The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail on Sunday, January 11, through Sunday, January 18. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Madison County residents should prepare for freezing temperatures and possible winter precipitation this weekend as a strong cold front moves through the region.

Madison County officials last week reported a modest bump in tax collections and steady activity across departments ahead of the new year. COLLECTIONS Tax Assessor Karen Lane told commissioners at their Jan.

The last day to register to vote for the March 3 primary is Feb. 2, according to the Texas Secretary of State’s Office. Early voting runs from Feb. 17 through Feb. 27, with Feb. 20 being the deadline for applying for a mail ballot. Prospective voters can visit the votetexas.gov website to find out if they are registered, discern their polling places, learn what is on the ballot and find other information.

There are a couple of rules I live by in this profession. Rule #1Be nice, until its time not to be nice. This is a paraphrase of a line from the 1989 Patrick Swayze/ Sam Elliot film, “Road House.” It is a very simple philosophy, but yet I believe those words are the key to all human interaction. If we were kind and considerate of one another there would be far fewer times where we would need “…to not be nice.”

NORTH ZULCH — A widespread Verizon outage last week left North Zulch Independent School District without internet service for two days, forcing teachers to find creative ways to keep their students engaged. The outage began around noon Tuesday, Jan.

CENTERVILLE — Leon County Master Gardeners opened its 2026 Lunch and Learn series last week with a session on pecan trees, kicking off an 11-month long program. The free public event began Jan.

A man faces four charges after fleeing Madisonville police during an early morning traffic stop last week. Madisonville Police Department officers stopped a vehicle with unconfirmed insurance about 2:20 a.m.

Students of the month for January hold their certificates during the Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District board meeting Monday, Jan. 12. Pictured are board member Randi Pipes (left), Madison Perry, Addyson Tobias, Jeulianna Hernandez, Audrey Cupit and Board President Dale Hurst.

FORT WORTH — Madisonville FFA students brought home six blue ribbons, one red ribbon and a third place finish from the Fort Worth Stock Show Sunday, Jan. 18.