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It happened about 7:20 last Tuesday morning. Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow. That means six more weeks of winter weather. Guys you want to remember that because we’ve got some highly important, factual news for you.

CRIME LOG

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Calls for Service: 76 Traffic Stops: 97 Arrests: 8 The following calls/incidents/ arrests listed are only calls the Sheriff’s Office believes are of interest to the public. The listed calls do not reflect the entire workload that our Deputies respond to and/or initiate each day.
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GALA NETTLES Groundhog lovers get ready! Tomorrow is your day! For those of you who aren’t familiar with Punxsutawney Phil, you need to be. This groundhog, who lives on Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania, is a famous weather predictor and probably as good as some of those you watch nightly on TV.
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Madisonville Box Scores and District Standings

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1/13/23 - VS HUDSON HORNETS - 58-51 - WIN 1/17/23 - VS BULLARD PANTHERS - 60-42 - LOSS 1/20/23 - VS JACKSONVILLE FIGHTIN’ INDIANS - 45-44 - LOSS 1/24/23 - VS RUSK EAGLES - 58-54 - WIN 1/27/23 - VS PALESTINE WILDCATS - 47- 38 - LOSS FEBRUARY 3 MADISONVILLE MUSTANGS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL 1/13/23 - VS HUDSON HORNETS - 35-42 - LOSS 1/17/23 - VS BULLARD PANTHERS - 27-41 - LOSS 1/20/23 - VS JACKSONVILLE FIGHTIN’ INDIANS - 45-47 - LOSS 1/24/23 - VS RUSK EAGLES - 52-42 - WIN 1/27/23 - VS PALESTINE WILDCATS - 49-47 - WIN MADISONVILLE LADY MUSTANGS VARSITY BASKETBALL 1/13/23 - VS HUDSON HORNETS - 50-39 - WIN 1/17/23 - VS BULLARD PANTHERS - 40-30 - WIN 1/20/23 - VS JACKSONVILLE FIGHTIN’ INDIANS - 42-39 - WIN 1/24/23 - VS RUSK EAGLES - 52-24 - WIN 1/27/23 - VS PALESTINE WILDCATS -60-36 - LOSS 6-1 IN DISTRICT - NEXT DISTRICT GAME ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3 MADISONVILLE LADY MUSTANGS JUNIOR VARSITY BASKETBALL 1/13/23 - VS HUDSON HORNETS - 32-17- WIN 1/17/23 - VS BULLARD PANTHERS - 48-13 - WIN 1/20/23 - VS JACKSONVILLE FIGHTIN’ INDIANS - 35-12 - WIN 1/24/23 - VS RUSK EAGLES - 52-42 - WIN 1/27/23 - VS PALESTINE WILDCATS - 49 -47 - WIN MADISONVILLE MUSTANGS VARSITY SOCCER 1/17/23 - VS ROCKDALE TIGERS - 1-0 - WIN 1/20/23 - VS NEW WAVERLY BULLDOGS - 2-0 - WIN 1/25/23 - VS HEMPSTEAD BOBCATS - 0-3 - LOSS 1/27/13 - VS JACKSONVILLE FIGHTIN’ INDIANS - 1-4 – LOSS.
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Local boy wins two champion titles

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At the Cattleman’s Congress, a national stock show for cattlemen and women in Oklahoma City, Kendel Cleere of Madisonville won the Reserve Champion Shorthorn competition. Afterward, Cleere would press his luck by going to the Fort Worth Stockshow and would win back-to-back with his shorthorn, becoming the Grand Champion Shorthorn at the stock show..

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 of law.

More about Some of Our County’s Earliest Elected Officials

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My most recent Musings told about the election of the first officials in Madison County in 1853. Though I gave names of those elected to what offices, I focused mostly on the first Chief Justice, John L. Duke. Today I provide details about the some of the others. Note that some positions required more than one man (in those days only men), just like we still have four County Commissioners today.