MADERA - The ballots for the 2018 general election on November 6th are being mailed out to registered voters on Monday October 8th. Voters will have nearly a month to vote then mail or drop the ballots off at several locations throughout the county.
Unlike in years past when voters were assigned neighborhood precincts where they would cast their votes, before last June’s primary election every registered voter in Madera County was mailed a ballot that voters can mail back, drop off or vote at several locations through-out the county on accessible devices. For the general election, the Madera County Elections Department is paying for the return postage for the ballots. So now there is no excuse the not vote this November.
HANFORD - On Friday, September 14, Kern Valley State Prison (KVSP) correctional officer Armando Gallegos, died unexpectedly in a Hanford hospital. Gallegos, 56, had worked at KVSP since graduating from the Basic Correctional Officer Academy in 2005. He remained at the prison until April 21, 2018 when he, along with a second officer, sustained injuries during an attack by inmates.
SACRAMENTO - A superseding indictment was unsealed today, adding four defendants and additional charges to a case involving an illegal gambling business operating in Sacramento and elsewhere in California, U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott announced. Yaniv Gohar, 35, of Berkeley; Orel Gohar, 28, of San Francisco; and Eran Buhbut 33, of Oakland were indicted in December 2017, charged with conducting an illegal gambling business. 
FRESNO - A federal grand jury in Fresno returned a five-count indictment Thursday against 16 members and associates of La Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13), Assistant Attorney General Brian A. Benczkowski of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney McGregor W. Scott for the Eastern District of California announced.
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