MUSD facing crucial vote
The electorate in the Nov. general election will decide two important issues for Madera Unified School District. The voters will determine whether the district will be able to build three new schools it says it desperately needs and whether it will be able to modernize old ones. The voters also will decide who is going […]
Pair killed during fight on Road 400
A Raymond man and a Madera woman were killed Sunday night due to a traffic accident that resulted from a fight in the middle of Road 400 near Road 406. The deceased, Dean Cram of Raymond and Lucille Trullinger of Madera, were killed about 10 p.m. when they were run over by a motorist who […]
Deputies detain burglary suspect
A burglary suspect was nabbed by sheriff’s deputies last week as they responded to a possible burglary in progress. On. Sept. 13, the deputies were dispatched to a vacant home in the 6000 block of Highway 145 in Madera County. Upon arrival at the scene, Deputy Jacob Cox, Deputy Donald Babineaux, and Sergeant Jason Clark […]
Venerable gym building being stripped to bits
The building on Sunset that used to be a gym looks very bad now. Copper is being stripped from the sides of the structure. This is happening every night. Now there is a big hole in the window by the front entrance. One of the windows slides open. I saw the open window one day […]
Coyotes dig deep for overtime win
SELMA — Trailing 14 points heading into halftime, the Madera Coyotes outscored the Selma Bears 21-7 to force overtime, where they prevailed in the second period for a 57-55 non-conference victory.. The last time the Coyotes squared off with Selma occurred in 1942. The score that day saw the Bears walk away with a 2-0 […]
Liberty gets back to winning ways
TEMPLETON — The perfect recipe for heading into its by week was a win against Templeton for the Liberty Hawks football team. The Hawks did just that after a Week 4 loss to Kennedy-Delano. The Hawks scored 53 first half points and cruised to a 67-27 victory over the Templeton Eagles on Friday. “They handled […]
Coyotes get win before league starts
After a loss earlier in the week to Yosemite-Oakhurst, the Madera Coyotes girls volleyball team bounced back with a three-set sweep over the Liberty Hawks in Joe Flores Gym. Although the Coyotes recorded the sweep Thursday, there was still work to do before heading into the County/Metro Athletic Conference season Tuesday against Madera South. The […]
Danger-filled night for 2 cops
In 1947, Madera was pretty much a peaceful little town of just over 9,000 people. Most everything seemed to be running smoothly; the town had been fairly calm, and the news was routine. There was, however, one fly in the buttermilk. A rash of nighttime burglaries had Madera police stumped. Stakeouts, increased patrols, citizen awareness […]