School bus involved in traffic accident
California Highway Patrol Madera officers responded to a traffic crash involving an Alview-Dairyland Unified School District school bus on Avenue 21 at Road 8 on Tuesday morning. A tow truck driver failed to stop at the stop sign, and entered the intersection, directly into the path of the school bus, who had the right-of-way. The […]
Collision leads to firearm arrest
Early Tuesday morning Madera Police Officers were dispatched to a traffic collision on Elm Street near Santa Fe Street. A quick response to the area led to officers locating 21-year-old Gerardo Renteria near his vehicle. Officers learned that Renteria was driving while intoxicated and struck a parked car. During a search of Renteria and his […]
Madera County LIFE Games a success
More than 325 students with special needs participated in the 7th Annual LIFE Games hosted by Madera County Superintendent of Schools on October 8 at the Madera Fairgrounds. LIFE Games is an event that demonstrates that all students, even the most severely disabled, can be included in any activity with the right preparation. Students participated […]
Torres sets Rough Rider record
The Matilda Torres Toros boys cross country team is not resting on its laurels after winning a Central Section Championship last year. The Toros ran through the rest of the teams at the Roosevelt Rough Rider Cross Country Invitational at Woodward Park last week to set a new team time record at Woodward Park. The […]
Nascimento wins race, Erickson wins Madera Speedway title
Ethan Nascimento outmatched Derek Thorn for a $10,000 haul in the 12th annual Short Track Shootout 200 for the Madera Pro Late Model Series at Madera Speedway. Matt Erickson persevered through early race issues to come-from-behind to win the series championship, his third MAVTV-televised crown at the one-third mile speedway on October 19. Nascimento became […]
Letters: Sick of campaign ads
At this point in the campaign season, I am completely sick of the ads being run by both sides. I have coined a new phrase for them. I call them “Tattle-tale” ads, because they sound like a first grader “tattling” to the teacher. Teacher, teacher, teacher… he didn’t vote on this or that bill, or […]
Opinion: Aspiring authors, take heart
As readers of the Madera Tribune know, I write a book-review column for the Wednesday edition of this newspaper. Often, I find that authors of many good books had excellent professions before they became best-selling writers. For example, both John Grisham (A Time to Kill, et. al.) and Lisa Scottoline (Final Appeal, et. al.) were […]
Whence came the Madera County Sheriffs?
We don’t know precisely when the office of sheriff came into being, but educated estimates place it sometime before the Norman Conquest of England. When William the Conqueror crossed the Channel, he found the countryside already divided into administrative units called shires, and within each shire was a reeve whose responsibility it was to conduct […]