The Turlock Unified School District honored 16 classified support personnel as nominees for the Stanislaus County Office of Education Employees Making A Difference Award Program, scheduled for Jan. 26. Of the 16 TUSD employees, three were selected to be honored at the County level, including Kathy Prada, an administrative assistant at Turlock High School, Ben Liang, a TUSD maintenance worker, Alicia Miranda, a health technician at Osborn Two-Way Immersion Academy. 

Despite being the first comic book shop to open in Turlock since 2009, Sky High Comics and Collectibles tenure Downtown will be short-lived. On Tuesday, Sky High announced on their Facebook that they would be closing their doors in the near future.

The Postal Center USA – A Notary Connection, located at 2930 Geer Rd., has a new, patriotic sign hanging above the business. The sign lights bright in the Blossom Valley Plaza, which tends to get dark once the sun sets.

Dutcher Middle School eighth-graders William Cooke and Catherine Smith are the Turlock Unified School District’s Character Counts Students of the Month for the character trait of fairness. Cooke is an eighth-grade immersion student and he holds a 4.0 GPA. At Dutcher he is involved in jazz band, the soccer team and the Orators Club.

Sidewalk repairs in Turlock continue, this time at on the corner of Olive Avenue and Palm Street. Outside of the First American Title Company, located at 501 E. Olive Ave., the large trees and sidewalk have been pulled out as repairs are made.

Driving around Turlock, many may notice the cracked and lifted sidewalks scattered about the town. On Tuesday, crews were at the corner of Fulkerth and Tully roads laying some fresh cement.