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Police in the small Madison County community of Elwood thought they had all but rid the town of methamphetamine, but a flurry of arrests within the last two days let them know the scourge of drugs is still prevalent.

A Madison County magistrate ordered four of six people arrested on methamphetamine-related charges to be held on $100,000 cash bond because of the gravity of their suspected crimes.

A proposal to raise the county income tax could begin making its way back to area councils in the coming month.

The town's court system just got an upgrade. During an open house at the new location for Alexandria City Court, Judge Brandy Goodman said Wednesday that the new facility and new programs offered by the court are an improvement from the previous system.

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Gov. Mitch Daniels is speaking out about the long-term consequences of a state budget advanced Wednesday by the Indiana House.

Gov. Mitch Daniels talked to Elwood citizens about the state budget Wednesday morning at Edgewood Elementary School.

County residents will soon get a chance to learn about the progress being made with the state budget straight from the governor's mouth.

These arrests were made by area police on Saturday and Sunday: * Anderson police arrested Kevin D. Bubenzer, 19, West 22nd Street, Anderson.

At the IHSAA GIrls Track State Finals, Pendleton Heights Ellie McCardwell won the state championship in the pole vault with a leap of 12-feet 6-inches on her first attempt.

JoAnn Albea, Stephanie Allen, Jarek Carr, Stacy Carr, Alissa Franklin, Craig Green, Jodi Meek, Alyssa Oprie and Heather Sheets; from Alexandria - Danna Dolliver; from Elwood: Jo-Anna Hurd; from Ingalls - Bradley Auler and Benjamin Cummins; from Pendleton - Kara Ebbers, Troy Martin, Matthew Raleigh and Lyndsay Speikes; from Summitville - Richard ...

The younger brother of a man accused in the July 2008 slaying of a 78-year-old Elwood man pleaded guilty Tuesday to his role in concealing the crime and burning the victim's car.

Whatever lens you use to view Madison County, it's difficult to escape the conclusion that both the problems and the solutions begin chiefly in two areas: education and jobs.

Services continue at the Truman Bridge with speaker J.R. Rosencrans. Observance ends at East Maplewood Cemetery with speaker Terry Richwine.

With equal parts of dedication to athletics, academics and citizenship, Elwood's Thomas Abner became the 41st recipient of the Red Haven Award on Tuesday.

Every time it rains, Sherry King's property along West 700 North is flooded with water that never seems to drain, and she's fed up.

It took about an hour and 40 minutes, but Altairnano employee Bruce Lasley finally made it to work Friday morning from his Fishers home.

All of Madison County's General Motors dealerships are safe from the cuts GM is making as it tries to maintain its viability.

Terry Heaton points to where a piece of equipment landed across his lot from the farm building it was in after it was destroyed by high winds early Thursday morning as a line of heavy thunderstorms moved through the area.