New Madera school elegant as a Rose, hard as granite
Madera Unified School District, in its 12-year race to meet its future school facilities needs, has taken a giant leap out of the starting gate with the opening of Virginia Lee Rose Elementary School, named after the longtime Madera community leader and benefactor who died in 2014 at age 80. The 21st century school with […]
Yosemite Lakes arsonist denied parole
The California Board of Parole Hearings has denied parole to 50-year-old Alice Waterman, who has been serving time for arson in the Central California Women’s Facility near Chowchilla. Waterman and her 44-year-old husband, Kenneth Allen Jackson, both of Coarsegold, set a series of fires in the Yosemite Lakes Park area in the summer of 2013. […]
Letter: Reader puzzled over new language plan
In reading the article “New way of thinking, learning” I was amazed at the amount of questions that kept coming to mind as I was reading. As a 100 percent Portuguese woman and remembering my mother repeatedly telling me, we live in the United States, and it is important that you learn English, how to […]
Years ago in Madera for the 2nd week of October
25 Years AgoWeek of Oct. 8, 1992 DISTRICT ATTORNEY REJECTS HARRASSMENT CASE – District Attorney Ernie LiCalsi announced Wednesday that he is rejecting a harassment case that Indian Lakes resident Jackie Thrower said was motivated by homophobia. Thrower, who is living with her brother’s HIV-positive lover in the Eastern Madera County community, has accused two […]
Coyotes see positives in loss
FRESNO — The Madera Coyotes football team saw their four-game win streak come to an end after they were Bested by a stout Edison Tigers football team, 43-14, in the County/Metro Athletic Conference opener for both teams. “We came out and played well in the first half,” head coach Yosef Fares said. “We weren’t intimidated, […]
Panthers ruin Stallions’ homecoming
The Madera South Stallions football team looked to have the upper hand in the early-going of its County/Metro Conference opener against San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno on Homecoming. However, despite two possessions inside the Panthers’ 20-yard line, the Stallions couldn’t score any points and the Panthers then scored on nine of their next 10 possessions for a […]
Coyotes continue to roll in CMAC play
Although the Madera Coyotes girls volleyball team had visions of a quick victory over the Edison-Fresno Tigers in a County/Metro Athletic Conference match at Joe Flores Gym, the Coyotes had to play the match first. The Coyotes easily defeated the Tigers earlier this month at the Madera Classic girls volleyball tournament en route to a […]
Stallions fall late to Panthers
The Madera South Stallions girls volleyball team is young, but are gaining experience by the match. However, Madera South’s youth showed in three late set losses to San Joaquin Memorial-Fresno. The Stallions had late leads in all three sets, but squandered it in Thursday’s County/Metro Athletic Conference loss to the Panthers. The Stallions jumped out […]
Shepherd wins speedway title and Short Track Shootout
Buddy Shepherd claimed his third career Late Model track championship and outlasted Eric Holmes to win the fifth $10,000 Short Track Shootout in the season finale for the RPM Mortgage Pro Series at Madera Speedway. The young driver’s win Saturday night was his biggest in a productive career at the fastest one-third mile in the […]