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Shots Fired at Madera Police Following Traffic Stop

MADERA - The lesson that all police officers know proved true in Madera Sunday morning, there is no such thing as a routine traffic stop. During a early morning stop of a new white Mazda SUV on the west side of Madera, one Madera police officer and his civilian ride-along passenger began a high speed pursuit of a suspect through a residential area that ended in gunfire and a disabled police vehicle.

Around 4:30am Sunday morning a police officer, who the department has yet to identify, was attempting to pull the suspect over at Howard Road and Mainberry Drive when the suspect's just took off at speeds of over 50 mph. The chase went through two stop signs before it entered the Venturi subdivision across Sunset Avenue.

Roger Leach MSHS 2016 Homecoming Grand Marshal

MADERA - Pastor Roger Leach will serve this year as the Grand Marshal of the Madera South 2016 Homecoming. He will be featured in our Homecoming Parade with his wife on Friday, October 14th. MSHS will be presenting him with a plaque and other items during the pre-game festivities at Friday's October 14th homecoming game vs. Sanger High School. He will also be featured on community fliers that will be posted in local business with our Homecoming sponsors.

Roger was born at the old Dearborn Hospital in Madera, California in 1949. During Roger’s high school days at Madera High School, he was elected Student Body Vice-President and President of the Student Legislature in 1966 -67. He was very active in the Future Farmers of America participated on several state winning judging teams, elected as officer and obtained the highest degree award of American Farmer.

Shooting on Avenue 7 Puts One in Jail

MADERA - At about 8:00 Thursday morning, the Madera County Sheriff’s Office received a call regarding a vehicle collision and an associated shooting on Avenue 7 between Road 24 and Road 25. CHP had initially received the call of a vehicle collision. When they arrived on scene, they found a female occupant of one of the vehicles had been shot, and that the suspect had crashed his vehicle and fled the scene.

Sheriff’s Deputies along with CHP Officers including H40, established a perimeter around the location of the incident. Several other agencies were called to assist including Fresno Sheriff’s Office K9 units, Madera PD officers from their Special Investigations Unit, and the Madera County DA’s Office investigators.

Deli Delicious: Gourmet Deli Sandwiches Come to Madera's West-Side

MADERA - Gourmet deli sandwiches can now be found on Madera's West-side as the latest Deli Delicious opened it's doors Thursday morning on Howard Road. With bread baked daily and trip-tip and chicken cooked on site, employees spent most of the morning preparing those and other fresh ingredients for the premier deli sandwiches they would serve to their guests.

The Howard Road location shares the same franchisee as Madera's other location on West Cleveland Avenue. Hari and Surinder Randhawa. The Randhawa's opened that as their first location in 2014 which was soon followed by another in Merced in January of 2015. With their son Jasdeep overseeing the operation of all their locations, the family run business is looking for other locations to offer Deli Delicious award winning sandwiches in the future.

Fresno PD Takes Group of Kids to Disneyland

FRESNO - In the early morning hours on May 13 approximately 90 students from Olmos Elementary School gathered at the school campus. They were meeting at 3 a.m. to take a field trip of unimaginable proportions for some. These 6th grade students were taking their trip to Disneyland.

This adventure was a product of amazing hard work and fundraising efforts from the students, their parents, the staff at Olmos Elementary, members of the community, and members of the Fresno Police Department. This opportunity was provided to every 6th grade student at Olmos Elementary.