Camilla Viator is presented with a proclamation from Madisonville Police Chief Herbert Gilbert during her surprise retirement celebration at the Truman Kimbro Convention Center Thursday. Over 100 people attended the event to share their well wishes with Viator, who served as Madisonville’s City Manager for nearly six years. (Pictured, from left: MPD Sergeant Matthew Srader, Viator, Detective Sergeant William Goodwin and Gilbert) PHOTO BY JON DEELEY

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office, with assistance from the Madisonville Police Department, arrested James Darran Franks II of Austin while his vehicle was parked on the side of the road on Interstate 45 northbound near the Walker County line after he was discovered to be in possession of a firearm as well as narcotics.

Edward Dalton Delacerda received the maximum sentence of 10 years confinement in the Institutional Division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice after multiple driving while intoxicated offenses and a failure to rehabilitate after he was previously arrested and pled guilty to the felony offense for the third time, according to a press release from Madison County District Attorney Brian Risinger’s office last week.

With assistance from the public, the Madisonville Police Department successfully identified the second individual responsible for aggravated robbery at the game room located at 204 South May Street in August.

Did you see the congrats in last week’s paper to our 2021 Madison County Rodeo? Here it is again just in case you missed it. Our town’s 2021 rodeo was voted the Top Outdoor Rodeo of the Year from CPRA!

Local law enforcement officials pursued an individual fleeing from a routine traffic stop for speeding Tuesday morning on Interstate 45 northbound at the 134 mile marker before he pulled over and took off again, according to a Tuesday Facebook post by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.

American Legion Post 84 in Madisonville held their Second Annual Brushy Creek BBQ Cook-off at their May Street location over the weekend. Proceeds from the event will help the Legion provide local scholarships to the area’s youth as well as fund their annual Thanksgiving and Christmas basket campaigns. Some of the winners (pictured above) include Michael Clopton, Curtis Hines, Michelle Hines, Jessie Taylor, Johnny Moore and Tommy Douga.

The Tri-County Diggers Garden Club, which has members in Madison, Grimes and Walker Counties, succeeded in their community project this season to receive a proclamation for National Garden Week by the Madison County Commissioner’s Court.