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• Man wanted in Acampo homicide gives up to San Joaquin County Sheriff's detectives

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• Your complete guide to Sandhill Crane Festival

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• Weekend bus service to continue until Lodi City Council makes decision

• California voters have final say over $11 billion water bond

• Regional Roundup

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• Speakers address Lodi Unified School District budget shortfalls, plea to keep programs

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February 8th, 2010

• Public Meetings

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February 6th, 2010

• The Home Depot hopes to join Costco at Reynolds Ranch

• Meet Larry, Curly and Moe

• Baboon business

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• Several Lodi venues let you watch the Super Bowl in style

• Lodi Library celebrates 100 years of serving the community

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February 5th, 2010

• Kids, teachers help Haiti by collecting pennies for Learning Link

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• Stray bullet strikes Lodi home; police suspect gang activity may be factor

February 4th, 2010

• Managers at Geweke Toyota answer questions about recall

• Lodi City Council votes to replace play structure at Century Park

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• Mokelumne River triathlon set for June

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February 3rd, 2010

• Correction

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• Delta College trustees again collide over stipend committee

• Lodi-area senators Dave Cox, Lois Wolk admit to gifts; Tom Berryhill case pending

• Lodi Unified School District president issues warning to speakers over cuts

• Galt City Council avoids budget cuts — for now

• New Lodi Memorial Hospital emergency room opens to the public without a hitch

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February 2nd, 2010

• Big rig plows 7 cars

• Local business leaders say tourism, Costco, Home Depot may play roles in city's future

• Former Lodian Erica Davis is first paraplegic woman to summit Kilimanjaro

• Jumpers across California

• Correction

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• No snow leopards, otters for Micke Grove

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• Police: Train victim was a Lodi teen

February 1st, 2010

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• Public Meetings

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Serial killer sentenced to prison without parole

Serial killer Roger Reece Kibbe was sentenced today to six terms of life in prison with no possibility of parole for raping and murdering women several decades ago.

Now 70, the sentence means Kibbe, dubbed the “I-5 Strangler,” will die in prison.

The sentencing gave victims’ family members a chance to tell a judge about their loved ones. Though they were instructed to address their comments to the judge, they spoke of Kibbe as a monster.

In a deal to avoid the death penalty, Kibbe pleaded guilty in September to murdering seven women between 1977 and 1986. The victims were: Lou Ellen Burleigh, 21, of Walnut Creek; Lora Heedick, 21, of Modesto; Barbara Ann Scott, 29, of Pittsburg; Stephanie Brown, 19, of Sacramento; Charmaine Sabrah, 25, of Sacramento; and Katherine Kelly Quinones, 25, of Sacramento.

As women began disappearing near roadways and their bodies turned up dumped in ditches, the killer was called the “I-5 Strangler.”

Kibbe had long been suspected in the deaths, but due to science limitations in the 1980s, he was charged with one murder. He was convicted in 1991 of raping and murdering 17-year-old Darcie Frackenpohl in El Dorado County, and has been serving a sentence of 25 years to life.

Advancements in DNA then tied Kibbe to more murders, ultimately leading to today’s sentencing.

For more on this story, see Lodinews.com for updates or read Friday’s News-Sentinel.

Contact reporter Layla Bohm at layla@lodinews.com.