Dense fog and DUI not a good combo
A 22-year-old impaired driver ran a stop sign and violently struck a metal pole on Road 35 and Avenue 9, on Jan. 18, just after 7:30 p.m. One bad decision nearly turned deadly. The driver was fortunate to survive, and fortunate no one else was involved/hurt.
Coarsegold resident receives leader award
COARSEGOLD — Over the weekend, The CrisCom Company presented Diane Boland with ts 2025 Leader For America Award in recognition of her extraordinary civic leadership and commitment to the Coarsegold community. Family, friends, and community leaders gathered at the Chukchansi Gold Resort & Casino to recognize her volunteerism, and elected officials presented several proclamations in […]
Torres jumps ahead of Stallions
The Matilda Torres Toros blitzed the Madera South Stallions’ boys basketball team early and held onto the lead the rest of the game for a 42-30 North Yosemite League victory. The Toros jumped out to a 17-4 first quarter lead. However, the rest of the way, the two teams were pretty even with the Stallions […]
Coyotes gives lone senior a win
The Madera Coyotes girls basketball team gave its lone senior a victory to celebrate Senior Night last week in Joe Flores Gym. Rylie Fernandez was honored before the game for Senior Night, otherwise known as Rylie Night. Fernandez helped her team with eight points and six steals in Friday’s 49-32 victory over the McLane Highlanders. […]
Home run king to be inducted
When Mark Beyer graduated from Madera High School in 2001, he was looking forward to a baseball career at Fresno State. Unfortunately, a freak injury ended his athletic career, but it hasn’t stopped him from moving on. He is currently a principal at Stone Creek Elementary School in the Golden Valley School District, and is […]
All-League shortstop earns HOF
For seven straight years, Alec Mehrten’s name was written in as the starting shortstop for his teams. He spent three years at Madera, hitting from the bottom of the line-up and working his way to the lead-off spot while playing shortstop every game. After his playing days were over at Madera in 2008, Mehrten signed […]
Letters: Myopic
There is a real problem today with persons not wanting to see the complete point of an issue. This is not new, but I believe it’s getting very much worse. Maybe this is because there is so much news available today and so many ways to see it. And also, most of the news is […]
Letters: Wall Street v. Main Street — the two Americas
As we approach our nation’s 250th birthday, it’s worth reviewing the evolution of our revolution. Let’s briefly study the history of our two Americas: Wall Street vs. Main Street. In 1776, property-owning white men established the foundation of the American Dream: an America that was to achieve EQUALITY FOR ALL. Historically, we have taken two […]
Book Talk: Greg Iles, ‘Dead Sleep’
Greg Iles died a couple of months ago at the age of 65. He was born in Stuttgart, Baden-Wurttemberg, West Germany but lived his life in Natchez, Mississippi. He was one of the great American novelists to have obtained his college education at Ole Miss. And like many other best-selling authors (some in the Southern […]
Sweet breads, good anytime
My family likes to make holiday breads, usually at Christmas time and Easter. This past Christmas, I had plans to make an Italian panettone yeast bread, enhanced with raisins, citrus peels and other aromatics. We also add pine nuts. I did not get to make any this time, because I came down with my first […]