By Chris Miles Sports Editor The 2013 high school spring sports season is still a couple weeks from starting, but a pair of Madison County track and field athletes are going strong in their winter sport of choice. London’s Kali Boyd and Madison-Plains’ Anne Brady both qualified for and will compete in the Division [...]
For The Madison Press Tolles Technical School, located on US 42, Plain City, contacted the Madison County Sheriff’s Office to report a bomb threat Friday morning. The sheriff’s office, along with the Ohio Bureau of Criminal Investigation Crime Scene, began a criminal investigation into the threat. The Columbus Bomb Squad was contacted and responded [...]
By Jane Beathard Staff Writer London High School students will again ride buses to school next year, following action by the board of education on Tuesday. Board members approved a recommendation by Superintendent Tom Ben to resume high school bus transportation for the 2013-14 school year. “It’s the right thing to do to get [...]
By William Mullett Our board of education has approved to place a levy on the November ballot to increase our current half-percent income tax to 1 percent. While levies have become, regrettably, an all too common aspect of public education in Ohio, Jefferson Local Schools has not placed a new operating levy, asking for an [...]
By The Associated Press Today is Wednesday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2013. There are 293 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On March 13, 1933, banks in the U.S. began to reopen after a “holiday” declared by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. On this date: In 1639, New College was renamed [...]
The Madison-Plains Indoor Track team participated in a high school meet at Capital University Saturday. The following athletes competed for the Golden Eagles: Girls: High Jump: Anne Brady — 4 feet 4 inches Triple Jump: Anne Brady — 27 feet 9.5 inches (school record) 60-meter hurdles: Anne Brady — 10.71 (school record) 60m Dash: Jessica [...]
By Dean Shipley Staff Writer She’s done it for a 100 years, literally, but don’t ask for an encore. At 99 years and 51 weeks Anna Hubbard still has enough life to have a twinkle in her blue eyes. She smiles readily and has stories about her century on earth to share. If you’re [...]
March 7, 1913 Madison County Democrat — The Ladies’ Aid of the First Baptist Church cleared $34 at their market, Saturday. — Mr. and Mrs. Herman Kuehner and daughter, Dorothy, and Martin Kuehner Jr., of Prospect, were called here by the death of their father, Martin Kuehner Sr., last Thursday. — On last Friday afternoon [...]
