“So it’s a band I’ve never heard of, playing on a Tuesday night, and to top it off it’s polka music,” relates Tony Novello, the driving force behind the Alex Meixner show at Red Bicycle Hall this coming Tuesday, Sept. 27. “Believe me, I get it. You’re asking, why should I change out of my sw…

Madison High School’s Class of 1962 recently held its 60th class reunion with the gathering providing a chance to look back on a great era for Madison Cubs basketball.

A Madison woman was arrested on numerous theft related charges Thursday following an Indiana State Police investigation that revealed money had been stolen from a relative over a period of nearly four years.

The new season for the Madison Performing Arts Foundation begins next Saturday, Sept. 24, with a performance by concert pianist Byron Schenkman at Christ Episopal Church, 506 Mulberry St.

September is National Suicide Prevention and Awareness Month, and this week is a part of an annual campaign to educate and inform people about suicide prevention and its warning signs. By raising awareness, we can help our community and reduce the stigma associated with mental health that of…

Celebrating and embracing differences makes Hispanic Cultural Awareness Day one of the more special events in Madison, and the 21st edition of the cheerful festival will take place Saturday outside the Eggleston Community Building in downtown Madison.

Madison’s historic Broadway School will hold its annual reunion on Saturday, Sept. 17 on Broadway between Fourth and Fifth streets.

Shawe Memorial High School has hosted a Summer Festival for more than 20 years with music and games for all ages to bring together families from the community and serve as a fundraiser. The latest edition will take place Friday and Saturday and this year the school’s theatre department will …

Jeff Matheny has deep roots in the early Madison music scene. “I played in a band called The Princetons with Clint Bear, Terry Lodge, Tim Kennedy and John McKay. I was a sophomore at Madison High then,” relates Jeff.

Ball State University has named Zachary Smith, of Lexington, Indiana, to its Dean’s List for the College of Sciences and Humanities. Requirements for Dean’s list are a grade point average of 3.5 or higher and Smith scored a 3.9 GPA.

A scene of Broadway Street in downtown Madison by local artist Aaron Kelsey has been selected for this year’s Madison Chautauqua Festival of the Arts poster to promote the juried arts and crafts show coming up Saturday, Sept. 24-25.

Playing the organ in churches fuses two of the most central parts of my being,” says Jonathan Stanley, organist at Madison Presbyterian Church since 2008. “It allows me to combine my faith and my passion for music.”

Hank and Gwen Liter Bentz

The Madison Ribberfest BBQ & Blues Festival is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year and Ken Schneider has been there for every one of them.

I licked 52 books of S&H Green Stamps to get my first guitar,” relates Gary Applegate. Those of us of a certain age know exactly what Gary is talking about. But if you were born in the 1980s or later, you’ll have to ask your elders for an explanation.

Stutsmans to celebrate 60th anniversary

The Madison-Jefferson County Animal Shelter New will be getting new fencing and animal runs after the Community Foundation of Madison and Jefferson County awarded the facility a $15,300 grant last week.

A brand new musical duo makes its debut on the Madison music scene this weekend, with back to back shows on Friday and Saturday nights at Mad Paddle Brewery. The duo, under the name Inside Out, consists of Jerry Wade on guitar and Michael Anthony Trapp on keyboard. Both share lead singing duties.

If you are born with a name like Bob Johnson or Tom Smith, you’ll likely go on to become a plumber or insurance salesman, or any of the other important jobs that contribute to our society. But if you are born Jason Aldean or Dierks Bentley or, in the case of today’s subject, Jayce Turley, th…

“I grew up singing everywhere I could, almost before I could talk,” says Amy Ashby of Milton. “I sang at all the usual places, at church, at school, at talent shows. I did the Carrollton Idol competition and made it pretty far.

C. Wayne and Debbie Weber Perry

A big sigh of relief came over Gavin McMahon’s face recently as he delivered two American flag retirement boxes to director of Jefferson County Emergency Management Troy Morgan. After 100 hours of planning and construction, the project was done, and not a moment too soon.

There’s new leadership at the Madison Salvation Army with Janelle Cleaveland posted from Iowa to the downtown Madison center earlier this month.