With deer hunting a major recreational activity and economic benefit to the Texas economy, understanding more about the nexus of hunters, deer and the possibility of zoonotic disease transmission is important in ensuring the industry’s overall safety and sustainability.

COLLEGE STATION – Traffic safety educators, like those with Texas A&M AgriLife Extension’s Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition & Statewide Initiatives (BVIPC), consistently make it their mission to save lives across the state through their commitment to preventing risks for Texas motorists, both drivers and passengers. Because of increased numbers of impaired driving-related fatalities and injuries in the last year, the BVIPC Team is putting a spotlight on education statewide to help reverse these trends - and they are asking all Texans to join in their efforts.

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.

REGISTRATION FORM SHORTAGE AS DEADLINE NEARS Less than a week remains before the Jan. 31 deadline to register to vote in the March 1 primary.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office arrested a California man earlier this month who had taken two of his children and fled to North Zulch, according to a Friday post on the department’s Facebook page.

Criminal District Attorney Brian Risinger reported that on Thursday, Jan. 6, 2022, a new Grand Jury for the January-June 2022 term was impaneled and sworn in by Judge David W. Moorman of the 12th District Court.

Texas winters are infamously fickle. Each year, weather conditions range from mild temperatures with high humidity to record-setting rain, sleet and sometimes snow. Sometimes, Texas livestock experience all of these weather conditions within the same week, presenting them with health challenges.