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By Scott Thomas Anderson Lodi Fire Captain Joe Hansen spent more than 25 years in the service of saving lives. However, in the cold, dark hours of May 3, there was no one present to try to save his life, as he lay on a mountainous shoulder of Highway 88 — the latest victim [...]
By Scott Thomas Anderson “Suicide is a devastating thing to be around,” an employee of Amador Hills Cremation and Funeral Service told Ledger Dispatch reporters in 2009, after a man killed himself with a gun at the doorway of their business, traumatizing funeral workers, visitors and citizens at a nearby barber shop. Two weeks later, [...]
By Scott Thomas Anderson At least one industry in Amador County is still thriving — wine — and congressman Dan Lungren held a meeting last week to encourage the local industry’s business leaders to explore thinking big and expanding into Asian markets. Wine is booming in the global economy from Beijing to Manila, an economy [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Official campaign committee and candidate financial statements, Form 460s, — inexplicably not listed on California Secretary of State Debra Bowen’s web site — filed by Amador County Superior Court Judge candidate Jeff Seaton for two separate periods in 2011, have been located and the information they contain is being presented here. [...]
Campaign finances take center stage in election battles By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com As the political races for an Amador County Superior Court judgeship and a new state assembly member heat up in the weeks before the June 5 Primary Election, the Ledger Dispatch has compiled a list of campaign finance records submitted by the candidates [...]
By Scott Thomas Anderson & Bill Lavallie Amador County Sheriff’s detectives are shedding light on a shooting incident that took place Monday evening outside of Plymouth — a family clash that left one brother in handcuffs and another brother with a bullet in his head. It was around 5:48 p.m. when sheriff’s deputies responded to [...]
By Scott Thomas Anderson Amador County Superior Court Judge David Richmond has ruled that a convicted, registered sex offender will stand trial for living in a Sutter Creek home with children, on a property adjacent to Amador High School and failing to register as a sex offender for life in California. The preliminary hearing for [...]
Banner ordinance adopted during “times of economic decline” By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com Amador County supervisors have narrowly approved a new ordinance to regulate the display of advertising “banners” for businesses and non-profit organizations during “times of economic decline,” nearly six months after the issue was first brought before them, and after at least two [...]
By Scott Thomas Anderson Authorities say that Christopher Smith’s world is haunted by “shape-shifters,” “gut-eaters,” hidden nuclear sites and shadow conspiracies. However, last week, a doctor ruled Smith was mentally fit to stand trial for allegedly threatening to kill Amador Superior Court Judge Susan Harlan, as well as the county’s chief district attorney investigator, Weldon [...]
By Matthew Hedger mhedger@ledger-dispatch.com A plan to close City Hall to the public on Fridays for the foreseeable future and another to keep the school district-owned swimming pool open for the summer were just two of the items on the agenda at this week’s Ione City Council meeting April 17. A report penned by Interim [...]
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