19-Year-Old Driver Shears Off Fire Hydrant, Floods Howard Road. By DJ Becker/The Madera News November 1st, 2024 A white 2020 Mustang, driven by a 19-year-old Madera man slammed into a fire hydrant as he pulled away from the light, reportedly doing burnouts at Pine Street about 9 AM on Friday. …
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By DJ Becker/The Madera News July 6th, 2024 Two teenage boys, 13 and 15, attending a quinceanera party Saturday night were stabbed during a fight just before midnight in the 1300 block of Sonora Street, according to Madera Police. Both boys were taken to a Fresno hospital, where the 13-year-old died…
By DJ Becker / The Madera News July 7th, 2024 A 53-year-old man walking across Raymond Road just north of Cleveland Avenue was struck and killed by a vehicle at about 9:15 pm on Saturday, July 6th, according to The Madera Police, and more information is requested from any witnesses…
By DJ Becker/The Madera News July 5th, 2024 Madera Police received 234 calls for service from 7 pm the evening of July 4th, until 7 am the next morning according to Police Cmdr. Josiah Arnold. “Three arrests were also made for DUI. Officers responded to at least 80 calls with…
By DJ Becker/The Madera News June 4th, 2024 An alert area resident narrowly missed driving into a 20-foot deep sinkhole filled with sewage in the middle of Avenue 13, in the area of Road 24 about 4:30 pm on Sunday. According to Madera Public Works Operations Director Ismael Hernandez,…
March 20th, 2024 By DJ Becker/The Madera News A 50-year-old Madera woman is lucky to be alive after being carjacked, kidnapped, and assaulted by a violent registered sex offender Wednesday afternoon at about 1:30 near her home near Yosemite Avenue and L Streets. The victim was raped and seriously injured while…
DJ Becker/The Madera News September 11th, 2023 A Madera man in his late 60’s was struck by two vehicles on Madera Avenue at Maple Street Monday evening about 8:15, according to The Madera Police Department. He was pronounced dead at the scene. The man had just left the nearby market…
By DJ Becker/The Madera News June 7th, 2023 A dispute between two rival gang members resulted in a hail of bullets fired at about 3:15 Wednesday afternoon near children on the playground of Washington Elementary School. One 24-year-old man fled on foot and was shot multiple times as he ran from the gunfire. He was…
By DJ Becker/The Madera News A 27-year-old Madera man and veteran of the US Marine Corps was shot twice at close range and senselessly killed by two men walking by on Country Club Drive at Clark Street at about 11 pm on Thursday evening, January 12th, 2023 according to Madera…
By DJ Becker / The Madera News May 17th, 2022 A small vegetation fire on the north side of the Madera River Trail near the Schnoor bridge began about 4:30 pm Tuesday and was quickly blown by gusty winds across the riverbed to the south side where it burned into…