Texas Internal Pipe Coating placed two winning bids at the 2026 Madison County Fair, putting $10,249 toward Madisonville 4-H students Addison Allen and Tate Campbell. The Madisonville company paid $5,999 for Allen and $4,250 for Campbell, according to checks dated May 15 and signed by company President Victor Liang.

The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail on Sunday, May 31, through Sunday, June 7. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Closing two bank accounts will take a road trip to Centerville. That was the word from district clerk Kendra Mahaffey on Monday, June 1, as the Bedias Creek Soil and Water Conservation District board worked through its move from Wells Fargo to Normangee State Bank.

Most of Leon County sits inside the protected habitat of the Houston toad, an endangered species, and that limits when landowners there can clear brush or burn pasture. Amanda Lowey, the district conservationist with the Natural Resources Conservation Service, told the Bedias Creek Soil and Water Conservation District board Monday, June 1, that the habitat covers all but 5 to 10% of the county.

Madison County’s new extension agent introduced himself to commissioners May 26, capping a career path that has taken him from Louisiana to Mississippi, back to Louisiana, over to Houston, back to Louisiana again and now to Madisonville.

First Baptist Church of North Zulch has opened First Brew Coffee House at 11616 Fifth St. on Wednesday, June 3.

Local community members are partnering with the Brazos Valley Food Bank for a food drive to fight summer hunger in Madison County. The drive begins June 9 and runs through July 3.

Crossroads Cowboy Church will host a fournight family event in Madisonville this summer. Family Forward runs June 28 through July 1 and is open to families across Madison County and the surrounding area, according to the church.

Members of the Madisonville Area Revitalization Initiative and Stover & Crouch Insurance gather at the Woodbine Inn and Restaurant as the insurance agency presents a $1,500 donation to the group June 19.