Minturn Scholars to gather
For the first time in 34 years, Howard School’s Minturn Scholars will reunite as Madera Unified celebrates their uncommon achievement as 6th graders. They will meet in the Madera South High School Media Center at 4 p.m. Thursday afternoon. In 1984-85, the 12 year olds discovered the graves of the forgotten Minturn family on the […]
Car shot up; driver asks no police assistance
Multiple shots fired into a car injured a passenger Friday night on south Granada Drive near Merlot Avenue and caused the driver to lose control of his Mercedes and crash into a power pole. Both the driver and passenger fled the scene on foot and allegedly were uncooperative when they were found a few minutes […]
Arrests made after traffic enforcement
Madera Police held a DUI and drivers license check point and screened 300 cars on Country Club Drive Saturday night. One arrest for DUI was made at the checkpoint, and 16 other drivers were cited for not having valid driver’s licenses according to officers. Five arrests for DUI were made by Madera Police over the […]
County held scoreless for second straight game
FRESNO — The City made it two shutouts in a row over the County in the 53rd annual City/County All-Star Baseball game at Chuckchansi Park. The City team scored four runs in the bottom of the first inning off Sanger ace Jake Harrell and cruised the rest of the way for a 9-0 victory Friday […]
Water polo leader goes to the East coast
Madera Coyotes water polo standout Robby Niino signed his National Letter of Intent to attend William and Jefferson University in front of family and friends in the Madera High School cafeteria before family and friends. In addition to earning an academic scholarship, Niino will also get a chance to play water polo with the NCAA […]
Holmes becomes fourth different Pro Late Model winner at speedway
Three-time Short Track Shootout champion Eric Holmes stood tall after leading all 80 laps for the Military Tribute Night victory at Madera Speedway. The MAVTV-televised win in the Nut Up Pro Late Model Series paid $2,000 during a patriotic weekend at the one-third mile speedway Saturday. Driving a car that he described in victory lane […]
Opinion: Foster mothers of the human race
I was going into Rite Aid Drug Store the other day, when I was met by a crowd of people carrying ice cream cones out of the store, and looking about as happy as they could. Rite Aid supposedly has the best ice cream in town, and I will admit, their ice cream is great. […]
Opinion: Similar causes for anti-vax, anti-Semite plagues
At first glance, there appears to be no relation between two plagues now affecting California and much of America: the return of measles and a rise in anti-Semitic rhetoric, vandalism and violence. But a closer look reveals both are based on misinformation transmitted via the Internet and social media, which then becomes widely believed. Both […]
Madera’s Civil War connection
After the Civil War, a group of Southern expatriates fled the South to escape Reconstruction. They were 70 in number and settled along Cottonwood Creek in what is now Madera County in 1868. They called their colony the Alabama Settlement, because most of them were from that state. Some, however, came from Mississippi, and a […]
Say yes to cherries
The availability of sweet, fresh cherries is just another reason to appreciate the summer months. I find it hard to know when to stop eating cherries, so I rarely have a chance to actually prepare meals with them. But it does happen once in a while. Cherry pies are usually made with the variety of […]