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The Madera County Sheriff’s Office Special Enforcement Team (MADSET) investigated multiple vehicle burglaries, which took place over the past weekend in the Riverstone area. During the investigation, detectives learned that stolen credit cards from the burglaries were used to make

MCSO Deputy Zepeda was in the right place at the right time Tuesday afternoon. As he was patrolling, he came upon a traffic collision that had just happened in the area of Road 13 and Avenue 25. Deputy Zepeda quickly

New Madera South High School Athletics Director Josh Adams is very aware of the culture he is inheriting replacing a retired Andrea Devine. Devine spent nine years developing and nurturing the athletics culture at Madera South, and Adams knows it

The year was 1868; it was summertime, and three Southern planters were in California searching for a refuge from the ravages of Reconstruction. The Yankees had won the Civil War, and life had grown passionately distressful for the defeated Confederates.

Chowchilla’s Asterisk Talley continues to be a force in golf after her most recent victory at the U.S. Women’s Amateur. At the 125th annual Women’s Amateur in Tennessee, Talley played some of her best golf at The Honors Course on

When Liberty High School’s Lisa Alvey started the schools competitive sport cheer (stunt) team four years ago, she had thoughts of being able to send more girls to college with scholarships. Stunt was a new sport sprouting on college campuses

Every year in November, my mind is filled with memories of the Mordecai family. This is when the descendants of George Washington Mordecai gather at Refuge, the ranch he founded in 1868. It is impossible to think about them without

The new King Husein School in the Madera Unified School District officially opened Friday to students. The school will serve from TK to eighth grade students. The school is named after King Husein, the owner of Span Construction and Engineering.

The Madera Police Department hosted a Swearing In and Promotion Ceremony last week to welcome six new officers and announced the promotion of another. City of Madera Chief of Police Giachino Chiaramonte welcomed family and friend to Remnant Church on

In the Liberty Hawks football offense, throwing the ball isn’t really in the game plan. Last season, the Hawks averaged just less than six attempts a game and gained less than 60 yards a game in the air. However, that

Matilda Torres’ Azarel Barrios-Meza earned Central Section championship rings in cross country and track, and will now head to Hayward to run for CSU East Bay. He signed to run cross country and track, mostly the longer events. “My coach

Never in the history of Madera have so many milestones emerged to be celebrated in a single year, but this year we are setting a record. In 2026, we will observe four anniversaries of events that are central to who

Madera Unified School District is preparing for a new school year, which will bring exciting learning opportunities for more than 20,000 students. The first day of school will begin Friday, at 8 a.m. for elementary schools, 8:15 a.m. for middle

Cal Fire Madera fire crews responded to a fire at the Madera Mobile Home and RV Park that destroyed three trailers. City of Madera Station 58, which is less than a mile from the mobile home park, responded to the

California Highway Patrol Madera Area officers responded to a two-vehicle traffic crash, at the intersection of Road 16 and Avenue 14. A 21-year-old man from Madera was driving a white 2002 Pontiac Firebird, traveling southbound on Road 16, approaching the

Deerpoint Group, a leader in managed crop nutrition serving growers across California and Arizona and based in Madera, announced the appointment of Redge Bodily as its first Chief Revenue Officer. Bodily will lead Deerpoint’s commercial strategy and market expansion as