Double homicide in Madera
Two homicides that occurred hours from each other may be connected. One homicide occurred near Gateway Drive and 4th street; the other near Noreen Way and Renee Way early Sunday morning. According to the Madera Police Department statement, they believe that while the homicides happened at separate locations and at different times, they are investigating […]
Lohuis lauded for character
When anyone talked to Mark Lohuis, they couldn’t miss his country accent, but they also couldn’t miss his passion for kids and teaching them to do the right thing. The Madera athletics community will miss his passion and coaching. Lohuis passed away last Monday after a months-long illness. I would hear stories of his students […]
Victory over Leukemia; Faith trumps disease
Life should have been sweet for Mike Pursell. The young pastor was in the prime of life. At 33 years of age, he had a beautiful family — a lovely wife and three adorable children. He was living out his calling and had no reason to suspect that he had an enemy that was about […]
Coyotes hurt selves in loss to Miners
The Madera Coyotes football team had their chances to either take the lead or get closer to the El Diamante-Visalia Miners, but had self-inflicted wounds to turn the tide back to the Miners. The Coyotes recovered not one, but two onsides kicks. However, a punt and an interception were the result. Also, Madera committed 16 […]
Toros unable to overcome miscues in loss
The Matilda Torres football program is young and still learning, but that hasn’t stopped them from putting together strong performances in a 29-22 win over Hoover-Fresno and a 27-21 over Stone Ridge Christian-Modesto. But Friday night’s matchup at home against Golden Valley-Bakersfield showed the Toros have work to do as they establish a foundation to […]
Stallions get second straight rout
After a 52-0 victory over Fresno last week, the Madera South Stallions football team closed out the non-conference part of their schedule with four straight victories after a 45-6 demolishing of the Kerman Lions. The Stallions lost their opening game to Mission Oak-Tulare, but followed that with wins over Golden Valley-Merced, Hanford West, Fresno and […]
Stallions make quick work of Coyotes
In one of the more lopsided matches in the rivalry, the Madera South Stallions picked up a three-set sweep over the Madera Coyotes. The Stallions outscored the Coyotes 50-19 in the first and third sets. Madera battled with the Stallions in the second set, but Madera South prevailed, 26-24, Thursday night at Madera South. “Definitely […]
Opinion: Old Timers Day or bust
This past weekend was a wonderful event for our whole community. Saturday was Old Timers Day in Madera, and with it came a great community parade. Steve Copland was the Grand Marshal, and there has never been a grand marshal more deserving than that gentleman. It was so good to see him up there on […]
Book Talk: ‘The Law of Innocence,’ another Connelly winner
Michael Connelly is a prolific and highly respected author. About 80 million copies of his three-dozen crime/mystery novels have sold worldwide. Twenty-two of them are in his Hieronymus “Harry” Bosch series, although Harry occasionally appears in some of his other titles. And that is the case in the book that I’ve just finished, “The Law […]
County had zero tolerance for bullies
William McNaughton was foreman of the Magnet gold mines near O’Neals at the turn of the 20th century. Apparently the community did not hold him in very high repute, especially when it came to paying his debts. Such was McNaughton’s reputation that when one of his prospective miners learned the kind of fellow for whom […]