Madison County News

Expansion and renovation at Madison Southern High School is nearing completion. If everything continues on schedule, all projects should be completed within the first two weeks of January, said Madison Southern principal David Gilliam.

As the father of a young daughter, I must say I am a bit disturbed and shocked by the outcome of Brandon Rousey's text messaging-for-sex case.

Police in Madison County are investigating after a bizarre robbery at a motel. It happened Friday morning at the Comfort Suites off exit 87 in Richmond.

Kentucky has reported its 14th death related to the H1N1 flu virus. A woman in her early 30s with underlying health conditions has died in Knox County, according to the health department there.

Richmond police arrested a man early Tuesday morning in connection with Monday's robbery of a Madison Bank branch.

Two new Swine Flu deaths were reported in Kentucky this week. Madison County Health Department officials told the Richmond Register Thursday that a 59-year-old man died from complications caused by the virus.

A woman wanted on misdemeanor theft and unauthorized use of a motor vehicle charges received an additional charge - a felony - following her Thursday arrest.

Madison County school officials say they will give swine flu vaccinations to all county students whose parents return permission slips.

Two more Kentuckians have died from the H1N1 virus. The latest victims are a woman from McCreary County and a 59-year-old man, Garry Freeman, of Madison County.

Madison County's first death from the H1N1 virus was confirmed on Thursday. The 59-year-old man died on Monday, at the Pattie A. Clay Regional Medical Center, according to a press release from the Madison County Health Department.

Two recent deaths bring to 13 the number of swine flu fatalities in Kentucky. The Courier-Journal in Louisville reported a 54-year-old Madison County man who died Oct.

In one of the first efforts of its kind, the Madison County Public Schools are making free H1N1 vaccines available to all students during the school day.

The third-floor courtroom of the Madison County Courthouse was the scene Tuesday morning for a hearing to determine if Brandon Clay Rousey will be granted "shock" probation.

A mock disaster scenario will be issued Wednesday to Madison County first responders who will put their emergency preparedness skills to the test.

The colors certainly have started popping up over the last couple of weeks. It is the last great hurrah of the trees before they drop their leaves for winter.

Madison County is losing one of it's oldest family run businesses. A shoe store that has been a fixture on Richmond's Main Street for almost three quarters of a century will soon be closed.

One county has decided to take its fight against the H1N1 virus into the schools.

About 35 business and civic leaders from two chamber of commerce groups from Madison County in Kentucky are visiting Aiken this week as a part of the groups' Joint Leadership Trip.

A Madison County grand jury dismissed a drug possession charge Thursday against one of three people charged following a traffic stop by Central Kentucky Area Drug Task Force officers.

The Madison County Detention Center originally was designed to accommodate 120 to 130 inmates, but jailer Ron Devere was responsible for almost 300 of them as of Friday afternoon.