D. August Promnitz
DUI killer sentenced to decade in prison
What started out as a celebratory night out for a Portuguese immigrant couple from Lemoore ended in tragedy when a drunk driver struck...
Mark Evan Smith of the Sierra Star
Alleged Oakhurst killer was ‘punching and stabbing everybody,’ witness says during Tuesday prelim
A witness at a preliminary hearing Tuesday in Bass Lake for charges against alleged murderer George Taylor-Windsor said the 26-year-old...


Bill Coate
Years ago in the week of Nov. 27
25 years ago in the week of Nov. 27, 1991 MCDOUGALD NAMED WATERSHED ADVISOR FOR S.J. VALLEY — The San Joaquin Valley now has a watershed...
Tom Elias
Apparently no paroles for mass killers
There was considerable irony when a California parole review panel late on Oct. 27 — just 12 days before the fall election — denied...
Bill Coate
Years ago in the week of Nov. 20
25 Years Ago Week of Nov. 20, 1991 MAJOR SOURCE OF MCNALLY PARK DRUGS ARRESTED — A Fresno man labeled as a major figure in furnishing...
D. August Promnitz
Killers of reformed man are sentenced
Sentences have been handed down to the two men convicted of killing a former gang member in a 2015 drive-by shooting. At the Madera...
D. August Promnitz
Victim fatally stabbed 20 times
A suspect has been arraigned, and awaits a preliminary setting, after he reportedly stabbed a woman to death in Oakhurst. At the Madera...


DJ Becker
City council, Sikh leaders commemorate pogrom
DJ Becker/The Madera Tribune Mayor Rob Poythress, rear center, and members of the Madera City Council stand with local Sikh leaders...