NEWMAN - The drug testing procedure used by First Student, the firm which provides transportation services for the Newman-Crows Landing Unified School District, was pointedly called into question Monday when company officials went before the school board to address a December incident in whi…

NEWMAN - Corporal Ronil Singh was remembered Thursday evening by community members, representatives of surrounding law enforcement agencies and his fellow Newman Police Department officers, one year to the day after he was shot and killed during a traffic stop.

GUSTINE - Two Modesto residents were arrested Tuesday, Dec. 17 for the burglary of Borrelli Market in Gustine earlier that day, police reported.

A Bonita School fifth-grader is being commended for reporting to authorities that the bus he was riding Monday afternoon, Dec. 16, on his way home from school was being driven erratically.

NEWMAN - A candlelight vigil for fallen Newman Police Corporal Ronil Singh will be held Thursday evening, Dec. 26, on the one-year anniversary of his death.

NEWMAN - A historic building which stood vacant in recent years has new life as a cocktail lounge and sports bar.

Local children’s author Judy Quinn was featured Saturday morning at a book-signing hosted by the Gustine Museum. Quinn was signing copies of her latest (and fourth) book, “The Little Frog Who Walked.” Quinn, left, is pictured with Jan Codorniz, who illustrated the book.

NEWMAN - A new postmaster was formally sworn in Nov. 21 to oversee the Newman branch of the postal service and its Crows Landing sub-station.

CROWS LANDING - A beloved staff member at Bonita School in Crows Landing has retired after tending to the campus for more than 25 years.

The Gustine City Council recently honored former Police Chief Milt Medeiros on his retirement after a 43-year law enforcement career - including the past two years as the chief of the local department. From left are council member Craig Turner, Mayor Pro Tem Joe Oliveira, Mayor Pat Nagy, Med…

Five new homes are taking shape along North Avenue in Gustine. Crews recently poured foundations at the project site. The homes are being developed by SCM Homes.

NEWMAN - The district which conducts mosquito control operations on the western side of Stanislaus County will be taking a new approach in Newman next spring in light of the discovery of invasive mosquitoes in the community.

GUSTINE - The community will usher in the holidays Saturday, Nov. 30, with a full day of Christmas festivities.

GUSTINE - A Gustine man was arrested Friday, Nov. 15, in connection with two arson incidents at a home in the 200 block of Via Borrelli, police reported.

The city of Gustine and Gustine Unified School District partnered on a recent project to add a new crosswalk serving Gustine Elementary School. The crosswalk is located on Meredith Avenue crosswalk east of Grove Avenue. On hand recently to commemorate completion of the project were, from lef…

The Gustine City Council honored the Gustine Historical Society for its many contributions to the community by presenting a proclamation at its Nov. 5 meeting. Mayor Pat Nagy presented the resolution to David Perry, president of the historical society, as members looked on.

GUSTINE - A long-awaited gymnasium has taken shape at Gustine Middle School, rising from a vacant patch of land to become one of the more prominent features of the campus.

GUSTINE - Two Gustine Unified School District employees were recently honored at an annual countywide program which recognizes leaders in the educational field.

Partnerships are continuing to strengthen the community-based fire departments which serve Gustine and Newman.

This week’s expanded edition of the West Side Index and Gustine Press-Standard is being “mass-mailed” to all households in Newman, Gustine, Crows Landing and Santa Nella.