Madison County Commissioners Court voted March 10 to declare two parcels of the former elementary school property surplus and sell them through a licensed real estate broker. The property includes a vacant 5.3-acre parcel on West Park Street and a 6.7acre tract on 300 School St.

For the first time, Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District students will get a fall break. Trustees approved a 20262027 school calendar Monday, March 9 that adds a five-day break in October built around Columbus Day.

Madisonville High School Mustang Band director Stephanie Schmidt holds the University Interscholastic League Sweepstakes trophy as band members gather around Wednesday, March 4, after the UIL concert and sight-reading evaluation in Bastrop. The Mustangs secured the Sweepstakes award for earning a Division 1 rating in both fields of competition.

A plan to build duplexes on two vacant lots at 205 W. South St. in Madisonville is dead after City Council denied a conditional use permit Monday, March 9.

Madison County voters decided four contested Republican races in the March 3 primary election, with the winners set to face Democratic nominees on the general election ballot in November. Thomas Collard defeated incumbent Precinct 2 Commissioner Carl Wiseman with 295 of the total 521 votes cast, about 57%, according to unofficial results.

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