Madera News

Should Argentina's Messi have ditched the sports drink in the second half? Study casts doubt on soccer blood sugar effect The acquisition broadens JBT FoodTech's portfolio of in-container sterilization technologies to the canning, dairy, pharmaceutical and beverage industry.

One person was killed and eight were injured Monday evening on state Highway 152 east of Gilroy after a tractor-trailer triggered a crash with eight other vehicles, according to the California Highway Patrol.

Lewis, a 38-year-old teacher, reached the finish at the Mount Whitney Portal in 23 hours, 52 minutes, 55 seconds.

The hummingbirds might do a little less zipping around the verbena and seek a little shade with the return of heat to the Central Valley.

Madera sheriff's deputies arrested two men with stolen property in their pickup after neighbors called in a report of a suspicious vehicle near Avenue 9 and Road 35. The truck was seen parked alongside an orchard around 6:30 p.m. Saturday night.

Bethesda Apostolic Faith Church is scheduled to have a church barbecue 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Friday, 1822 Canal St. Donation is $10 per person.

Water quality can be a concern for many, especially in some areas of the Central Valley where several contamination problems have been reported recently.

The Wylie family put in hard work and some red paint to transform a semi-dilapidated structure into the iconic red fruit barn that opened July 3 at 38802 Avenue 12 east of Madera.

The Victim Services Center is on that list. Mrs. Rose volunteered as a crisis hotline worker there for about 20 years.

In the wake of a road rage shooting this week in Corte Madera, law enforcement and mental health officials are urging people to remain calm behind the wheel.

Book author Jacqueline Winspear, best known for her post-World War I Maisie Dobbs mystery novel series, is photographed before speaking and signing books about her new novel "The Care and Management of Lies" at Book Passage in Corte Madera, Calif., on Wednesday, July 2, 2014.

Last week, the Madera Superior Court handed down a lengthy prison sentence to Tawney Jeffries, 46, of Oakhurst, who was convicted of felony driving under the influence and causing great bodily injury, said Madera County District Attorney Michael R. Keitz.

The city of Chowchilla local business leaders have decided to team up for a new sign telling highway travelers they are entering town.

Madera County Soccer Fest 2014 will offer free soccer clinics to Madera County children July 29-31.

Only a patch of dirt, surrounded by a chain-link fence and warning signs, remains of Annie's Hollywood Inn, a 66-year-old bar on Fresno's Golden State Boulevard that was demolished Monday to make way for construction of California's high-speed rail project.

Madera brothers Cody and Conner Magnuson will be honored for achieving the rank of Eagle Scout at a ceremony Saturday in Madera.

Items selected are from the daily police logs of the cities listed below. Times shown are when the incidents were reported to the police.

West Nile Virus activity this year has been detected in several Central Valley counties including Fresno, Madera, Stanislaus and Tulare.

July 12--An old bar on a rundown section of Golden State Boulevard in central Fresno will be among the first buildings to fall to make way for construction of California's high-speed rail project.

The Hampshire independent senior living community will host soldiers from the California Veteran Honors Program at 11:30 a.m. July 18 to discuss military funeral honors.