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Wanted  

Wanted

4 years ago By News Staff
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 33-year-old Shawn Allen, a white male who stands at 5’5 and 145 pounds. Allen is wanted for Sexual Assault of a Child and Trafficking of a Minor and is known to frequent the Madisonville and Midway areas. Anyone with information on where we can locate Allen, please call the Madison County Sheriff’s Office at 936-348-2755 or dial 9-1-1. MCSO included the following in their Facebook post this week: “Anyone who assist Allen in eluding us, offering him a place to sleep, a car to drive or food to eat, will also be charged with TXPC: 38.05. Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution (F3) which states;
The Madisonville football  

The Madisonville football

4 years ago By News Staff
The Madisonville football team will travel to Center Friday for a crucial district matchup against the Roughriders. Both squads enter the matchup with a 1-1 district record. Roughrider Stadium is located at 658 Rough Rider Drive in Center. If you cannot make it to the game, the Meteor will have updates on its Facebook and Twitter pages throughout the contest.

JAIL LOG

4 years ago By News Staff
• Armstrong, John, driving while intoxicated • Barton, Cedric, theft • Brisher, Scarlette Lane, bail jumping • Buckner, Timothy Allen, possession of a controlled substance • Byrd, Byron Sharrod aggravated assault • Carter, Adam Rex, murder • Cast, Bridget Nicole, blue warrant • Childress, Danny Ray, parole violation • Curby, Tracy Lynn, driving while intoxicated • Delacerda, Edward Dalton, driving while intoxicated • Delarosa, Adrian, possession of a controlled substance • Escobedo, Manuel Dejesus, aggravated sexual assault • Foster, Jeffery Rayshun, failure to comply • Gafford, Johnny Ray murder • Gunstream, Benjamin Cody Jr., possession of a controlled substanc • Guttierez, Juan, driving while intoxicated • Herd, Kevin Ndifon, possession of a controlled substance • Honaker, Kelly, resisting arrest • King, Waymon Ray, tampering or fabricating physical evidence • Ledbetter, Richard Wyatt, possession of a controlled substance • Love, Cedric Dwayne, manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance • Lucas, Jade River, possession • Marks, Joshua Clay, unauthorized use of motor vehicle • McCracken, Travis 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.
‘ROUND TOWN  

‘ROUND TOWN

4 years ago By Gala Nettles
Last Saturday, the Llano Country Opry put on a star-studded show at the Lantex Theater in Llano, TX, and our own Colby Sheppard of Madisonville, Texas performed. Colby, the son of Shelli and Troy Sheppard, who started off learning to play the fiddle at age 4 with his grandfather Donnie Colwell, even performed at that early age at Western Swing Music Concerts.
SMOKE SHOW  

SMOKE SHOW

4 years ago By News Staff
The Midway Volunteer Fire Department held their 15th Annual Fall Fest Bar-B-Que “Texas State Championship” Cook-Off Friday and Saturday at their Midway location. Categories included brisket, chicken, pork spare ribs, beans and Bloody Marys. A silent and live auction was also held Saturday. JON DEELEY

A Little History of a Little Town’s Hospital

4 years ago By Clark Osborne
As a member of the Madison County Historical Commission, I have the privilege of writing a daily article for our Facebook page, titled “On this day, in Madison County History”. While researching Sunday’s article, I came across a lot of information about the history of the Madison County Hospital. Given the fact that this is a “hot topic” due to the upcoming Hospital District initiative on the November 2 ballot, I thought that folks might like to see where we’ve come from and where we are now. Most of this information was pulled from Volume I: The History of Madison County. Here is an excerpt from that article:
A HAPPY BIRTHDAY  

A HAPPY BIRTHDAY

4 years ago By News Staff
Madison County Sheriff Deputies Nichols and McIntyre quickly apprehended a subject who stole Ms. Judy Marks’ truck from her driveway on the morning of her 76th birthday. The next day, the Deputies visited Marks to wish her a happy birthday and even brought her a cake. MADISON COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE
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