Pogue makes history
Madera County’s 15th sheriff in 126 years In July 1996, two Yosemite High School students, while riding their dirt bikes in the hills around Coarsegold, came across the body of a man who had been dead for several days. This accidental discovery drew one of them, Tyson Pogue, into the quest for solving mysteries. He […]
City of Madera awarded $85,000
The safety of everyone traveling is the focus of a grant awarded to City of Madera Police Department. The $85,000 grant from the California Office of Traffic Safety will assist in the Police Department’s efforts to reduce deaths and injuries on Madera roads. “All of us have experienced an extraordinary year responding to the pandemic […]
Decathlon Lecture Day moves online
The 14th annual Academic Decathlon Lecture Day for high school students will have a new twist this year, and all lectures will be held online as part of a lecture series from October 26-30. More than 1,200 Academic Decathletes from throughout California will tune in for information on this year’s Decathlon topic, “The Cold War.” […]
AMB Labor Force distributes 500 more boxes of food
Adam Beas and AMB Labor Force is at it again. Last week, AMB Labor Force, owned by Beas, with Cornerstone Community Care distributed 500 boxes of food. “We saw a need, again, for people that needed food in the city and county,” Beas said. “People came out and got a box of food. We just […]
Gloria Ann Thomas Brown: Resident since 1953
Editor’s note: This is the continuation of a partial excerpt from Neighbors: Oral History from Madera, California Volume 2, written by Lawrence F. Lihosit, a local historian. It is available at Maildrop and G.B.S. on Howard and on Amazon.com Books. • • • Born seventh of eleven on July 21, 1951 in Los Angeles, Gloria […]
Mayor’s death brought a whirlwind
All of Madera was shocked on Wednesday morning, April 25, 1951 when they learned that their 39-year-old Mayor, John McNally, was dead. A sudden heart attack had taken his life late in the night. McNally, one of Madera’s leading businessmen and its Mayor for just one year, was found dead in his bed. He had […]
Opinion: Halloween and Stephen King
Autumn is my favorite time of year and it shouldn’t surprise anyone that Halloween is my favorite holiday. As the weather cools off and the leaves turn colors my thoughts naturally turn to things that go bump in the night. My favorite author, Stephen King, has through his career raised the bar for horror fiction […]
Murphy can’t wait for Torres athletics to start
Although his athletes are communicating with their coaches via the Internet, Matilda Torres Athletics Director Jordan Murphy can’t wait for the time for his athletes to come on campus to see the athletic amenities. “I can’t wait for athletics to get started and get kids and the community on campus to see our beautiful facilities,” […]
Coyotes take control with win over Apaches
2012 In a match between the top two teams in the County/Metro Athletic Conference, Madera Coyote girls volleyball head coach Robyn Keune wished she could have battled the Sanger Apaches at full strength. Makinna Malady, Erin Drew and Miranda Brunner made Keune forget about injured Biriele Hefner in a 3-2 victory over Sanger to move […]