Chuck Doud
Editor's Corner: Sending a feline friend to the great beyond
It took less than 10 seconds for Buddy the Cat to get rid of her pain. Buddy has been known to readers of these scratchings for the last...
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Readers pleased by backpack giveaway
John Rieping/The Madera Tribune Seventh grade students wait to receive their free JanSport backpack Friday in the Martin Luther King Jr....
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Bill Coate
Judge Lynch worked hard in Madera County
Courtesy of Madera County Historical Society Madera’s first jail kept criminals secure in more ways than one. Once the lawbreakers were...
The Madera Tribune
District attorney: Shooting by cop was self defense
A Madera police officer who shot and killed a 32-year-old Madera man this summer acted in “reasonable self defense,” an investigation by...
The Madera Tribune
Carjacking suspect killed by CHP
A carjacking suspect died after being shot by a California Highway Patrol officer during a foot chase Sunday. Authorities had not...
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Charles Doud
Community leader, businessman Mike Purl dies at 71
Madera businessman and community leader Mike Purl died Wednesday, a victim of ALS/Lou Gehrig’s disease. He was 71. Purl was born in...