For The Madera Tribune The Madera County Sheriff’s Office honors five long-time employees at a recent Board of Supervisors meeting. Receiving the honors are, front row, from left, Deputy Rudolfo Lopez, Lieutenant Valerie Seaborn, Deputy Jeffrey Barker, Senior Administrative Analyst Jeannette Flores, and Civil Unit Manager Mike Motz. Also representing the MCSO are, middle row, from left Lieutenant Benjamin Mendoza, Sheriff Tyson Pogue, and Undersheriff Brian Esteves. Back row,

California Highway Patrol Madera officers responded to a two-vehicle crash on southbound SR-99, south of Avenue 12 on Thursday just after 6 p.m. A 37-year-old man from Selma was driving a silver 2002 Honda Civic, southbound on SR-99, south of Avenue 12 within the No.1 lane, at an unknown speed. A 29-year-old woman from Selma, was seated in the right front passenger seat of the Honda. A 33-year-old man from Bakersfield was driving a 2023 blue International semi-truck, pulling

This information is for everyone but especially those with elderly family members and the Madera County Sheriff’s Offices encourages people to share this information with them.  Several examples of recent phone scams: • Scammer calls pretending to be law enforcement and says you have a warrant. They ask for payment over the phone or via gift cards.

County Clerk-Recorder and Registrar of Voters, Rebecca Martinez, announced that an Election will be held on June 2, 2026.  Many offices will appear on the ballot for this election, including the applicable candidate filing dates Federal and State offices — Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Controller, Attorney General, Treasurer, Insurance Commissioner, member, State Board of Equalization District 1, U.S. Representative in Congress, Districts 5 and 13, member

For The Madera Tribune Members of the Big Valley Horseshoe League gathered for a photo at City Hall after presenting a request for more pitching courts during a City Council meeting last month. The Big Valley horseshoe League was out in force at a recent Madera City Council Meeting.  Approximately 30 league players attended the meeting in support of a request to build eight additional horseshoe pitching courts at Rotary Park. The league currently has 12 courts available for l

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune The Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team celebrates at center court after a 46-24 victory over the Mendota Aztecs to win the fifth annual Cen-Cal Holiday Invitational at Torres.  Mitchell scores 1,000th point With the help of J’Lynn Mitchell’s 22 points, the Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team easily dispatched the Mendota Aztecs to win their own Cen-Cal Holiday Invitational. In what is becoming one of the best rivalries among Mati

For The Madera Tribune Madera Coyote wrestlers show off some of the many toys they received during a toy drive during their dual meet with Lemoore on Thursday.  The Madera Coyote wrestling team’s first toy drive was a success, as was its match-up with the Lemoore Tigers in Joe Flores Gym.  The Coyotes brought in more than 100 toys for Madera Unified children and defeated the Tigers 59-10 in the dual meet Thursday.  In fact, the Coyotes won their first 11 matches of the evenin

The Madera Coyotes girls basketball team advanced to the fifth place game of the Cen-Cal Holiday Invitational at Matilda Torres, but couldn’t match Yosemite’s height in a 43-34 loss.  The Coyotes battled, but couldn’t come back from a 16-8 first quarter in Saturday’s loss.  Janyah Spotwood recorded a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds with seven on the offensive glass. She also led the team with four steals. Rylie Fernandez added eight points, but they were the only