Madison County residents can now access the National Weather Service’s 2025 Southeast Texas Hurricane and Severe Weather Guide, a comprehensive resource for storm preparation and safety. The 38-page guide covers all hurricane hazards including storm surge, flooding, tornadoes and destructive winds.

The Texas Mushroom Festival seeks amateur artists for its 2025 art contest with mushrooms as the required theme. The contest opens to all non-professional artists with entries due by Sunday, Oct.

Gov. Greg Abbott says he got everything he pushed for during the Legislature’s 89th session, which ended June 2.

Recently I was gifted with the first page,frontandback,fromtheMarch 1,1912,Meteor! Themasthead(top, name of newspaper) was in Gothic Old English font! It is from the newspaper’s eighteenth year, when a subscription cost $1 a year.

City officials have organized a volunteer cleanup effort for Wells Street on Saturday, June 28. Volunteers will gather at City Hall, 210 W.

Texas A&M University- Kingsville has released the names of the students who made the President’s List, Dean’s List and Honor Roll for the spring 2024 semester. The President’s List requires a grade point average of 4.00 on all work attempted for a particular semester, with a minimum of 15 semester undergraduate hours completed, exclusive of credit only (CR) courses.

According to Vina Young, a church member, the summer lunch program has been running for 17 years at West Main Church of Christ in Madisonville. The children’s program only runs from Monday through Friday from 11 a.m.

AUSTIN — Texans will soon experience a more streamlined process for receiving metal license plates when they purchase a car from a dealer thanks to a new state law. Under House Bill 718, passed by the 88th Legislature in 2023, starting July 1, 2025, motor vehicle dealers will begin issuing metal license plates directly to buyers of new and used vehicles.

1937 – 2025 Elizabeth Colwell Ward was born on July 25,1937, as the youngest of four daughters to Ethon Monroe and Della Mae Risinger Colwell. She had fond memories of spending time with her grandparents, visiting with cousins and watching her mother cook.