The suspect in the murder of a man in Taft Heights early on Sept. 15 confessed to the deadly shooting to 911 operator and a ...

The Kern County Sheriff is hosting Coffee with a Cop in Taft on Wednesday. Deputies and other KCSO personnel will be at the ...

Taft City outhit Velocity 11-9 as eight TC players got hits. Rodriguez, Nixon and Hale each had two hits each for the ...

Minor injuries were reported by first responders after another traffic collision at Highway 119 and E. Kern Street.

Jacob Lopez was the speaker at the annual Taft Union High School Oil Technology Academy Kick Off Barbecue Monday night.

Taft’s youth football organization, the Wildcatters, faced one of the toughest parts of their schedule last weekend, when the ...

Wright of Bakersfield, California gained her wings September 20, 2025 at the age of 93, at Memorial Hospital in Bakersfield.

In a closely contested non-conference soccer encounter on a sunny afternoon in Los Angeles, CA, the Cougars Men's Soccer Team ...

One oilfield worker was burned in a fiery explosion on Elk Hills on Wednesday. The Kern County Fire Department said the ...

Oildorado 2025 starts officially on Oct.10 with the traditional Civic Luncheon, but the celebration gets a bit of a head ...

The Cougars varsity volleyball squad split tough matches last week losing a tough five-setter to No.3-ranked San Joaquin Delta College, then rebounding to take down Cerro Coso College ...

Kern County Supervisor David Couch announced today that he’s running for the California State Assembly in District 32. With Assemblymember Stan Ellis retiring, Couch says he’s ready to bring his ...