Sweet Magnolia Learning Center will hold a bake sale on Monday, Feb. 17 to help cover medical costs for an 18-month-old boy who needs specialized therapy in Austin.

The Texas 4-H Photography Program will accept entries from photographers across the state for its 2025 contest, whether they belong to 4-H or not. The month-long contest runs Feb.

According to the Texas Education Agency’s Federal Report Card, North Zulch Independent School District met multiple academic targets for the 2023-24 school year, surpassing multiple state benchmarks and showing growth in educational areas.

I located a treasure, a special section from the September 12, 1940, Meteor, headlined “Modern New Heath Clinic is Opened in Madisonville.” The same section contained facts about Heath Hospital, which preceded the clinic. I learned plenty!

I thought I’d provide a satirical situation with you in the patrol car driver’s seat this week. Dear Reader rest assured; I have been on calls that are nearly identical to this farcical fiction presented.

A bill to implement school vouchers in Texas sailed through the Senate largely on party lines last week and now awaits consideration in the House, the Austin American- Statesman reported. House Speaker Dustin Burrows, R-Lubbock, said he believes there are enough votes in that chamber to pass the legislation, which was defeated a half-dozen times in 2023 by a coalition of Democratic and rural Republican members.

Students will ride donkeys and play basketball in the North Zulch High School gym at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb.

Madisonville Lady Mustangs beat Silsbee 63-60 on Monday, Feb. 10, to win the bi-district championship in the 4A D2 playoffs.

The Mustangs baseball team edged Cameron 8-7 on Monday, Feb. 10, thanks to a seventh-inning single by Izaiya Drake.

In a battle of undefeated district rivals, the Madisonville Lady Mustangs outlasted Hudson 3-2 Friday night in an intense 4A Region 2 District 16 match. Hudson struck first, scoring 64 seconds into the game.