Tips for pet owners for the Fourth of July
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With the fourth of July festivities coming with events happening at Lake Madison Park and at Bray’s Motor Museum & Playground, American’s will be celebrating with fireworks, grilling and a whole lot of cheers.
JAIL LOG
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The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail on Sunday, June 23 through Sunday, June 30. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
FOOD TRUCK FRIDAY DELIGHT
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METEOR PHOTOS BY RICHARD SIRMAN Attendees enjoy a blend of food trucks offering and live music as Alex Barker and his bandmate perform at Madisonville’s first Food Truck Friday on Friday, June 28..
‘ROUND TOWN
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Editor’s Note: “Opinions in this column are not representative of the views of The Madisonville Meteor.” Did you see the information about the miracle weight loss pills on Facebook? Wow. Sounds great, doesn’t it? The problem is if it seems too good to be true, it is too good to be true.
Meteor places third
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COLLEGE STATION — Granite Media Partners Inc.’s publications, which includes the Navasota Examiner and Madisonville Meteor Newspapers, dominated the 2023 Texas Better Newspaper Contest.
The Madisonville Meteor earned third place in editorial writing with the article written by editor Richard Sirman, “Cattle Mutilations Leave Investigators Stumped in Madison County” published in the April 20, 2023 edition.
The Navasota Examiner placed first in headline writing, third in the new public notice category and fourth in feature writing.
Holdridge pleaded guilty to sexual assault
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Wesley Holdridge, age 30, pleaded guilty to sexual assault of a child, a second-degree felony, on Monday, June 24. The investigation started on March 5, 2021, when the Madison County Sheriff’s Office received a report of child sexual abuse; after an investigation by Investigator Chelsea Stanford, it was found that around May 1, 2020, Holdridge sexually assaulted a teenage female under the age of 17 by making her perform oral sex on him.
MCSO seeks help in locating wanted individuals
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The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s assistance locating three wanted individuals for unrelated offenses. One of those individuals is Ashleigh Amari Dillon, who was last seen in Bryan.
Free telehealth visits in schools help student mental health
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In Texas, 71% of youth with mental health issues will go untreated. In Grimes County, school districts are actively trying to lower that percentage by working with programs that provide free virtual mental health counseling and other resources.
