Madisonville News

MADISONVILLE a 'One suspect was in custody and authorities were looking for two others after three armed men burst into the House of Hope Church Wednesday night in Madisonville and robbed worshippers.

It's a place where you would think you would be safe, but churchgoers in Madisonville had the scare of their life at the House of Hope Church on Wednesday night.

" Sometimes the simple act of giving thanks gets blown all out of proportion. Just ask Chris Boleman and Toby Lepley, two fellows who had an idea last spring that Texas 4-H should "give something back" in gratitude to the communities that have supported the state's largest youth program for more than 100 years.

For more than 107 years, it has been a Madisonville landmark. Monday, Madisonville State Bank will open under new ownership after the FDIC shut it down Friday.

The takeover by the FDIC had been widely expected. Regulators had been scrutinizing the bank for at least the past two months.

So much to do. So little time. Brazos Valley has all kinds of events scheduled for this weekend: An air show, concerts, a mushroom festival, rodeo, a celebration of dogs and planned explosions.

Two men are dead after what Leon County sheriffa s deputies are calling a murder suicide along Interstate 45 near the the Centerville exit at the Beaver Creek Bridge.

Alfonso Gonzalez's Bryan restaurant offers mushrooms from Madisonville and fresh produce from Calvert.

The eighth annual Texas Mushroom Festival will be held Oct. 16 and 17 in downtown Madisonville.

Madisonville police identified the man who killed himself at a fast food business as a 21-year-old resident apparently upset with his girlfriend.

On the eve of its 25th anniversary next year, the Huntsville Children's Choir is ushering out the old and bringing in the new with the hiring of three new directing staff members earlier this month.

A Buc-ee's convenience store in Madisonville, Texas, got a pleasant, if low-key review in a video posted on YouTube this summer.

Here's how local schools are handling President Obama's September 8th address to school children.

Trying to figure out a dog's rationale when it attacks a human is about as worthwhile as studying the motivation of sharks when they dine on swimmers at the beach.

Need info on Timothy Siegfried,born 1851 in Pennsylvania. Married Rebecca Myers.

At least three grass fires in Madison County near North Zulch burned over 150 acres.

Gene K. Davis passed away on August 8, 2009 at the age of 82 years. Gene was a beloved husband and father.

Sam Houston State University didn't have to go far to find its summer commencement speaker.

I live in an area where it is not unheard of to have a downburst. When the temperatures are in the triple digits day after day in the summer it is not unusual to have a thunderstorm in the afternoons.

A 15-year-old College Station boy died from injuries he suffered in a rollover accident near Madisonville, the Department of Public Safety said Friday.