The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail on Sunday, August. 3. through Sunday, August. 10. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Young softball players can sharpen their skills before fall ball at a camp hosted by Grind Softball on Monday, Sept. 1.

The Bedias Gators will host the MAD CO Fall Brawls baseball tournament Saturday, Aug. 16, featuring youth teams from across the region in four age divisions at the Lake Madison Park baseball fields.

NORMANGEE — Texas Parks and Wildlife will host a landowner workshop Friday, Aug. 15, at the Hilltop Lakes Community Center for property owners in Leon County.

News Alert: As we have suspected, beings from another world have been monitoring our planet for some time now. They have been searching for the perfect place to make their initial contact with mankind and, what do you know, they picked rural Texas to make their grand debut.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has asked the state Supreme Court to remove 13 of the more than 50 House Democrats who fled the state to break quorum and effectively halt the special session to prevent a mid-decade redistricting plan, the Austin American-Statesman reported.