Bob Demaree

Land that once played a role in Madison's industrial past before sitting covered by rubble for decades, is now Madison's Ohio River Legacy Park celebrated Thursday with a ribbon cutting ceremony and unveiling of the George DeBaptiste sculpture.

Jefferson County veterans were honored Sunday afternoon with a special Veterans Day event at Madison's Frank Baldwin Hunter Hall.

A request was made for more space for the Jefferson County Veterans Service Office at Thursday's meeting of the County Commissioners.

More than 70 Madison Junior High School students are involved in the “Alice in Wonderland Jr.” production at Madison Consolidated High School's Opal Sherman Auditorium on Thursday and Friday at 7 p.m. and Saturday at 2:30 p.m.

Although there was previously a rescue boat void in Jefferson County, the recent purchase of a former Kentucky Department of Natural Resources watercraft by Hanover Township Volunteer Fire Department could answer some of that need and the City of Madison seems to be moving toward acquiring its own rescue watercraft.

Indiana Comptroller Elise Nieshalla was in Madison last week to meet with local people and talk about her campaign to reduce the national debt.

Salvation Army of Madison launched its annual fundraising campaign with a Jingle and Mingle event Friday that serves as kickoff for a goal of raising $220,000 during the Christmas season — $42,000 of that coming from Red Kettle collections.

The high school and college swim seasons are underway but the pool at the Southwestern Aquatic Center that was expected to be completed by late summer still isn't finished.

A two-phase plan for developing the Residences at Sunrise Crossing was announced at Wednesday's meeting of the Madison Redevelopment Commission with the sale of 4.167 acres anticipated in the next month and construction slated to begin soon after that.

An application from Orion Renewable Energy Group LLC for a special exception for a solar energy development near Paynesville in Saluda Township was denied in a unanimous vote by the Jefferson County Board of Zoning Appeals on Tuesday.