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Tyler Takeda
Museum readies for Gala
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Sheryl Berry, left, joins Lory Miller as she stocks more goodies during the Madera County...
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Tyler Takeda
Downtown Light Parade ready for Thursday start
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo The Grinch tags along on the 1st Class Auto Repair float during the 2021 Madera Light...
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Bill Coate
Baratta passes away at 101
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune File Photo Bill Baratta is shown here celebrating his 100th birthday last year. Baratta passed away on...
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Man dies in officer-involved shooting
Madera Police Officers responded to a call of a man with a gun acting erratically near Ellis and Merced streets. MPD officers encountered...
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Cross country teams run at CIF State Meet
Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The Matilda Torres Toros boys cross country team begins the Div. IV CIF State Championship race Saturday...
Jim Glynn
Opinion: Andrew Gross, ‘Button Man’
Kirkus Reviews, a highly credible source, calls Andrew Gross’ “Button Man” (2018, 371 pages) a “highly satisfying story of family...
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Bill Coate
Blackface in Madera
For The Madera Tribune Year after year in the first half of the 20th century, blackface minstrel shows entertained Maderans. “Living...
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For The Madera Tribune
Obituary: Henry Richard Kuckenbecker, May 2, 1940 – Nov. 27, 2022 - Madera, California
For The Madera Tribune Richard Kuckenbecker. It is with great sadness that the family of Richard Kuckenbecker announces his passing on...