Madera County Historical Society Madera Attorney Joe Barcroft worked for 10 years to free an innocent man from Folsom Prison. In 1919 he...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Torres High School staff, from left, Brad Holck, Ruby Contreras and activities director Bryan Speed...

Courtesy of Kelsee Montagna Former Madera Coyote and current Cabrillo College women’s indoor and beach volleyball coach Kelsee Montagna...

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera Tribune business manager Nancy Simpson is the first person to put a donation into the bucket...

For The Madera Tribune Charles Hammond is shown here in a 1933 newspaper photo. He had been on the run for seven years after escaping...

The circumstances that surrounds one of Madera’s super heroes marks March 17, 2004 as a big day. On that day our then managing editor...

Today is somebody’s birthday. No, no, no. I’m not going to tell you who is the lucky birthday boy right at the top of this column, but...

There was a show on television in the 1950’s called “Father Knows Best,” a sitcom portraying “a typical American family.” Robert Young...