The 44th Annual Madera County Academic Decathlon speech, interview, and Super Quiz competitions will be held on February 7 at Madera South High School. The 2026 topic is “The Roaring Twenties.” “This competition represents months of hard work and commitment, and we are excited to come together once again to recognize the incredible achievements of our Academic Decathlon students,” said Tricia Protzman, Madera County Superintendent of Schools.

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera County Supervisor Rob Poythress presents Bill and Bea Jones with a certificate in recognition of the couple’s 80th wedding anniversary, which was on Dec. 23, 2025. Poythress made the presentation at Cedar Creek Senior Living on Tuesday. Cogir Cedar Creek Senior Living was in celebration mode again, as Madera County Supervisor Robert Poythress made a presentation and short speech honoring Bill and Bea Jones on their 80 years of marriag

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera South senior Emmanuel Pantoja tries to work Torres’ Kevin Franco into a pinning position. Pantoja recorded a pin over Franco to win the 132 pound match Wednesday on Senior Night.  With the North Yosemite League crown at stake, the Madera South Stallions wrestling team picked up dual victory over the Matilda Torres Toros to take the lead in the standings.  Both teams entered Wednesday’s dual with identical 2-0 league records. The Stallion

Wendy Alexander/the Madera Tribune Liberty’s Amani Rigmaiden goes up for two during Tuesday’s victory over the Tribe.  The combination of Titus Johnson and Hurley Ogan helped the Liberty Hawks boys basketball team to a 51-42 Northwest Sequoia Conference victory over the Chowchilla Tribe.  Johnson kept the Hawks in the lead for most of the game. He scored a game-high 15 points with a stat-filling line. He pulled down 13 rebounds, had four steals and blocked four shots. He also

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Matilda Torres’ Yamileth Hernandez (8) gets her head on the ball in the midfield during Wednesday’s battle with the Sanger Apaches.  Despite dominating the first half, the Matilda Torres Toros had to wait until the second half to score in 2-0 victory over the Sanger Apaches. The Toros remained undefeated in the County/Metro Athletic Conference in Tuesday’s victory.  Emma Velasquez and Elihanna Gallegos scored second half goals for the Toros.

As we approach our nation’s 250th birthday, it’s worth reviewing the evolution of our revolution. Let’s review the status of American exceptionalism. American exceptionalism is the belief that America is unique, distinctive, or exemplary because of our values, historical development, and political system.  What is exceptional about MAGA America?

Most adults know something about — or at least have heard of — anorexia, an eating disorder that affects females, for the most part. Although anyone can become anorexic, the ailment is most likely to affect young women, probably starting in their teens. However, there is a little-known affliction that is most likely to be experienced by young men: “bigorexia.” And it is increasing in this country. Muscle dysmorphia, or bigorexia, is probably due to a distorted notion about an

For The Madera Tribune Lena Northern, second from the left, was voted Madera Raisin Queen two years before this photo was taken. Maderans in the early part of the 20th century weren’t completely preoccupied with politics; after all there was going to be a contest to choose some local high school girl to represent Madera in the California Raisin Day Celebration in Fresno. April 30, 1914 was set as the day for pulling out the stops and raising three cheers for raisins. Although