For The Madera Tribune From left, Madera Elks Lodge #1919 Bingo Chair Gen Buckley, Madera Rescue Mission Executive Director Jesse Chavez, Madera Food Bank Executive Director Ryan McWherter, Leading Knight Jesus Hernandez, and Bingo Committee member Susan Flores stand together after announcing programs that received the proceeds from the Elks’ Bingo Nights. The Madera Elks Lodge #1918 made cash donations to four organizations last week.  The funds were distributed from Bingo N

For The Madera Tribune A traffic stop for reckless driving led to a discovered gun and cocaine, as well as a black ski mask. The suspect was prohibited from possessing firearms due to a prior felony conviction. Madera Police Department Corporal Jeremy Smith conducted a traffic stop near W. 4th Street and north I Street after observing a vehicle being driven recklessly by Alan Guillen.  During the Sunday night stop, Corporal Smith noticed a firearm on the floorboard next to Gu

While on patrol Saturday morning, Madera Police Department contacted 35-year-old Gumaro Frias.  During the interaction, a vehicle drove by without headlights, and was swerving. Concerned the driver might be impaired, the officers left to investigate, and conducted a traffic stop.  The officers’ instincts proved correct. A 50-year-old Madera resident was found to be driving with a blood alcohol concentration over twice the legal limit.

For The Madera Tribune Although the City of Madera is conducting its annual Curbside Cleanup Program, the Madera Police Department reminds residents that discarded items must be placed neatly by the curb. Illegal dumping like this creates traffic hazards and fines are associated with it. As many residents are aware, the City of Madera is currently conducting its Annual Curbside Cleanup Program. Zone 2 cleanup services will continue through March 13 with Zone 1 completed over

Wendy Alexander/the Madera Tribune The Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team celebrates on the stage after winning the 2026 Div. IV Central Section Championship with a 34-23 victory over the Tulare Union Tribe on Friday at Selland Arena. It’s the first basketball title for Torres. FRESNO — After making it to the Central Section Championship game three years ago, the Matilda Torres Toros girls basketball team finally made it back, and took home the hardware.  With a defen

Their health services guy, RFK Jr., admits to sniffing cocaine from public toilet seats. MAGA’s immigration shot caller, Stephen Miller, is a proud white supremacist. And Trump pardons criminals who make the Mafia seem like the Mickey Mouse Club.  But the smell of MAGA rot is in the air. Even MAGA super-star Marjorie Taylor Greene says that MAGA “was all a lie.” How does MAGA lie? MAGA misdirects by mimicking Las Vegas illusionists. They pull “whataboutisms” from a hat to cha

Note: Because this Opinion is long, I have asked The Madera Tribune to publish it in two pieces, the remaining part in next week’s paper. This question, in this letter, is primarily for Christians, any denomination, very active, not practicing, whatever. Others are invited to consider the message herein and see how the question relates to them. Again: Why are you a Democrat? That’s the bait question. Here’s the hook question — who do you associate yourself with? As a person w

Fifteen million viewers held their breaths while Avery Mason, the 24-year-old anchor of American Events, the most popular newsmagazine on television, sat in the driver’s seat of a Honda minivan, perched on a hydraulic lift above a high-school swimming pool. When the restraint was released, the car rolled at the angle that a car veering off a highway and into a river or lake would fall.  Avery had completed a week of instruction from experts on how to escape a sinking automobi