New Madison News

The cracks and pops of fireworks faded in the background Saturday in some towns as Mother Nature took center stage.

Although there is steady rain across the region, there is no lightning or thunder, so most fireworks displays are still taking place today, July 4. The exceptions are New Madison and Yellow Springs, which will hold displays on Sunday, July 5. A Centerville police dispatcher answered the telephone and immediately confirmed fireworks will still go ...

A tipped canoe tempered Matt Sheard's expectations. But that mishap didn't prevent Sheard from etching his name a third straight time on Canoefest's traveling Biathlon Cup.

When Alice Erickson moved to the Spring Harbor neighborhood in 1979, it was a quaint cottage neighborhood on Lake Mendota.

New borough Police Chief John Trevena wants the 33 officers in the Madison Police Department to adhere to a philosophy he says he shares with past Notre Dame football coach Lou Holtz: PRIDE, an acronym for Personal Responsibility In Delivering Excellence.

NEAVE TWP., Darke County - A 10-year-old boy drowned Wednesday evening, June 17, while at a pool party, the Darke County Sheriff's office said.

Grant Lee Malone, age 92, went to be with his wife Bobbie and with his Lord on June 15, 2009, at Reid Hospital, where he had been a patient for 10 days.

A house near Greenville caught fire when lightning struck it Sunday afternoon, June 14, Darke County authorities said.

Sixth-grade students from this New Madison, Ohio, school recently attended the all-county field trip to COSI science museum in Columbus, Ohio.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN WILMINGTON HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN DARKE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL OHIO... * UNTIL 345 AM EDT.

A new Madison police chief may be announced Tuesday night. The Madison City Council is expected to hire the new police chief during their council meeting.

Megan D. Marshall of New Madison, Ohio received the Koehler Prize at a spring ceremony in the Oxford, Ohio schools mathematics and statistics department.

To him, she was a very nice lady. To her, he was gentleman who did everything right.

DARKE COUNTY, Ohio - A New Madison woman was airlifted to Miami Valley Hospital after a Friday night crash but was later discharged from the emergency room.

Keitha Lee Longfellow, 59, of Hollansburg, passed away on Jan. 6, 2009, at her residence.

This year I'm looking forward to meeting and writing about our neighbors in the northern Miami Valley.