Bill Coate
Last of the Chowchilla kidnappers to be released
Woods wins parole Frederick Woods, 70, the last of three men convicted of hijacking a school bus full of children in what one prosecutor...


Bill Coate
Judge advises Till prosecutor
Wendy Alexander/The Madera Tribune Madera County Superior Court Judge Ernie LiCalsi talks with Hasani Heard, the lead student prosecutor...
For The Madera Tribune
Letters: Imago Dei — slavery and abortion
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable...


Bill Coate
Emmett Till trial set for today
Courtesy of Jose Romo Madera Superior Court Judge Ernie LiCalsi, left, and Madera County Sheriff Tyson Pogue prepare to officiate in the...
For The Madera Tribune
Court adjusts to COVID numbers
Exercising the authority granted under Government Code section: 68115 and the Jan. 18 order of Chief Justice Tani G. Cantil-Sakauye,...


Bill Coate
Justice for Emmett Till: Killers to stand trial
For The Madera Tribune Emmett Till and his mother, Mamie Till, are shown here just before the youth’s murder. Sixty-six years have passed...
Bill Coate
Making the escape from Dysfunction Junction
Yvonne Kramer was born on a Naval Base in San Diego, CA. Between her third and fifth birthdays she and her mother lived in Long Beach,...
Tom Elias
Opinion: The credibility problems on both sides in recall
From their first day of circulating petitions targeting Gov. Gavin Newsom, backers of the upcoming recall election attacked his...