

History in the Week of Sept. 10
Madera County Historical Society Herman Brammer and son William pose in their shoe store 100 years ago — one year before it was...
Bill Coate
Sep 15, 2018


Obituary: Duane A. Smartt
Duane A. Smartt 79, passed away peacefully on September 3, 2018. He was born in Yuba City to Hubert and Dora (Hamm) Smartt. After...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 14, 2018


2 killed in head-on crash
Photo Courtesy of Martin Cabrera for sierranewsonline.com Two people were killed in the 2013 Ford Fusion, foreground, that struck the...
DJ Becker
Sep 12, 2018


Farmer Roger Poythress dies at 62
Madera Tribune File Photo Roger Poythress. The Madera farming community, as well as its religious community, has lost one of its greatest...
Tami Jo Nix
Sep 8, 2018
Why John McCain wasn’t all that much of a hero
John McCain was not a hero. All humans have breaking points. Many men being tortured give confessions, often telling lies so that other...
For The Madera Tribune
Sep 8, 2018


History in the Week of Sept. 3
Madera County Historical Society Fifty years ago, Gladys Hunter Wilson reigned as Madera’s Old Timer’s Day queen. She had been a life...
Bill Coate
Sep 8, 2018


Man held in deaths of 2
Courtesy of the Madera Police Department Dejon Walker, 24, was arrested on suspicion of double murder while reportedly being in a...
DJ Becker
Sep 5, 2018
Girl, 7, dies after being hit by boat
A man and a 7-year-old girl were reportedly struck by a boat at Bass Lake around 3 p.m. Monday, according to the Madera County Sheriff’s...
DJ Becker
Sep 5, 2018









