This is the last week to get holiday gifts and greetings in the mail by the recommended deadlines. Customer traffic at all Post Office locations has been steadily increasing since Dec. 5, and this week is expected to be the busiest.

In northern Mexico it had the history of being a dangerous mine but there weren’t many jobs and the area had extreme poverty. As locals would say, “You either go underground or starve.” An explosion and cave-in occurred, and 128 miners were trapped 300 feet below ground.

Sponsored by Cyber Security Specialists • Dec.12-16 th All Day Keep Madison County Beautiful Annual Christmas Decorating Content Judging will be from Dec 12-16 and prizes will be awarded December 19. Contest is for residents of Madisonville, North Zulch and Midway.

LEAD STORY -- THE ENTREPRENEURIAL SPIRIT RayLee Holladay and her husband, Bubba, live in Lascassas, Tennessee, where they raise cows. About six years ago, WKRN-TV reported, RayLee had been seeking a venture of her own to bring in money on the farm when she discovered Rent The Chicken, a business founded by Phil and Jenn Tompkins of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Jessie is a german shepherd that lives in Madison County, and her boy is a regular reporter who reports on the simple things of life for the Madisonville Meteor: his name is Russell, and he is ten years old.

Funeral services for Holly Dean are scheduled for 11:30AM on Saturday; December 10, 2022 at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Madisonville, TX with the burial to follow at Allphin Cemetery.