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TEXAS A&M AGRILIFE PHOTO BY LAURA MCKENZIE Calf prices could trend upward due to herd contraction from the drought. They hit record levels in 2014 following the 2011 drought.  

Shrinking cattle herd could equal high calf, beef prices

3 years ago By News Staff
The shrinking Texas cattle herd is likely to translate into higher calf and beef prices years beyond a break in the 2022 drought, according to a Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service expert. David Anderson, Ph.D., AgriLife Extension economist, Bryan-College Station, said Texas cattle producers have culled earlier and deeper than normal this year due to drought.

NEWS OF THE WEIRD

3 years ago By The Editors At Andrews Mcmeel Syndication
LEAD STORY -- MISTAKEN IDENTITY Christie Louise Jones, 49, of Richfield, North Carolina, was likely looking for revenge on a former boyfriend on July 22; instead, she got charged with arson and other crimes, the Salisbury Post reported. On that day, at a house in Gold Hill, a woman called the Rowan County Sheriff’s Office to say a woman unknown to her was outside her home, trying to set it on fire.
GALA NETTLES  

GALA NETTLES

3 years ago By News Staff
Right here in the middle of a heat wave I read an article on cold weather and electric cars and I want to share some thoughts. Now they may save the world one day but right now I don’t think they will work for the Nettles clan.
Cody Dewayne Satksy turns himself into MDSO  

Cody Dewayne Satksy turns himself into MDSO

3 years ago By Richard Sirman Richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com
Cody Dewane Satksy, 41, who is known around the North Zulch area, was wanted last week by the Madison County Sheriff's Office, Texas Parole Division, and the Brazos County Sheriff’s Office for charges including a parole violation for drug possession, aggravated robbery, evading, and failing to identify.

Relief from the monkeypox

3 years ago By Richard Sirman Richard.sirman@madisonvillemeteor.com
The Texas Department of State Health Services(DSHS) received a shipment of 14,780 doses of the JYNNEOS monkeypox vaccine, according to a release from DSHS last week. In a release, the DSHS said they “immediately forwarded 5,120 doses to Dallas County Health and Human Services.” This is to be expected since, according to the release Dallas County has reported the most significant monkeypox cases in Texas.

JAIL LOG

3 years ago By News Staff
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.
Sheriff Deputy Frank Mcintyre with the new Deputy K9 Maverick.  

Madison County Sheriff ’s Office Welcomes Deputy K9 Maverick

3 years ago By News Staff
Madison County Sheriff Deputy Frank McIntyre completed and passed an intense two-week K9 handler academy through Sector K9 Foundation on Thursday, July 21. At the completion of his course, Deputy McIntyre returned to Madison County with his new partner, and the department’s newest Deputy, K9 Maverick, by his side.
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