The Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco upheld the convictions and sentences in two separate cases titled State of Texas vs. Charles W. Deforest on July 7, affirming the 40-year sentence of the individual involved in a local theft ring. Madison County District Attorney Brian Risinger first handled the jury trial and appeal in each case, which were investigated by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office.

This week I learned something I didn’t know about red shirt Fridays. I always thought red-shirt Fridays was a way to show support for the Friday night Mustang Football games.

The suspect in custody as a result of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office’s active human smuggling case is Nixon Ariel Villabbos, who was booked into custody at the Madison County Jail on July 23 on an aggravated kidnapping charge.

Madisonville’s Faith Farris won the National Cutting Horse Association (NCHA) Senior Youth World Championship at the Will Rogers Coliseum in Fort Worth Friday. Farris previously won the National High School Rodeo Association World Championship in Girls’ Cutting after winning both go rounds and the average at the Nationals event in Lincoln, Neb. earlier in July along with her horse, Big Shoes to Phil, or simply Phil. Faith is the daughter of Mitch and Tracy Farris.

Madison County Sheriff Bobby Adams approved the hiring of four new employees to fill open positions, including two deputies, a dispatcher and jailer. “I could not be happier with the choices we made in our four new additions,” said Adams on the hires.