http://madisoncourier.com en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 22:18:06 GMT Daily feed of articles http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67663 Clearinghouse organizer Merritt Alcorn asked the Jefferson County Board of Commissioners on Friday morning for more money for renovations. Bidding for the work is being reopened. News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67664 More than six decades after Jefferson County native Russell Hyatt perched on a bucket seat behind the pilot of a troop transport plane taking paratroopers to the D-Day invasion, France has recognized his service with its highest medal. News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67665 Prosecutors added 47 charges to David Brent Taylor's case for each weapon police found on his property during the execution of a search warrant in January. News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67669 Ben Walker, the new wildlife biologist at big Oaks National Wildlife Refuge, will speak about his conservation work with waterfowl, especially lesser scaup, at the Big Oaks Conservation Society meeting Monday. Walker's work was in the upper Mississippi area of Wisconsin. News Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67659 New Albany and Jeffersonville attorney William A. "Bill" Gray, who lives in Canaan, announced Thursday he will be a candidate for Jefferson Circuit Court judge. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67660 A Charlestown man who was arrested on charges that he stole property from the King's Daughters' Hospital construction site now faces charges in Jefferson County. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67661 Ivy Tech historic trades instructor Rhonda Deeg does a final cleaning of a stained glass panel that she helped restore at St. Michael the Archangel Church. (Staff photo by Ken Ritchie) News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67662 A special judge sentenced Michael Steven Scroggins II, 33, of Madison, to 24 years in prison Thursday for two charges of reckless homicide and one charge of criminal recklessness. It was the maximum sentence allowed by law. News Fri, 03 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67641 The Black History Month programs this year will celebrate the cultural contributions of African-Americans by focusing on literature. News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67642 Police executed a search warrant Wednesday at the residence of David Brent and Tracy E. Taylor for the second time in two weeks. News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67643 The Madison school board should consider a reduction in staff, partly because the opening of Canaan Community Academy might draw several dozen students, interim Superintendent Steve Gookins told the board Wednesday at a work session. News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67644 A Charlestown man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the theft of large quantities of copper wire and tools from the King's Daughters' Hospital construction site. News Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67616 Defense attorneys representing a Madison man fighting the condemnation of his land have filed a motion to request an appeal of a ruling on part of the case. News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67617 Madison Consolidated High School junior Bailey Laub was selected as this year's Indiana FFA pageant queen during a recent competition at Bedford North Lawrence High School. News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67618 Another Madison establishment has been selected for a spot on the menu during a party at the Governor's Mansion on Saturday. News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67620 The Madison Redevelopment Commission, also known as the Tax Increment Finance board, meeting for February has been rescheduled. It will be Wednesday, Feb. 15, a week later than the usual third Wednesday. The meeting will be at 3 p.m. at City Hall. News Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67590 People who own a mobile home that they live in as their primary residence on a rented lot or land must file for a homestead exemption by March 1. News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67591 Official charges have been filed against a woman who was arrested last week after the execution of a search warrant at her residence. News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67592 Jefferson County Prosecutor Chad Lewis has been elected president of the board of directors of the Association of Indiana Prosecuting Attorneys. News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67594 The Jefferson County Council authorized Auditor Celeste Reed to ask a state agency to take another look at the county's budget and to clarify how much money the agency believes should be in the county's general fund. News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67596 The first weeklong closing of the Milton-Madison bridge will be April 25 through 29, weather and river levels permitting, the Indiana and Kentucky transportation agencies announced this morning. News Tue, 31 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67574 Madison police arrested two people early Saturday after an altercation in the parking lot at Second and Mulberry streets. News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67576 Jay Frazier and Kelsey Block were crowned king and queen during Madison Consolidated High School's homecoming celebration Saturday night. (Staff photo by David Campbell) News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67577 The Milton-Madison bridge project is being impacted by another high water event, the sixth since construction began last year. Current predictions call for river levels to remain high this week. News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT http://madisoncourier.com/Main.asp?SectionID=178&SubSectionID=963&ArticleID=67578 Debra Fine spoons out chunks of chocolate and rolls each piece into small truffles and sticks them on a pan. It looks like a regular start to any other Thursday morning at her downtown shop Cocoa Safari Chocolate. News Mon, 30 Jan 2012 20:00:00 GMT