Was the mineshaft killing really murder?
Madera County Historical Society The detective work of Sheriff Welton Rhodes, shown here, sent Albert Fuller to the gallows for the 1931...
Bill Coate
Dec 7, 2019
Fatality suspect nabbed
For The Madera Tribune Amado Ventura. A Madera man alleged to be driving under the influence of alcohol struck a man and woman standing...
DJ Becker
Dec 5, 2019
County residents indicted for dealing heroin that caused overdose death
FRESNO — A federal grand jury returned a two-count indictment today against Georgia Nicole Dean, 36, and Ashley Michelle Hill, 32, both...
For The Madera Tribune
Nov 27, 2019
Madera’s cemetery district honored
For The Madera Tribune Madera Cemetery District employees gather for a photo in front of the Veterans Memorial at Arbor Vitae Cemetery....
Tami Jo Nix
Nov 27, 2019
Fake news in Madera?
Madera County Historical Society Ben Ducker, left, poses with his son William in 1900, as he holds the shotgun that he used against the...
Bill Coate
Nov 27, 2019
Homeless man found dead, mauled by a bloody pit bull
A homeless man was found dead Monday morning in the Fresno River bed near the area of Cleveland Avenue and Raymond Road, according to the...
DJ Becker
Nov 13, 2019
Letter: Daughter’s tribute to beloved father
My dad, Dim Sambueso, was a lifelong resident of Madera. We laid him to rest at a private ceremony, along with his twin brother Don. He...
For The Madera Tribune
Nov 13, 2019
Walter Vernon Yeager: The face of a killer
Madera County Historical Society Walter Vernon Yeager. Walter Vernon Yeager was a killer. On Nov. 10, 1923, he murdered traffic cop...
Bill Coate
Nov 13, 2019
