The Madisonville High School varsity girls basketball team poses with the area championship trophy after a 49-48 overtime victory over Hardin-Jefferson Wednesday, Feb. 19, at Splendora High School. The Lady Mustangs beat Katy Freeman 40-20 Monday, Feb. 23, at Navasota High School to advance to the regional final.
Jose Jaime Rivera, the Madisonville grocery store owner convicted of sexually assaulting children at his business, was sentenced to 95 years in prison Feb. 18.
NORTH ZULCH — A North Zulch man faces two charges in connection with the fatal street racing crash that killed a driver on FM 39 earlier this month. Eric Chandler, 22, was arrested Feb.
Madison County Commissioners Court honored a World War II veteran with a room dedication, amended a road use agreement and declined to issue a burn ban during their meeting Feb. 24.
' THOSE WHO HAVE NO RECORD OF WHAT THEIR FOREBEARS HAVE ACCOMPLISHED LOSE THE INSPIRATION WHICH COMES FROM THE TEACHING OF BIOGRAPHY AND HISTORY. ' — CARTER G.