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A woman flagged down a Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputy after finding a barred owl stuck in her vehicle’s grille last week — it was alive, and a collaborative community effort helped keep it that way. Cpl.

Santa Claus waves from a fire truck during the Nutcracker Christmas on Main Street Parade in downtown Madisonville Saturday, Dec. 7.

State and local support helped see a new water tanker pass inspection Saturday and enter service with the North Zulch Volunteer Fire Department.

Madison County officials reported nearly $2 million in vehicle registration fees, no serious jail incidents and 264 calls for service in a November update presented to commissioners Dec. 9.

Madison County commissioners approved a five-year technology upgrade, tourism funding for next spring’s rodeo and two land requests during their Dec. 9 meeting at the county annex.

A narcotics search in Madisonville last week resulted in three arrests and the seizure of multiple drugs following what police described as a yearslong trafficking investigation. The Madisonville Police Department’s Special Response Team executed a search warrant Dec.