Get ready for crawfish and guitar riffs. The third annual Mudbug & Music Festival returns to Lake Madison Park on Saturday, May 10.

Over 100 women attended Madisonville First Baptist Church’s annual Women’s Retreat on Saturday, Feb. 22. This was the first retreat hosted by the church, drawing participants from several area congregations.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension representatives demonstrate proper helmet use & pedestrian safety techniques to North Zulch elementary students in the school’s gymnasium. The presentation included visual aids & interactive demonstrations to teach students from pre-k through fifth grade about traffic & bicycle safety.

1938-2025 Frances Reynolds Hooper was born May 14, 1938, in the small town of Kittrell, Texas, near Trinity, to James Wiley & Effie Leona Reynolds. She lived a full and rewarding life having attained the age of 86 years and 9 months.

The Madison County Library announced its participation in the E-Read Texas program, an initiative by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission that provides free access to thousands of e-books and audiobooks. Library patrons can now explore this extensive digital collection through the Boundless app, available for Apple, Android, and Kindle Fire devices.

The 278th and 12th District Courts of Madison County sentenced four defendants to terms in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Institutional Division in January for drug and assault charges. In the 278th District Court, Judge Tracy Sorenson sentenced Kevin Michael John to five years for aggravated assault causing serious bodily injury, a second-degree felony that occurred on February 23, 2024.