Perspective

The Senate race pits ‘Mexico Joe’ vs. ‘China Mike’

Monday, September 24, 2018 3:00 PM

NASHVILLE, Indiana — In past U.S. Senate races in Indiana, the emphasis in the campaign homestretch is mostly concentrated on domestic or foreign policy. We’ve watched the debate in races going back to 2010 center on issues like deficits and debt, Obamacare, our alliance with Israel, military strength, or tax reform.

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Wild horses expected to survive using instincts honed after centuries there

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:00 PM

For many vacationers on North Carolina’s Outer Banks, a trip there is not complete without at least catching a glimpse of the majestic wild horses that roam the islands. As Hurricane Florence approaches, many are expressing concern about how the horses will fare during the powerful Category 4 storm.

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Florence could rival North Carolina’s 1954 ‘benchmark’ Hazel at 150 mph

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:00 PM

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The last time the midsection of the East Coast stared down a hurricane like this, Dwight Eisenhower was in the White House and Marilyn Monroe and Joe DiMaggio were newlyweds.

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In simulation, Category 4 devastated East Coast

Associated Press

Wednesday, September 12, 2018 3:00 PM

ATLANTA (AP) — Just months ago, disaster planners simulated a Category 4 hurricane strike alarmingly similar to the real-word scenario now unfolding on a dangerously vulnerable stretch of the East Coast.

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Why no grocery for those downtown?

Monday, July 23, 2018 3:00 PM

While visiting Madison recently, as I frequently did in years past, I was appalled to find no downtown grocery store. How can this be?

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Thank you for saving Ohio Theatre

Thursday, July 19, 2018 3:00 PM

By now, most of you are probably aware that the Ohio Theatre sustained fire damage on June 28. Plain and simple, our brave local fire fighters saved the building. The volunteers quickly developed a safe strategy for extinguishing the fire and executed that plan with efficiency.

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Has democracy become inefficient?

Thursday, July 19, 2018 2:58 PM

To the editor:

American society has become impatient with the speed at which government policy, rules and laws can be properly implemented.

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We need to plant large trees to replace the ash

Thursday, July 19, 2018 1:41 PM

To the editor:

I am writing to encourage Madison residents to plant large-stature trees in their yards.

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It wasn’t a divorce petition; it was an act of love

Margaret Hillery

Wednesday, July 18, 2018 11:22 AM

“Record,” as we call it in the newsroom, is a page we all know is important to our readers. But, we also sometimes feel the angst of dealing with News of Record, usually the next-to-the-last page in our A section, the one that contains, obituaries, police reports and court business.

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Ohio Theatre photo information

Friday, July 6, 2018 3:00 PM

Dear Editor: Regarding the photo on the front page of the Madison Courier dated June 30, 2018: The photo of the Ohio Theatre marquee show the feature, “The Fountainhead” starring Gary Cooper; that movie was from 1949.

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The 2018 Graduation Address at Hanover College

Thursday, May 31, 2018 2:59 PM

It is hard to escape their presence in all forms of media-film, television, online, gaming, and even still in the comic books of the olden days. By my count, just in the 4 years in which our graduates have been students at Hanover College, 22 major motion pictures about superheroes have been released.

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HIV cases down, but stigma remains in Scott County

Thursday, May 3, 2018 3:00 PM

INDIANAPOLIS — In 2013, Scott County Public Health Nurse Brittany Combs was thinking about leaving the day-to-day routine of smoking cessation classes and immunizations to take on a new challenge in the field of overseas missions work.

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We feel the newsprint price hikes too

Thursday, April 19, 2018 2:26 PM

The business climate of small-town newspapers is a challenging one.

I don’t think that’s inside information. In fact, one of the challenges is the general perception that we are all dying a slow — or not-so-slow — death.

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BRIDGE initiative needs participants in drug withdrawal programs to help

Tuesday, April 10, 2018 3:00 PM

The third day without food, in constant nausea and pain from withdrawal, was always the one she couldn’t get past.

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Bold action needed

Saturday, March 31, 2018 9:00 AM

To the Editor:

It may seem unusual to write a letter about an article featured in another newspaper, the recent New York Times story, “Suicides, Drug Addiction and High School Football”.

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Standing by Stop the Violence, Don’t Vote

Saturday, March 31, 2018 9:00 AM

It was good to see my friend Mike Walro’s response to my letter of March 20th. As Mike points out, changing the abortion law would be extremely difficult, but I don’t believe that we are “stuck” with it.

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Thank You Hanover/Madison Community

Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:00 PM

The Southwestern Boys basketball team and coaching staff would like to take this opportunity to thank the entire Hanover and Madison communities for their incredible support of our basketball team not only during this season but also the State Tournament run.

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Thank you to the Southwestern Boys Basketball Team

Thursday, March 29, 2018 3:00 PM

I would like to send a Big Thank You to the Southwestern basketball team of 2017-2018.

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Vote the person, not the party

Thursday, March 22, 2018 3:00 PM

To the editor:

I have to disagree with my friend Ben Newell, a truly good man, with his advice not to vote (Madison Courier, March 20). I too am pro-life and abhor the fact that abortion is the law of the land, but until the Constitution is changed or the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court change its rulings, we are stuck with abortion as a possible outcome in this country. I agree we should let our senators and representatives know our beliefs, but my advice is then to vote your values.

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Stop the killings, don’t vote

Tuesday, March 20, 2018 3:00 PM

To the editor:

In response to the latest school shootings, Rep. John Yarmuth of Louisville declared that those that didn’t take his position of gun control were culpable in the gun violence that rages through our society.

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