Shelter to host shot clinic
A recent grant from Pet Smart Charities has made free spay or neutering possible for any pit bull or pit bull mix dog for Madera county or Madera city residents, according to Carrie Tuttle, a long time Friends of Madera Animal Shelter (FMAS) volunteer and board member of the group. The offer is good until […]
Final tally flips MUSD race win
One race switched winners while others widened leads according to a final official count of Madera County’s midterm votes. Lucy Salazar will be the Madera Unified School District trustee for Area 5, with 945 of 1,820 votes (51.92 percent). Preliminary results had rival Steve T. Duncan ahead by 14 votes. The results may initially have […]
‘The Lion King’ brings unique experience to Fresno stage
After its run in Las Vegas finished this week, the cast and crew of “The Lion King” moved to Fresno to begin a run Wednesday at the Fresno Convention Center’s Saroyan Theater. The Broadway production of “The Lion King” begins a 12-day run, beginning tonight through Dec. 9. Tickets can be purchased online at Ticketmaster; […]
Madera Police Log: Nov. 18-20
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents. Nov. 18 1:38 a.m. — Driving under the influence near North Gateway Drive and West Cleveland Avenue. 2:09 a.m. — Fight in the 200 block of Wallace Avenue. 3:36 a.m. — Shots fired in the 900 block of Drysdale Way. 8:11 a.m. — Juvenile runaway in the […]
Madera County Sheriff’s Log: Oct 31.-Nov. 4
The Madera County Sheriff’s Department reported the following incidents. Oct. 31 2:49 p.m. — Deputy was dispatched to the 45000 block of Cedar Springs Road in North Fork regarding a report of items stolen from a outdoor shed. Several power tools were taken and a report was written for documentation. Nov. 1 8:07 a.m. — […]
XC teams look to build foundations
FRESNO — While both the Madera South and Liberty cross country teams looked to build from it success, Madera will try to add to its solo success. Sixteen Madera area athletes competed in Saturday’s CIF State Cross Country Championships and came away with a certain amount of success, but it wasn’t in how they finished, […]
Stallions overcome struggles in opener
After watching nine varsity players graduate last season, Madera South boys basketball head coach Jody Sharp expects an adjustment period early in the season. The first game of the season against Firebaugh proved Sharp’s sentiment. The new-look Stallions struggled to gel in the season opener on Nov. 20, but still came away with a 48-35 […]
Coyotes fall in season opener to Chieftains
With an absence in team chemistry, the Madera Coyotes girls basketball team suffered a 55-40 loss to the Sierra-Tollhouse Chieftains in its season opener in Joe Flores Gym. The Coyotes socred just four points in the first quarter and wasn’t able to catch up to the Chieftains, who took a 29-15 halftime lead before closing […]
Joe Louis’s Brown Bombers beat Madera
South C Street has always been a busy place. Today it is home for any number of business establishments and residences, and in the distant past it was the center of Madera’s fledgling Italian community. At one time, it even had a professional softball diamond, and that’s where Joe Louis played when he came to […]
Madera Morning Lions help at wheelchair pheasant hunt
The 17th annual Pheasant Hunt for the Mobility Impaired took place under sunny blue skies at one of the Case Vlot farm properties — an alfalfa field situated as far as west possible in Madera County on Road 1. The hunt occurred Nov. 17. Benjamin Lewis, a biologist with the California Department of Fish and […]