It is amazing how many signs of God’s blessings are available to us. Every day we experience miracles, if we only pay attention to recognize them. Yesterday I was driving away from a visit to the Madera post office. As I was making a turn, out of the corner of my eye I saw a cross. My mind told me it was one of those ornamental crosses like some people put in their yards to designate their faith in Christ. The “cross” I saw seemed to be in an odd place. It was against the s

For the fifth consecutive year, Holy Trinity Episcopal Church and Madera United Methodist Church will offer a sung Good Friday service at noon on April 3. This service brings many who travel from Fresno and farther to experience this traditional Good Friday worship. This chanted and sung service uses music and prayers that are many centuries old. Fully half of the one-hour service is the chanted Passion according to John, proclaiming the passion narrative of Jesus, chapters 1

For The Madera Tribune This historic courthouse was torn down and replaced with a modern facility in 1953. Before that year was out, there had been three major breakouts at Madera’s new jail. In 1898, Madera did away with its old, wooden jail and replaced it with a brick and granite building. For years this stately structure, with its imposing tower, stood on 6th Street in all of its aesthetic glory. Then in 1937, a granite addition was added to the rear of the jail, and that

The Madera Police Department will conduct a driving under the influence (DUI/CDL) Checkpoint from 7 p.m.-1 a.m. at an undisclosed location Saturday. DUI checkpoint locations are determined based on data showing incidents of impaired driving-related crashes. The primary purpose of DUI/CDL checkpoints are to promote public safety by taking suspected impaired drivers off the road. Impaired drivers put others on the road at significant risk. Any prevention measures that reduce th

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Local dignitaries and city officials gather with community members for a ribbon cutting ceremony for the newly paved and improved walking trail in Lions Town and Country Park on Saturday. Dignitaries and guests converged to the newly refurbished Town and Country Trails for a 5K run/walk to highlight the completion of the trails at the park. The ribbon was cut Saturday morning and hundreds of people walked or ran through the parks for the 5

Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Cesar Chavez Elementary School. Cesar Chavez, an icon in the farm labor movement, was accused of sexual assault by Delores Huerta, his partner in the movement. Sexual abuse allegations surface The iconography of the legendary Cesar Chavez was left shredded last week when Delores Huerta, his partner and confidante in the farm labor movement, accused the late union organizer of sexual assault. Huerta told New York Times reporter Manny Fernand

For The Madera Tribune The Madera County Sheriff’s Office executed a search warrant Thursday on a suspected indoor marijuana cultivation operation inside a shop. Deputies seized two AR-15 rifles, three handguns, multiple rounds of ammunition, a body armor vest, more than $18,000, in addition an an ounce of cocaine and 9.5 pounds of processed marijuana. The Madera County Sheriff’s Office received an anonymous tip regarding a suspected indoor marijuana cultivation operation ins

For The Madera Tribune Christian Edwards. More than 4,000 digital files containing Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) were located during a search warrant at 50730 Granite Butte Way in Oakhurst. Madera County Sheriff’s detectives, working alongside the Central California Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force, executed a search warrant Thursday at the residence based on a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) regarding the distri