JAIL LOG
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The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court law.
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We need your input and support
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Would you like to host a neighborhood informational meeting? Are you willing to reach out to your DH neighbors to help get better roads? Do you have specific questions or concerns? As movement towards correcting long overdue Darrell Hall roadways in Grimes County progress, we will make wide use of social media and anticipate neighborhood meetings to take place for question-and-answer sessions when it is safe to do so, and that estimated costs to individual property owners will be made available as the process advances with direct mailings of all pertinent information and releases to each DH landowner as the project develops. Please share your questions and concerns and offer your support as we press forward with each phase of the proposed project on our Facebook page, www.facebook.com/ FixOurDarrellHallRoad and with Commissioner Mallett at Chad.Mallett@ grimescountytexas.gov.
MLK ACCIDENT
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CAMPBELL ATKINS An individual traveling eastbound on Highway 21 at a high rate of speed veered off the road Wednesday and dislodged a street sign on South Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. There were no injuries as a result of the crash.
Lawmakers start $7 billion away from target
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Texas House and Senate leaders appear to agree on their proposed budgets. Next, they just have to figure out how to cut $7.2 Senate Finance Chair Jane Nelson, R-Flower Mound, worked with Lt.
STUDENTS OF THE MONTH
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COURTESY PHOTO Madisonville Elementary Students of the Month for January are (back row, from left) Hadley Scott, Graycen Mitchell, Kevin Lopez, (front, from left) Kaylie Brooks, Guadalupe Buenrostro, Christopher Adams and Brynlee Garrett. (Not pictured: Kalithain Eldridge)
Large type and other materials
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People of all ages who are visually impaired, or who just prefer the ease of larger type or the convenience of CDs, can continue to enjoy books and reading with Large Print Books and Audio Books. The Madison County library has a large collection of both. Currently, we have 2,425 Large Print Books and 799 Books on CD. With that many to choose from, there should be something for every taste. We currently receive automatic shipments every month of Large Print Books and Audio CDs of Westerns, Popular Fiction, Mysteries, Thrillers, Romance, and Clean Reads.
MCSO deputies to receive new body cams
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The Madison County Commissioner’s Court approved contingency funds to purchase 10 new body cameras for the Sheriff’s Office’s deputies during their bi-weekly meeting Monday. The department’s 10 deputies have already been wearing body cameras but will now receive upgraded versions from Safety Vision to enhance their function.
Broadband contract upgraded at library
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The Madison County Commissioner’s Court approved a three-year contract from EM3 Networks for internet service at the Madison County Library, 80 percent of which is covered by federal E-rate funding.
