Two homicides that occurred hours from each other may be connected. One homicide occurred near Gateway Drive and 4th street; the other near Noreen Way and Renee Way early Sunday morning. According to the Madera Police Department statement, they believe that while the homicides happened at separate locations and at different times, they are investigating all possibilities, including whether or not the two events are related to each other. Madera PD also believes the victims an

For The Madera Tribune Mark Lohuis. When anyone talked to Mark Lohuis, they couldn’t miss his country accent, but they also couldn’t miss his passion for kids and teaching them to do the right thing. The Madera athletics community will miss his passion and coaching. Lohuis passed away last Monday after a months-long illness. I would hear stories of his students from Mark and at the end of the day, it was all about teaching the kids to do the right thing. Some of the fun times

Life should have been sweet for Mike Pursell. The young pastor was in the prime of life. At 33 years of age, he had a beautiful family — a lovely wife and three adorable children. He was living out his calling and had no reason to suspect that he had an enemy that was about to pounce on him. It began with a series of minor infections and moved into things like walking pneumonia and a serious weight loss. By December 2007, Mike decided to seek medical advice. The doctor ordere

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Adam Landero rolls over after making an onsides kick recovery in the fourth quarter of Friday’s loss to El Diamante. Matthew Arrezola (1) celebrates the recovery while J’Sean Gonzalez (5) and Ramon Ruiz (10) get up from the pile. The Madera Coyotes football team had their chances to either take the lead or get closer to the El Diamante-Visalia Miners, but had self-inflicted wounds to turn the tide back to the Miners. The Coyotes rec

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Frank Urrutia jumps on a loose ball for one of his two fumble recoveries during Friday’s loss to Golden Valley. Jesus Moreno (2) and Angel Pereida (1) provide support. The Matilda Torres football program is young and still learning, but that hasn’t stopped them from putting together strong performances in a 29-22 win over Hoover-Fresno and a 27-21 over Stone Ridge Christian-Modesto. But Friday night’s matchup at home against

After a 52-0 victory over Fresno last week, the Madera South Stallions football team closed out the non-conference part of their schedule with four straight victories after a 45-6 demolishing of the Kerman Lions. The Stallions lost their opening game to Mission Oak-Tulare, but followed that with wins over Golden Valley-Merced, Hanford West, Fresno and now Kerman. “The coaches and I thought we can legitimately go 5-0 or 4-1,” head coach Matt Johnson said. “We played one solid

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera South’s Danae Prudente (9) goes up to win a joust against Madera’s Zoe Rodriguez during Thursday’s three-set victory. In one of the more lopsided matches in the rivalry, the Madera South Stallions picked up a three-set sweep over the Madera Coyotes. The Stallions outscored the Coyotes 50-19 in the first and third sets. Madera battled with the Stallions in the second set, but Madera South prevailed, 26-24, Thursday night at Madera Sout

This past weekend was a wonderful event for our whole community. Saturday was Old Timers Day in Madera, and with it came a great community parade. Steve Copland was the Grand Marshal, and there has never been a grand marshal more deserving than that gentleman. It was so good to see him up there on that float waving to the crowds, along with his family. Will Oliver is one of my favorite people in the whole world, and he was there supporting his Uncle Steve, and showing his lov