Madison County residents are invited to gather at the Kimbro Center at 6 p.m. Thursday, May 7, for the National Day of Prayer.

Members of the North Zulch Volunteer Fire Department pose with new Stihl battery-powered saws and equipment donated by Blue Mountain Equipment of McKinney. Tyler Sunday, a commercial services specialist, and territory manager Lee Goehring coordinated the donation with the help of Madisonville Ace Hardware management.

Local school districts are removing references to Cesar Chavez from classrooms after a directive from state education officials. Madisonville Consolidated Independent School District and North Zulch Independent School District confirmed they will comply with a March 23 order from the Texas Education Agency requiring districts to eliminate or modify lessons and materials connected to Chavez.

Dustin Beggs ranks sixth in THSBA region with three top 10 finishes and his father at the helm Dustin Beggs wakes up at 4 a.m. on tournament days.

Madisonville kids keep 45-year-old tradition going

A Midway man faces four felony charges after officials said they found him sitting in someone else’s truck along Texas 21 last week. Michael A.

County says its hands are tied as battery project starts construction NORTH ZULCH — A lithium- ion battery storage facility is going up near Texas 21 and Madison County officials said there is not much they can do to intervene. County Judge Clark Osborne addressed about 50 residents during an April 2 Neighborhood Watch meeting, outlining the scope of the battery storage facility and the county’s lack of regulatory authority.

The following persons were arrested or booked into the Madison County jail on Sunday, March 29, through Sunday, April 5. All persons are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.

Crawfish, zydeco and lawn mower races are coming back to the lake. Madisonville’s fifth annual Mudbug and Music Festival takes over Lake Madison Park on Saturday, April 18.

NORTH ZULCH — If new energy projects are headed toward Madison County, officials may look toward a sales tax opportunity as a way of addressing their impact on local infrastructure. That was the pitch April 2 from County Judge Clark Osborne at the Madison County Sheriff's Office Neighborhood Watch meeting.