Madera News

A Hispanic man in his late 20s to early 30s remains hospitalized in critical condition after he was hit by an SUV while riding his bike on Lake Street near Riverside Drive.

Every veteran's gravesite in Madera was adorned with a flag placed by members of Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 1981, American Legion Post 11 and Boy Scout Troops 116 and 117.

Three Madera men are behind bars facing felony charges - suspected of breaking into a home and vandalizing the entire interior of the residence.

Madera County sheriff's deputies responded early Sunday to a report of a suspicious vehicle parked outside a vacant home on Paula Road.

The Madera Tribune will not publish a Monday edition of the newspaper and its business office will be closed Monday due to the Memorial Day holiday.

The Veteran Employment Committee of Madera will host a veterans job and resource fair from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. June 20.

Over the last 10 years, Merced County has been part of a congressional district that extended north, including much of Stanislaus County and part of San Joaquin County.

A Madera County man was arrested this afternoon on suspicion of molesting a 9-year-old, and sheriff's detectives believe there may be more victims.

A Madera man killed Monday in a one-vehicle crash at Road 18 1/2 and Avenue 22 was identified as Elfrego Cuellar-Lazaro, 44, the Madera County Sheriff's Department said this morning.

The rider and passenger of a motorcycle killed Saturday in a collision with a car were identified today by the Madera County coroner.

The unidentified man's body was found around noon on Sunday in front of a home on Road 27 near Ellis Street in Madera County, just north of Madera.

This letter is in support of Dr. Loraine Goodwin as a candidate for Congressinal District 16.

Two scam artists are gaining access to the homes of older Fresno residents by offering to perform yard work, police said.

The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed the suit in 2010 against Mid Valley Labor Services, which is based in Madera .

A 21-year-old Madera man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for the shooting death of another man nearly four years ago, the Madera County District Attorney's Office said.

Juan Carlos Amezcua has been sentenced to 40 years to life in state prison for the murder of Victor Raqueno.

For more than 100 years the tombstone of the man who founded Madera and gave it its name moved from pillar to post after it was taken from the grave it marked in the late 19th century.

Landmark Irrigation becomes the third portfolio company of Prospect Partners III, L.P., and Prospect Partners' 39 "Landmark Irrigation has long been a regional leader in the micro-irrigation market niche, generating consistently strong year-over-year growth as farmers see the benefits in their crop yield and irrigation efficiency after using ... (more)

Local author Larry Lihosit, a former Madera County Development Services Engineer, will speak at the Madera County Library main branch on Thursday to explain how to write a memoir.

The gravestone of Madera County's first Sheriff resurfaces after it disappeared nearly a century ago.