2 arrested in felony traffic stop
A car reported stolen in Madera was recovered Tuesday in a felony traffic stop on southbound State Route 99, just south of the 4th Street overpass, according to The Madera Police Department. Madera police officers arrested Moses McGuire, 18, of Madera after spotting him about noon driving the red four door 2010 Hyundai Elantra on […]
Community honors fallen law enforcement officers
Residents, families of the fallen and uniformed officers from all departments across Madera County gathered at the 12th annual Law Enforcement Memorial event on Tuesday to honor and commemorate the officers — six men and one woman — who had lost their lives in the line of duty, serving Madera since 1919. The somber ceremony […]
Man, 28, admits to killing family dog
Madera police arrested 28-year-old Ambrocio Hernandez on Monday night on charges of felony animal cruelty. According to the police, Ambrocio took a hammer and beat another family member’s 9-month-old lab mix puppy to death, in an alley behind their house in the 800 block of South D Street. After his arrest Hernandez told officers he […]
Chowchilla man dies in one-car rollover
A 28-year-old resident of Chowchilla was killed Sunday night about 9 p.m. after losing control of his pickup on northbound State Route 99 near the curve just north of Highway 152, according to the California Highway Patrol. Authorities have identified the fatality as Richard Nelson Taylor, II. CHP public information officer Greg Rodriguez said it […]
CHP and Madera Police make 16 arrests for DUI
The weekend of May 5 resulted in 16 arrests for drunken driving in the city and county of Madera, according to authorities. The California Highway Patrol reported eight arrests for DUI, and one traffic fatality. The Madera Police Department conducted a saturation enforcement event over the weekend and also made eight arrests for DUI. Sgt. […]
Girl, 17, killed in Chowchilla crash
A collision with a palm tree at 105 mph Wednesday night resulted in the death of a 17-year-old female passenger on Robertson Boulevard about a mile west of Chowchilla. The 20-year-old driver, Sidney Kelley of Oakland, was arrested and charged with vehicular manslaughter, felony evading resulting in death, felony DUI, and driving without a driver’s […]
Doc Ransom’s Turning key
I held his thoughts and emotions in my hands. I looked at the ink stained pages on which he had poured out his story 74 years ago. I was holding his diary in my hands while his son sat just a few feet away. I almost felt the explosion that sent him flying through the […]
Stallions find elusive Valley title
After two grueling sets that saw both team putting balls down, the final point of the night was just a simple ball falling on the floor between two Sunnyside-Fresno players to give the Madera South Stallions boys volleyball team its first Central Section Championship in the program’s history. The Stallions, seeded No. 1 in Div. […]
Stallions baseball stuns and advances
The Madera South Stallions baseball team earned the final spot in the Div. IV Central Section playoffs and faced a tough task with top-seeded Sierra Pacific-Hanford in the first round. Most pundits wondered whether Madera South should have gone to the playoffs. The Stallions proved those pundits by pulling out a 13-9, eight-inning victory over […]
Freshmen lead Hawks in Div. III playoff win
Liberty Hawks softball freshman Lauren Chapman looked like a seasoned veteran in her first-ever playoff game with three RBIs in the first round of the CIF Central Section Div. III playoff game, helping the Hawks beat Sunnyside, 9-0. “I wasn’t so nervous today because we just have a really good team and I believe in […]