Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Jay Chapel funeral director Mark Peruch guides in the casket of Madera High student Isabel Jimenez for a reenacted funeral at the gym on Friday as part of the “Every 15 Minutes” program following a simulated car crash the day before. The “Every 15 Minutes” program is intended to give high school students an emotionally-charged experience without the real-life risks and students at Madera High School saw the consequences first-hand. A little

For The Madera Tribune A driver hit a tree stump on the side of the road, which caused her vehicle to flip onto the driver’s side on Saturday. The driver was found to be twice over the legal limit and was arrested with a DUI. The Madera Police Department responded to an assault scene at Nebraska Avenue and Riverside Drive. The victim was walking on Riverside Drive at 6:30 p.m. Saturday when he was approached by a vehicle. A male suspect exited the vehicle, approached the vict

Madera Community College has been named a top 10 finalist in “The Million Dollar Community College Challenge,” sponsored by Lumina Foundation. The national grant competition was launched to help community colleges position their brand and marketing to gain the attention of adult learners. Lumina Foundation recognizes community colleges have a lot to offer adult learners, but that they may not have the resources for sophisticated branding efforts. “The Million Dollar Community

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera’s Frankie Espejo throws a pitch during Thursday’s victory over the Madera South Stallions. He tossed a three-hit shutout with six strikeouts and didn’t walk a batter to lead the Coyotes to a 4-0 victory over the Stallions at Mel Parker Field. After they were told they wouldn’t be able to defend its Div. II Central Section championship, the Madera Coyotes baseball team shut out the Madera South Stallions to close out their season at Me

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Members of the Madera Coyotes softball team congratulate Brianah Hamilton (helmet) after she hit her school-record breaking eighth home run of the season in Friday’s win. After an up-and-down start to the season, the Madera Coyotes softball team closed the season with 10 straight wins in the County/Metro Athletic Conference, culminating after a 5-3 win over Bullard-Fresno, to win its second straight league championship. In fact, Madera’s win

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Liberty shortstop Jakson Bucher leads the top-seeded Hawks into the Div. IV Central Section playoffs. They open against No. 16 seeded Dinuba on Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. The good news was the Liberty Hawks softball and baseball team earned the top two seeds in the Central Section playoffs. The bad news is they were both moved up in divisions in the new Central Section seeding format. The Liberty Hawks baseball team, who finished second in the North

The leak of the Supreme Court’s draft decision reversing Roe v. Wade tells us that, for the Republican Party, the ends justify the means — including seating judges who lie under oath — and the good old days that Republicans want to revive are from 1250 not 1950. EACH of the conservative justices testified under oath at his/her Senate confirmation hearing that Roe v. Wade was “well-settled law.” The phrase “well-settled law” is significant when it comes to interpreting the U.S

I, like many others who reviewed David Baldacci’s “One Good Deed,” suspected that Aloysius Archer, the protagonist, would be the key character in a new Baldacci series. No sooner had I filed my column than the second Archer book arrived at my door. Like the first book, “A Gambling Man” is set in post-World-War-II America. But Archer has traveled from Poca City where he was released from prison to Reno, “The Biggest Little City in the World,” and then Las Vegas, where he hooks