SUBMITTED BY KALI NICOLE CROCKER-REILING SUBMITTED BY CASSANDRA ATKINSON MAY BRITTNIE REED SPARKMAN.

It’s happening this Thursday evening! Mingle and Jingle, this year’s after hours Christmas Shopping theme, is this Thursday from 6 until 8 p.m. It’d an evening of Holiday specials, Christmas music in the air and refreshments to keep you going.

The Annual Madison County Christmas parade, sponsored by the Madison County Chamber of Commerce, is set to kick off Saturday and will arrive in the Square around 6 p.m. This year’s theme is “A Salute to Our Heroes”.

Two Madisonville Youth Football League squads took home championships in Groesbeck Saturday with victories in the Super Bowl. Madisonville’s Senior team won their Super Bowl over Franklin by a score of 20-0 Saturday to complete their undefeated season and the Flag team, also undefeated, won theirs 55-39 in their first year in existence. The Bantam team advanced to the Super Bowl but fell short in a 8-0 loss to Groesbeck while the Junior team fell in the second round of the playoffs Nov. 20.

The Madisonville Youth Football League concluded their most successful overall season in recent memory Saturday with three of their teams competing in Super Bowls in Groesbeck and two walking away with rings. Everyone in the organization, however, from the cheerleaders to the players on all teams, will walk away with bountiful memories to cherish.