New council members sworn in
An overflow crowd of residents, family and well-wishers filled City Hall Council Chambers on Wednesday night to welcome new Council members Santos Garcia and Steve Montes, and cheer the reelection Council Member CeCe Gallegos. The outgoing council members, Charles Rigby (not present) and Will Oliver were thanked for their service to the Madera community. Many […]
County supes boost own pay
Swiftly and without discussion, four of five Madera County supervisors approved a roughly $2,500 salary increase for themselves at their regular meeting Tuesday morning. The three percent raise will take effect Feb. 2, 2019. Afterwards, supervisors will earn about $82,500 to $86,500 annually, plus another $6,000 a year for the 2019 chairman of the board. […]
Traffic stop ends in felony arrest
The incident began when Roth spotted a tan GMC SUV pulling a small trailer with no rear license plate in the area of Joshua Road and Avenue 13 1⁄4 in Madera County. Roth recognized the driver of the vehicle from prior law enforcement contacts, and knew he had a suspended California driver’s license. Based on […]
Chowchilla youth traded his diploma for a rifle
Goodman awarded high school document 48 years later They were rounding up every able bodied soldier, no matter what their job, and putting them in helicopters to fly them into the jungles of Cambodia. It was 1970, and Royal Goodman, a 17-year-old Chowchilla youth, had not expected this. Six months earlier, when he had joined […]
Local house features full holiday display
After 12 years of a full-out Christmas display, Jeff Cox’s house on the corner of Lemon Tree Drive and West Almond Avenue has become known as the Madera Christmas House. Check out the house’s Facebook page for proof. However, with more than 30 inflatables and more than 1,000 lights among other decorations, Cox’s house is […]
Coyotes make quick work of Panthers
The Madera Coyotes girls basketball team held the Pacheco Panthers scoreless or the first five minutes of the game and didn’t let up in a 57-13 victory in Joe Flores Gym. The Coyotes jumped out to a 20-point first quarter lead, extended it to 30 at the half and allowed just three points in the […]
Whetsel leads Hawks to overtime win
When the Liberty Hawks girls basketball team needed someone to step up, they looked for Leeasia Whetsel and more often than not she did in a 49-48 overtime victory over the Mendota Aztecs. Whetsel led all scorers Monday night with 30 points while pulling down 12 rebounds, seven on the offensive boards. She also had […]
Panthers and Hawks overcome elements in overtime
Although the LIberty Hawks footbal feild was in bad shape due to inclement weather and overuse, the Liberty girls soccer team battled it out with the San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno Panthers in a high scoring match. Memorial, of the Country/Metro Conference, and Liberty needed overtime to find the winner of their non-conference clash with the Panthers […]
Former Stallion named All-American
Junior Dominique Andrews of the UC Merced women’s volleyball team has earned NAIA Honorable Mention All-American honors, as announced this by the NAIA Selection Committee on Tuesday. Andrews, also a 2018 All-California Pacific Conference First Team member and a two-time player of the week, broke the Bobcats’ single-season record with 354 kills. She averaged 3.7 […]
Stallions get second half goal for victory
All it took was a swing of his right foot and Madera South’s Jose Arreola turned a potential scoreless tie into a Stallions boys soccer victory in Memorial Stadium. Both the Stallions and the Golden Valley-Merced were locked in a scoreless game. It almost seemed like the teams were destined to head to overtime because […]