Madisonville FFA teams delivered strong performances at the Area IX Career Development Events held on Thursday, April 10 at Sam Houston State University. The Madisonville forages team earned second place with 1,858 points.

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The Texas Veterans Commission awarded Madison County Veteran Service Officer Erica Greene an Excellence Award. Greene serves Madison County veterans by helping with VA claims, finding resources and building community support.

The trial of Philip Cameron Carter (42) began Thursday, April 3, after a jury was seated and seven indictments were read to the court, including one for solicitation of capital murder of his ex-wife. The state’s opening statement, delivered by Madison County District Attorney Courtney Cain, portrayed Carter as a man determined to have his former spouse killed.

Two young children were flown to Memorial Hermann Hospital in downtown Houston after a three-vehicle crash on Wednesday, April 2 on Texas 21 West near the Exxon station in North Zulch. Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt.

BEDIAS — Charges are pending for a 35–year–old Huntsville woman that is suspected of causing a crash Friday night that killed three Grimes County people on Texas 90 near the Grimes and Madison County line.