Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera National Little League’s Foster and Parker Insurance holds up the Cecil Cox Trophy and show off their rings after winning the Madera City Championship over Morgan’s Garage on Saturday. The Madera Majors City Championship game was a classic title game that went into extra innings. Madera National champion, Foster and Parker scored a run in the top of the seventh and held in the bottom of the inning for a 4-3 victory over Madera America

Tyler Takeda/The Madera Tribune Madera National’s Round Table show off their rings after capturing the Madera AAA City Championship on Saturday after a 15-0 victory over Madera American’s Mountain Valley Fire Protection. Madera National Little League AAA Champion, Round Table, executed the perfect game plan for a 15-0 victory over Madera American Little League AAA Champion, Mountain Valley Fire Protection, in Saturday’s City Championship Little League game. In AAA, teams can

First of all, my thanks go to Mr. Gaunt for his attempt to make light of comments from my previous letter. However, I often express my opinions, which are not based on fact; I have never said they were factual. Someone’s opinion can never be wrong, or offbeat, or not true as stated. They are simply the way someone feels and they have to be respected. The lack of respect for someone’s opinion has turned into a specialty of members of the left. I strongly feel that people are e

Shoot Don’t Shoot (1995, 403 pages in paperback format) is the third book in Ms. Jance’s Sheriff Joanna Brady series. In Desert Heat, her husband Andy, Sheriff of Cochise County, is murdered; In Tombstone Courage, she is elected the new sheriff in a matter of weeks. (Desert Heat was reviewed in this column on March 5, 2025, and Tombstone Courage on April 30, 2025.) Jance has written a total of 24 books in the Joanna Brady series, and I don’t know if I’ll read all of them, but

Two years ago, while Donald Trump was running for reelection, I wrote an opinion piece that compared Trump World to Bizarro World. I upset one or two people, Well, maybe a few more than that. Therefore, it seems like a good idea to revisit my thoughts and ponder the accuracy of my statements. I’ll start by selectively quoting myself as a proper set up to bring us forward to today. “I dreamt of Bizarro World, a DC Comics creation in my childhood. It was a square planet of alte

For The Madera Tribune More than 50 years ago, these 10 Madera children were orphaned when their parents, Robert and Joyce Morris were killed in a car wreck caused by a drunk driver going the wrong way on Highway 99. From left to right are Judy, 16; Kathleen, 17; Edward, 3; Michael 10; Jeffrey, 8; Linda 15; Carole, 14; Robert and Roberta 11; and Theresa, 12. The driver was drunk as he traveled north in the southbound lanes of Highway 99. When he reached Ashlan Avenue in Fresn

For The Madera Tribune Front row, from left, are Kathy Row (Elks Lodge Activities Chair), first place contest winner Arianna Villanueva, Superintendent Sheila Perry, and contestant Cooper Bloom. Back row, from left, are contestants Abigail Carroll, Brianna Rodriguez, Doug Row (Elks National Foundation Chair), Boston Tharp, and Bear Hernandez (Elks Exalted Ruler). Not pictured is John Bliss, Elks Drug Awareness chairman. Madera Elks Lodge #1918 sponsored their annual Drug Awar

Due to the upcoming increase in temperature, the City of Madera will activate a cooling center Thursday through Saturday at the Pan American Community Center at 703 Sherwood Way. Light refreshments and activities will be provided. The center will be open from 8 a.m.-7 p.m. The Madera Police Department’s front lobby at 330 S. C Street will also operate as a 24-hour Cooling Center. The City utilizes www.weather.gov for all Cooling Center information.