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Where were you when Elvis died?

Where does the time go? Elvis Presley died almost 39 years ago on Aug. 16, 1977. Despite all that has been reported on how he spent the...

Bill Coate

Madera’s jail couldn’t hold ’em

Madera County’s beautiful, new jail was built in 1898 and held its prisoners securely until it was demolished in 1953 to make room for...

Cassidy Smith

Madera veterans take to the skies in Honor Flight

Korean War Marine veteran Elutercio “Steve” Lopez, Jr., 84, of Madera, shakes hands with an active duty Marine at the Marine Corps War...

Bill Coate

25 years ago in the week of July 3, 1991

Twenty-five years ago Robert Watson, 84, and Mary Fimbrez, 80, proved that you are never too old to experience romance. They were married...

Bill Coate

The strange ascendancy of David Minier

In 1976, David Minier, shown here, was named District Attorney for Madera County after a strange twist of events that left one justice...

Jay Reeves of Associated Press

At 150, KKK sees opportunities in US political trends

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — Born in the ashes of the smoldering South after the Civil War, the Ku Klux Klan died and was reborn before losing...

Bill Coate

25 years ago in the week of June 26, 1991

Twenty-five years ago, Madera postal clerk John Ortiz carried the Olympic torch through Madera as Jose Ruiz pushed Ortiz’ son along D...

Donald A. Promnitz

A legend died this week

I was saddened to learn that one of the last two members of the Doolittle Raid, Cpl. David Thatcher, 94, had passed away from a stroke on...

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