The Madison County Commissioners Court postponed action Tuesday, March 25, on a proposed salary increase for sheriff’s office employees while raising concerns about the longterm budget impact. Sheriff Bobby Adams requested a $11,000 across-theboard increase for deputies and a $3,000 increase for all other staff members, citing competition with the Madisonville Police Department.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office seeks information about two animal cruelty investigations involving dead dogs found in separate locations. a On Wednesday, Feb. 26, two deceased dogs were discovered discarded in trash bags bound by orange baling twine along Burns Road in Midway. The dogs — an adult male chocolate lab and a young adult male shepherd mix — had apparent gunshot wounds to their abdomens and chests consistent with buckshot, according to authorities. Neither dog was microchipped or wore a collar.

Authorities continue searching for a missing non-verbal man last seen in neighboring Leon County. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office issued an alert for Joseph Bruno Omara, 29, who was last seen Thursday, March 20, near W St Mary’s Street and the Interstate 45 northbound service road in Centerville.

This article includes reporting from The Examiner’s Managing Editor Matthew Ybarra Nearly four years after the deadly mass shooting at Kent Moore Cabinets in Bryan, the suspect, Larry Bollin of Iola, will be tried by jurors in Brazos and Grimes County.