By Chris Miles Sports Editor It was a good spring for a couple of Madison County high school baseball and softball teams and key players off of those squads earned All-Ohio recognition this season. The Jonathan Alder baseball team posted a 27-9 record, advanced all the way to the Division II state championship game before [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer AWOS is coming to the Madison County airport. Automated Weather Observation System, AWOS for short, is a benefit to any airport, said Bill Laney, board member of the Madison County Airport, in his report on Monday to the Madison County commissioners. Due to the airport traffic and helicopter activity [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer A woman described as generous and giving to the London community has passed away. Ruth Dennis Sawyer, 81, died Thursday, May 30 in Cincinnati. She lived a spirited life of which much of it was spent giving to the Madison County community. Much of her life, 60 years, were [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer The board of county commissioners has let go Dave Brand as county sanitary engineer. Its decision was reached following an executive session on Tuesday, May 28. Their decision was released to The Press Thursday. The county sanitary engineer position has been held by the county engineer for some years. [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer Madison County residents delivered for the post office. An increased number of Madison County residents delivered non-perishable food items to their mailboxes and to the post office during the Help Stamp Out Hunger drive by the letter carriers. “It was more than the last couple of years,” said Terry [...]
A police chase along U.S. Route 40, which started in Franklin County, ended in Madison County when the driver lost control of his pick-up truck at approximately 3 p.m. Tuesday in Summerford. According to NBC4, police responded to a call of an accident at Roberts and Walcutt roads near Hilliard. The driver, James Shannon III, [...]
By LANCE CRANMER Civitas Media ATLANTA, Ind. — The imaginary line that separates the states of Indiana and Ohio makes a difference in whether a person identifies themselves as a Hoosier or a Buckeye. As far as the soil itself is concerned, there’s not that much of a difference. That’s why a seed producing [...]
