Capitol rioter traced back to Madera
The Federal Bureau of Investigation was spotted in Madera on Friday afternoon to execute a search warrant. Eddie Block, a Madera native and self-proclaimed Proud Boy, was seen on numerous videos at the Capitol insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C. Block recorded himself at the violent event. FBI officials were seen moving in […]
Sheriff patrol vehicle struck in suspected DUI collision
Madera County Sheriff deputy Nathaniel Cooper was responding to a call for service regarding a suspected DUI driver. While enroute to the call, in the area of Road 27 and Avenue 17 shortly before midnight Thursday, the driver’s side of his patrol vehicle was struck by a car that ran the stop sign. Deputy Cooper […]
Letter: Is competence too much to talk about?
Have you noticed how the news coverage of the Biden administration largely focuses on diversity (race, gender, ethnicity, etc.) rather than the appointee’s/nominee’s competence to do the job in question? I list competence as second because that is how that subject is mentioned in news stories, if at all. The oldest white guy sworn in […]
Opinion: Nursing home residents need high vaccine priority
Teachers’ unions, police and firefighters argued in early December they ought to get the expected new coronavirus vaccines before anyone else but health workers. They got a tough response at the federal Centers for Disease Control, now operating as it is supposed to for the first time since Donald Trump became president. Freed after the […]