Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Chloe Robinson tries to turn the corner in the lane Tuesday against the Sanger Apaches. Robinson scored five points in the 63-25 loss. Despite not getting a player into double-figures scoring, the Madera South Stallions had eight different players score in a 30-22 comeback victory over the Edison Tigers in the Madera South Showcase Showdown. Crystalina Buitron and Chloe Robinson led the Stallions with seven points each. Buitro

Courtesy of the Coate family archives Guest columnist Frank Coate is pictured here, right with his father, John Coate. [Note: Today’s column was written by Frank Coate, Bill Coate’s nephew and author of “The Coate Closet.”] • • • He crouched in the brush and remained as still as humanly possible on that hot summer day. Although his heart was racing, somehow he managed to control his breathing. He had never fired a gun or pulled the trigger on a crossbow, let alone throw a spe

I ran into a customer of mine from when I was in business.  It was a good conversation. He told me he sees my letters in the paper and said, “you’re a Trump guy.” I replied, “Yes, but more on what is right.” That is true… we are on the right track, I believe. Take drugs, for example.

Courtesy of Alicia Gonzales/City of Madera Madera City Councilwoman Elsa Mejia is recognized by the Foreign Secretariat of Mexico at the most recent City Council meeting for empowering and strengthening the Indigenous Mexican community within Madera. With a distinguished award from the Mexican Consulate for Councilwoman Elsa Mejia, state and local recognition was also awarded during this week’s meeting of the Madera City Council. A new Mayor Pro Tem was also selected, before

As we at The Madera Tribune prepare for our final Special Section of the year, a magazine called “2025 Year in Review,” it made me review my own personal year and what happened during this year that I want to remember. It’s been a quick year. It seems like it was only about four months long, but here we are at almost the end of 2025.  This year I lost a very dear member of my family, the wife of one of my cousins. Glenda died suddenly just a couple of weeks before our family

Elementary and middle school students throughout Madera County will battle it out during the fifth annual Madera County Battle of the Books.  Students from 22 schools in Madera County will meet at the Madera Fairgrounds on Wednesday to answer questions based on a list of 20 books that each team is responsible to read. There will be separate 3rd-4th, 5th-6th, and 7th-8th grade competitions. “We’re excited to expand Battle of the Books by welcoming middle school students into t

For The Madera Tribune Madera’s Christian Johnson stands with his grandfather, Dave Brown, after setting a World Record for running an ultra marathon in seven continents in seven days. Christian Johnson thought of an idea a year ago, and two weeks ago, he finally accomplished it — run a 50 K (ultra marathon) in seven continents in seven days.  In the process, Johnson set a pair of World Records. He is the fastest male to run an ultra marathon on all seven continents and the f