3 arrested for 2013 murder
Author(s): Mark SmithThree gang members were arrested this week for a rash of shootings last June that police said killed an innocent man and left two more with gunshot wounds.Norteño gang members Luis...
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Reservoir water? No
Author(s): Mark SmithAssociated PressFarms, cities cut offAmid severe drought conditions, California officials announced Friday they won’t send any water from the state’s vast reservoir system to local...
View ArticleArea students compete in speech
Author(s): Leon EmoMarco Alvarez of San Joaquin Memorial High School and Seth Janzen of Madera High claimed the top two places in an annual Sunrise Rotary Club of Madera speech contest.The theme was...
View ArticleMadera South High School perfect attendees treated
Author(s): Elsa MejiaDario Gomez is a lively freshman at Madera South High School — and very focused. He has not been tardy or absent from a single period since the school year started. On Friday, he...
View ArticleYosemite High School wins 2014 Academic Decathlon
Author(s): Elsa MejiaYosemite High School took the Madera County Academic Decathlon championship 21 years ago and has yet to let go. Nine Yosemite High “decathletes” and their coach jumped up and down...
View ArticlePancakes fund 4-H Club
Author(s): Tami Jo NixIn pre-dawn hours Sunday, while the championship dreams of Denver Broncos’ fans lived, a local group prepared a morning feast. Madera District Fairground’s Van Alen Hall,...
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Laborers brace for unemployment
Author(s): Associated PressBy Scott SmithMENDOTA — Amid California’s driest year on record, the nation’s leading agricultural region is locked in drought and bracing for unemployment to soar, sending...
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Governor attacks water bill
Author(s): Associated PressSACRAMENTO — Gov. Jerry Brown said Monday that a Republican effort in Congress to address California’s unprecedented drought is an “unwelcome and divisive intrusion” in the...
View ArticleStudents facing charges for egging
Author(s): Mark Smith$4,000 in damages to three carsTwo Yosemite High School students face felony vandalism charges after Madera County sheriff’s spokeswoman Erica Stuart said they skipped class then...
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Freeze costs 20 percent of citrus crop
Author(s): Associated PressEXETER (AP) — A week of freezing temperatures in early December wiped out nearly a quarter of California’s $2 billion citrus industry, an industry group estimated on Monday....
View ArticleWine and Chocolate Weekend on the way
Author(s): Elsa MejiaSurprises are set to be part of the annual Wine and Chocolate Weekend on Saturday and Sunday as new releases hit the wine trail.San Joaquin Wine Company is launching four new wines...
View ArticleCounty to consolidate offices
Author(s): Mark SmithPlanning, road departments to move to administration buildingIn a move officials expect could save taxpayers millions of dollars in coming years, the Madera County Board of...
View ArticleLiberty High School student wins Rotary speech contest
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneA Liberty High School sophomore won the 2014 Rotary Speech Contest in Madera, earning $125 and an opportunity to compete in the next level of the contest this month....
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Another $14M for water needs
Author(s): Associated Press$20M pledged to state TuesdaySACRAMENTO (AP) — Federal officials on Wednesday pledged more money to help California cope with its severe drought as state fishing regulators...
View ArticleSquatters arrested for theft, meth
Author(s): The Madera TribuneAuthorities jailed a mountain couple squatting on private property after discovering a trailer they were staying in had been reported as stolen.A Madera County sheriff’s...
View ArticleDrought withers business confidence
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneValley’s economic index dropsThe overall San Joaquin Valley Business Conditions Index dropped in January, but the indicator remained above the neutral threshold,...
View ArticleTeenager charged in murder
Author(s): For The Madera TribuneNewborn found in cupboardA teenager mother faces murder charges after depu-ties found her newborn wrapped in a plastic bag and stuffed in a cabinet below a bathroom...
View ArticleScouts learn how to lead on Civics Day
Author(s): Tami Jo Nix89th annual job shadowing event held The next generation of leaders skipped afternoon classes to get a lesson in public service on Wednesday.The Boy Scouts of Madera’s Sequoia...
View ArticleAccused Pike killer in court
Author(s): Mark SmithAfter more than six years of delays since Krista Pike was discovered beaten to death in a Madera home, one of the suspects facing criminal charges in the 18-year-old’s murder...
View ArticleFinal sentencing in Fontes murder pushed back, again
Author(s): Mark SmithThe final phase of justice for 44-year-old Maderan Gerald Fontes, beaten to death nearly two years ago, was again delayed Thursday as the sentencing for a man prosecutors say...
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