Officer-involved shooting incident under investigation
In an update, with more details emerging, to Wednesday’s story about a man dying in an officer-involved shooting, it was discovered the...
For The Madera Tribune
Dec 2, 2022
Major injury in 4-car accident
A car passing over a set of double-yellow lines lost control of his vehicle, struck a rock on side of the road and overturned, causing a...
For The Madera Tribune
Dec 2, 2022
Man dies in officer-involved shooting
Madera Police Officers responded to a call of a man with a gun acting erratically near Ellis and Merced streets. MPD officers encountered...
For The Madera Tribune
Nov 30, 2022
Opinion: Andrew Gross, ‘Button Man’
Kirkus Reviews, a highly credible source, calls Andrew Gross’ “Button Man” (2018, 371 pages) a “highly satisfying story of family...
Jim Glynn
Nov 30, 2022


‘Great Imposter’ came to Madera
For The Madera Tribune Before he came to Madera County in 1964, to open up a school for boys in North Fork, Fred Demara had already built...
Bill Coate
Nov 23, 2022


Sheriff challenged from the inside
For The Madera Tribune Sheriff W.O. Justice lost his badge to deputy Marlin Young. In 1927, the people of Madera County elected Welton...
Bill Coate
Nov 19, 2022
Book Talk: Cavanagh’s ‘The Liar’ is another wow!
This is not a spoiler. About halfway through Steve Cavanagh’s “The Liar” (2017, 327 pages in paperback), the man in the witness stand...
Jim Glynn
Nov 16, 2022


Maderans had a ‘Howling time’
For The Madera Tribune George Washington Mordecai introduced the first bill to create Madera County and then took part in the “howling...
Bill Coate
Nov 16, 2022











