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Recently, the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on House Bill 900, a Texas law requiring booksellers to categorize the explicitness and relevance of sexual content in materials sold to schools; the court temporarily halted the enforcement of the bill on Wednesday, Jan. 17, leaving Madisonville Consolidated School District and many other districts in the state confused while they navigate uncharted waters.

The Madison County Sheriff’s office recently announced the sentencing of two individuals for two separate crimes, one relating to possession of a controlled substance charge, while the other is for manufacturing and delivery of a controlled substance.

Braxton B. and River G., members of North Zulch FFA, completed and showed their ag mechanics projects at the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo last weekend. They both received blue ribbons for their work on their individual projects. Braxton showed his root rake in the Tractor Attachment Division and River showed his boat in the Wildlife Equipment Division. River G. also won Reserve Champion in the Wildlife Division.

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North Zulch ISD held their North Zulch Career Expo on Friday, Jan. 19, in attendance was many businesses but one of them was the Madison County District Attorney’s Office. Chief DA Investigator Steve Jeter spoke to students about the District Attorney’s Office and Law Enforcement at the event.

Calls for Service: 60 Traffic Stops: 26 Arrests: 4 The following calls/incidents/arrests listed are only calls the Sheriff’s Office believes are of interest to the public. The listed calls do not reflect the entire workload that our Deputies respond to and/or initiate each day. All subjects are presumed innocent until and unless proven guilty in a court of law. .

All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Listed are the Inductees and current members of the National Beta Club at Madisonville High school

New and updated property tax information has been compiled by Madison County Appraisal District and is available now to assist taxpayers.