Committee files petition to recall Mayor Andy Medellin
A committee of Madera residents has qualified and filed a recall petition with the Madera County Elections Department, and is seeking signatures from citizens of the city to recall Madera Mayor Andy Medellin. Should recall proponents be able to collect 3,600 signatures of registered voters in the next 120 days, the measure for Medellin’s recall […]
Deputies make arrest in Coarsegold homicide
Madera County Sheriff’s Office has arrested a Coarsegold man in the death of Ryan Prosser, a 41-year-old male resident of the Coarsegold area, who was the victim of a homicide on Little John Drive in Coarsegold on March 30. According to Spokeswoman Kayla Serratto of the Madera County Sheriff’s Office, the investigation remains ongoing. The […]
Madera Police Log: March 29
The Madera Police Department reported the following incidents. March 29 9:11 a.m. — Shots fired in the 400 block of Valley Way. 9:38 a.m. — Grandtheft in the 500 block of South E Street. 10:06 a.m. — Parking citation issued in the 100 block of South B Street. 2:09 p.m. — Bad check in the […]
All-Madera Tribune Girls Soccer team
Co-Most Valuable Players Brooke Wristen and Holly Strong Juniors, Forward and Midfielder, Liberty All-League: Strong- North Sequoia League Most Valuable Player; Wristen- 1st team All-NSL The dynamic duo powered the Liberty Hawks all season long. Speed, aggression, toughness, all wrapped up with a lethal touch in front of the goal, Wristen and Strong proved to […]
All-Madera Tribune Boys Soccer team
Most Valuable Player Christian Garcia Junior, Midfielder, Madera South All-League: 1st team All-County/Metro Athletic Conference Christian Garcia, once again, proved his worth to the Madera South Stallions. If it wasn’t the 10 goals and 11 assists he tallied through 23 games, it was his spirit and commitment on the pitch that solidified the Stallions as […]
History in the Week of April 1
50 Years Ago Week of April 1, 1968 FLAGS LOWERED HERE IN KING’S MEMORY — Flags on Madera’s city and county buildings and at Madera’s schools are flying at half staff today in memory of the slain civil rights leader, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Madera Mayor D.R. Stephenson, who directed that all flags on […]
The Mutineer who named Madera
Of all the mutineers in the rebellion of 1893, William H. Thurman was the most indispensable. Without him, there would have been no Madera, and without Madera there would have been no secession. Thurman came to California from Nevada in 1869 and started a lumberyard in Snelling, That is when he came up with the […]
King’s words retain their grace, wisdom
When he was assassinated 50 years ago Wednesday on the balcony of a motel in Memphis, Martin Luther King was burdened by a decline in his popularity, a decline that sometimes made him a target for other African Americans. A new generation of black activists had elbowed their way onto the national stage, and King […]
City owes more to help support animal control
The March 30 Madera Tribune article on the lack of support of the county Animal Control program is right on. The numbers don’t add up in my mind as to what the city’s share should be. They quoted $1.4 million to operate all that they do at the animal shelter. They quoted 40 percent of […]