Peter Campbell had just reenlisted in the Navy when an explosion changed everything. The landing craft blast left him in a coma for 10 days and ended his military career in 1957.

Jason Phillips graduated from Madisonville High School in 2010 with no clear direction. Five years later, he returned home from the Marine Corps with discipline and purpose.

More than four-fifths of Texas public schools received an “A” rating for their financial practices, according to the Texas Education Agency, which released the final financial accountability ratings for the latest school year last week.

“The factory of the future will have only two employees, a man, and a dog. The man will be there to feed the dog. The dog will be there to keep the man from touching the equipment.” Warren Bennis Artificial intelligence, AI, we seem to hear the term or its abbreviation on a daily basis. AI can be simply defined as a construct of machines which are programmed with the not so simple attributes of reasoning, learning, communication, decision making, and the ability to take action. In short, AI is designed to simulate human intelligence. All of these abilities require the capacity for abstract thought, and both abstract and concrete thought are critical to cognition. To explain, something which is concrete can be detected with the five senses——it occupies space and exists in time. The simplest way to understand what abstract thought is, is to imagine yourself thinking; when you do so you are thinking abstractly. An example of both, abstract and concrete thinking can be found in the game of golf——the game of golf is an abstract whereas the golf ball used in the game is concrete. You can see and touch the golf ball, but the game of golf is not tangible or detectable with the senses, the game is an abstract, it occurs in the mind.

For more than 20 years, the Bedias Women’s Club has expressed its gratitude for the service and sacrifice by America’s veterans with a warm welcome and a hot meal. The tradition continued November 11 at the Bedias Civic Club with approximately 75 veterans and widows of veterans from Grimes, Brazos, Leon and Madison Counties. It wrapped up on an emotional note with Lee Greenwood’s “I’m Proud to Be An American.”

Les Neal left the Texas Army National Guard in the 1990s but couldn't stay away after terrorists attacked America on Sept. 11, 2001.

Madison County commissioners reviewed monthly financial reports Wednesday, Nov. 12, showing more than $300,000 in claims paid and over $2.3 million collected through the tax office during October.

North Zulch FFA members participated in the Sam Houston District Leadership Development Event Contest in Livingston on Friday, Nov. 14, with two teams qualifying for area competition.

Madisonville FFA claimed the sweepstakes championship at the Sam Houston District Leadership Development Event contest in Livingston on Friday, Nov. 14, with 12 teams advancing to area competition.