By Paul Myers @PaulM_SGN STRATHMORE – The Strathmore Spartans have made a habit of beating teams – badly. But head coach Jeromy Blackwell has not been all that impressed with his team’s performance late in games. In their last game before they welcomed the Cardinals to town, against the Templeton Eagles, Strathmore let up 14 points […]

By Reggie Ellis @Reggie_SGN EXETER – No store epitomizes Exeter’s “shop local” motto better than its newest retail store. E Street Market is owned by three women who either live, work or do both in Exeter. Every item in the store is made in Tulare County, unless it isn’t made here, and then the products fall […]

By Reggie Ellis @Reggie_SGN VISALIA – Watching waiters balance trays as they scoot across pavement might be an unusual site for most restaurants, but not at A&W. The restaurant chain of root beer fame was one of the first fast food restaurants that was made popular as a drive-up spot in the cruising 1950s. Waitresses shuttling […]

@TheSunGazette SACRAMENTO – For some students, going to college is not guaranteed, even with student loans. It is true that not everyone can afford to go to college if they want to stay out of debt, but being eligible to go is another matter entirely. Maintaining good grades, or at least good enough to be […]

Generations of students, parents, alumni in Woodlake, Orosi, Visalia and Lindsay mourn the passing of Jack Mann @TheSunGazette VISALIA – Jack Mann expected a lot out of the students he educated for more than 40 years, the players he coached for a half century and the Valley he called home for his entire life. And […]

By Jeffrey Hagen, DPM Visalia Medical Clinic Recently I was at a high school track meet and watched a runner limp through an entire 2-mile race. Anybody could see that with every lap she hurt more and more. Though she finished last, the spectators all gave her a rousing cheer for finishing the race despite […]