Bill Coate
Madera County had zero tolerance for bullies
For The Madera Tribune The magnet mine was just a few miles from the little mountain town of Coarsegold. William McNaughton was foreman...
Bill Coate
Madera South students to share full story of Schindler’s List
Schindler’s List, Stephen Spielberg’s 1993 blockbuster movie on how one Nazi businessman found his soul, and saved more than 1,000 Jews...
For The Madera Tribune
Purple Heart Day
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
Attempted murder in Courthouse Park
For The Madera Tribune The zoo in Courthouse Park, shown here, was almost the scene of a murder in 1917. It was Sunday, and Maderans...
Bill Coate
A voice from the list
For The Madera Tribune Holocaust survivor Leon Leyson shared his experiences during an interview with KMPH FOX26 at the event “A Voice...
For The Madera Tribune
Wife had her own battle
Veterans’ Voices is directed toward veterans and their families who have given so much to ensure our freedom in this country. This is an...
Bill Coate
Heartache in Madera
For The Madera Tribune Al Barsotti is shown here when he was Mayor of Madera. In 1953, Barsotti gave a returning Korean POW the keys to...
Bill Coate
Madera’s first physician
For The Madera Tribune Dr. Brown’s tombstone in Madera’s Arbor Vitae Cemetery. When Madera was just six months old, it had no one to tend...