Ellis,” while the photograph was being taken.

Thanks to a very generous community the Gridley High Sober Grad Party Fund Raiser netted $4,000! Dr. Bert and Charla Nielsen had the Bulldog in their beautiful yard last week.

Gridley FFA has been competing at the Silver Dollar Fair for the past week. Here are the results!

The 2013 Class of Biggs High School held commencement ceremonies with 34 graduating.

The Gridley High Class of 2013 fund raiser for their sober grad party has been a great experience not only for the families chosen to receive the Bulldog and flamingos but also for the photographer who followed them around town (only caught in the act of taking a picture once by a homeowner).

Business Improvement District representative Jerry Fichter (right) is pictured receiving a donation from Kathy Neal of the Gridley United Methodist Church.

The popular Officer and Child mural located adjacent to the Gridley Police Department has been restored after years of deterioration of the wall.

SPC James Thomas Leslie Parker, 22, passed away Tuesday, March 26, 2013, in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Col. John E. Trnka, Jr., Vice Wing Commander of the 940th Wing of Beale Air Force Base was the featured speaker at Live Oak's Memorial Day Services held at the Cemetery. Col. Trnka is a highly decorated officer with more than 90 combat hours and has flown many missions in northern and southern Iraq. He recently completed training on the RQ-4...

Memorial Day Services at the Military Veterans Court of Honor at the Gridley-Biggs Cemetery Monday included featured speaker Carl “Butch” Frederickson who spoke on his two tours to Vietnam. His speech was entitled “Vietnam, A Generation Divided, to a Nation United for Freedom.”

One local athlete will perform today at the prestigious CIF State Meet after a standout performance at the section finals last Friday.

Emily Tsuchida, a Nurse Practitioner in HIV care from Sacramento and President of the Board of NCAC (Nor Cal Aids Cycle) joined the Nor Cal Aids Ride last week as they stayed at the Butte County Fairgrounds the first night. Many of the 125 riders were on this ride for the seventh year. Some proceeds of the ride go to C.A.R.E.S., needle exchange...

The Gridley Business Improvement District celebrated the 8th Anniversary of the Gridley Farmer's Market Tuesday at Daddow Park from 5 to 8 p.m., which included plenty of fresh fruits and vegetables, including LaViolette's and Happy Jack's along with Janyo Yogurt, Buckshot Grill, tons of beautiful purses, jewelry, custom wood products such as...

Students selected as April Students of the Month were: (Top row L to R) MacKenzie Rogers, Preethy Gosal, Eric Guerrero, Christian Eller, Adon Eccles and Kiran Gosal; (Middle row L to R) Kenzie Wilburn, Savannah Gaylord and George Wise; (Front row L to R) Samuel Santillan, Camila Delatorre, Bella Bowling, Cristabel Garcia, Evelyn Aguilar, Alyssa...

Several local athletes qualified for the Northern Section Master’s Meet that will take place today at West Valley High School. Field events will begin at 4:00PM and track events are set to begin at 6:00PM.

Eighth grade Manzanita student Bryar Byrne and his partner Carson Williams of Lincoln earned a position on the California State/Provincial National Junior High Rodeo team and will travel with fellow teammates to Gallup, New Mexico, June 23-29 to compete at the ninth annual National Junior High Finals Rodeo (NJHFR) in the team roping competition.

Results from NSCIF Division II, Division III, and Division IV track and field finals.

At approximately 11:15 AM last Thursday, two vehicles occupied by several high school students were involved in a head-on collision on Spruce Street directly in front of Gridley High School.

Saturday's 51st Annual Red Suspenders Day Celebration had everything in the way of Small Town Americana except maybe hot apple pie. The day was a huge success thanks to Christine Cunningham and the Gridley Chamber of Commerce. Of course the fun began on Friday with the Unjustice Court in Daddow Park with "Judge Dean Price," at the gavel as he left...

In February of this year, at the NSCIF Track and Field Committee Meeting, Ed Roach was selected as the Northern Section Honored Coach. For nearly four years, Ed has distinguished himself as a dedicated, hardworking, and knowledgeable professional with an immense amount of passion for the sport.