Hit-and-run suspect Alejandro Padilla is being held on $165,000 bail and is now in Kern County Sheriff's custody.

A fire burned weeds and brush in a dry drainage ditch on the 200 block of Eastern Avenue Tuesday after and spread into a ...

Hit-and-run suspect Alejandro Padilla surrendered to law enforcement officers Tuesday afternoon, according to Taft Police.

Construction is scheduled to start in 2026 on a project to pour concrete sidewalks near Conley School along South Street from Rose Avenue to Asher Avenue.

Two men were arrested last week after they tried to hide in a Ford City house. One hid in an attic and finally surrendered to Taft Police and Kern County Sheriff’s deputies. It started in the late ...

A brush fire blackened almost 80 acres in the North Belridge area Saturday evening. Kern County firefighters were dispatched ...

Officer initiated activity at Taft Police Department, Commerce Wy. Disposition: Completed. Officer initiated activity at Buena Vista. Disposition: Completed. Officer initiated activity at Driller ...

Taft Police have identified the suspect in a fatal hit-and-run collision that killed a motorcyclist Sunday morning.

Taft Police said a hit-and-run crash killed a motorcyclist Sunday morning. Police are seeking the driver of a pickup that ...

The Diamonds won their division at the Hanford Sports Complex by defeating Coalinga Rumble, 9-2 on field 1 and Salinas, 15-1 ...

Taft Police are on scene of a fatal collision between a pickup truck and a motorcycle on Kern Street just west of Cascade Place.