At last, a home for winter
A mother of three children, who identified herself as “Chante,” would have been sleeping on the street with her family by now. But a newly developed program of the Madera Housing Authority to help homeless families came to her rescue. She and her family were chosen as among the first residents of the Pomona Ranch […]
100 years ago in Madera for third week of November
100 years agoWeek of Nov. 19, 1917 “RAWHIDE LAURA” IS ARRESTED — Laura Lance, better known in this vicinity as “Rawhide Laura,” is at the local jail on a charge of insanity. For some weeks past, Laura has been at the county hospital and during the past few days has exhibited more signs of insanity. […]
Editor’s Corner: Nation still affected by Kennedy death
When President John F. Kennedy was shot to death Nov. 22, 1963, much of the United States came to a stop, so great was the shock at the assassination of an American president. Fifty-four years later, some of that shock remains. Clint Hill, the Secret Service agent who leapt into the president’s Lincoln convertible to […]