Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Motorists travel through the flooded intersection of Cleveland and Schnoor avenues on Tuesday. For about an hour earlier this week, Madera residents saw the dark clouds rolling in. Then rain and hail fell for about an hour, dropping almost 1.5 inches of rain in one day. Tuesday’s storm dropped 1.42 inches of rain, which annihilated the previous April 21 record of 0.40 inches. “It was a pretty packed bunch of rain that came through in a span

Courtesy of Tim Riché of Madera Unified School District The reconstruction of Memorial Stadium is going strong, and foundation is starting to be poured as seen in a drone photo last week. Occasionally, we hear the lingering heartbreak from alumni regarding the beautiful red-brick, Spanish-style buildings that were lost in the 60s and 70s due to earthquake safety mandates. Today, the Madera Unified School District Board of Trustees faces those same heavy considerations: How t

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Volunteers for the Madera Artist Friends group make paper out of recycled material with attendees during last year’s Arts Fest hosted by Madera County Schools Foundation and Madera County Superintendent of Schools and sponsored by EECU. Families are invited to attend the 13th annual Madera County ArtsFest on May 2 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. This free community event celebrates art and creativity in Madera County with a fun, carnival-lik

The Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding suspected possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material occurring in Madera County. Detectives identified 77-year-old Madera Resident William Mark Gann, as a suspect in this case. On Wednesday, detectives with the Madera County Sheriff’s Office, in partnership with detectives from the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force

For The Madera Tribune Madera County Sheriff’s Office deputies found a car that was stuck in standing water after Tuesday’s storm, and found 50 2.5 gallon containers of ag chemicals in the car, worth approximately $10,000. The suspect, who later returned to the scene, was arrested. During storms, people are told to not drive through standing water, but for once the Madera County Sheiff’s Office is grateful someone didn’t listen. On Tuesday, after the storm passed through, MC

Earlier this month, a concerned motorist reported a big rig driving recklessly on northbound SR-99 near 4th Street in Madera. At one point, the big rig collided with an overpass and continued driving. CHP Madera officers quickly located the vehicle and made an enforcement stop. During the investigation, the driver was suspected to be under the influence of drugs and was placed under arrest.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South No. 9 batter Yafred Vanegas puts down a sacrifice bunt during a two-run second inning. Vanegas added two sacrifice flies to drive in two. He also scored a run. The Madera South Stallions’ offense was hot on a cold night in an 11-6 victory over the Central Grizzlies at Eddie Chapa Field. The Stallions also got an up-and-down pitching performance from Victor Mercado to lift them to the win. Mercado finished with 115 pitches on t