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The Madisonville baseball team split a pair of non-district matchups over the week with an 11-0 loss at Bellville March 15 and a 12-2 win over Palestine at MHS Friday. The Mustangs competed against Giddings in their non-district finale Tuesday and will host Robinson in their league opener Friday.

The Madisonville soccer team earned a slot in the postseason with a fourth place district finish and will battle Kilgore in the Bi-District playoffs in Huntsville Thursday at 6:30 p.m. “We are just going to have to come out and play some good soccer, be mistake free and leave everything on the field,” said head coach Baltazar Reyes regarding the Bi-District matchup.

The Madison County Sheriff’s Office apprehended a number of undocumented individuals crowded into a vehicle on I-45 northbound near mile marker 152 Saturday. The driver and passenger of the vehicle who, according to officials, were mother and son, were arrested on nine counts of human smuggling.

North Zulch Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) held their Shattered Dreams presentations on campus March 9-10 to showcase awareness for potential dangers on the roadways. The activities began March 9 with an extremely realistic accident presentation, which included all of the necessary place of a mother during a personal injury trial and Brazos Valley Injury Prevention Coalition presented stats for Madison and Leon counties.

Two women were seen on camera robbing the cash register at Fancy Nails, a salon located on Main Street in Madisonville, Friday evening while the employees were busy working. According to Tudie Vu, the store’s owner, the by Vu on Facebook Sunday. The 24-second clip clearly shows one of the individuals shield the other using one of the store’s menu displays, allowing her to remove cash and checks from behind the counter. All told, they took $369 in cash and $68 in checks.

MES Music Memory Team: Cameron Curtis, Peyton Holub, Christopher Adams, and Haiden Walker COURTESY PHOTO MES Chess Puzzles Team: Isabella Perez, Sai Patel and Mckenzie Schleiff (not pictured: Jacob Johnson) COURTESY PHOTO.

Madisonville’s own Tye Coleman will help kick off the Madison County Fair and Rodeo this weekend with a musical performance following the rodeo activities Friday night. Coleman will also perform in the rodeo on Saturday night. For a complete list of events during the Madison County Fair and Rodeo, see Page 3. COURTESY PHOTOS

A local 17-year-old boy with mental deficiencies was rescued after climbing 90 feet up the 135-foot water tower on Washington Street in Madisonville Friday. He was escorted down the tower by Madisonville Volunteer Fire Department Chief Thom Jones after clinging to the tower’s ladder for roughly 40 minutes.

COLLEGE STATION, Texas – Texas A&M Forest Service awarded 81 recipients grants to conduct prescribed burns this year. For the 2022 fiscal year, the agency has approved $522,950 in grant funds to private landowners in Texas with a goal to treat 18,250 acres.

The remains of local 27-year-old Megan Martinez were discovered by officials last week and two individuals were arrested on multiple charges in connection with her death. Martinez had been missing since Feb. 5.