Madison News

With heat indices exceeding 100 degrees, area agencies are taking precautions to help residents beat the heat.

Rick and Kim, Below is a picture of a precious female Boxer. She is at Madison Ark and is probably 1 - 2 years old.

The St. Francis County Election Commission on Wednesday discussed an application for a grant to make polling sites more handicapped-accessible, and began talking about this year's school elections.

A bridge at Caldwell, nominated in April for inclusion on the National Register of Historic Places, has been included, it was reported by the Arkansas historic Preservation Program.

The three proposals for grant funding from the Walton Foundation for St. Francis County should be submitted next month, according to officials with Southern Bancorp.

City employees in Palestine will apparently have to pay at least some portion of their insurance coverage soon, but just how much has not been determined.

St. Francis County had sales tax receipts of $145,103.12 in March, up from $130,325.70 in March of 2008.

Hum along with the volunteers from the Madison Ark. The tune's the same, but the lyrics have been changed: "Wasting away again in Muttgaritaville.

If you're ready to waste away again in a tropical setting, make plans to attend a fun-filled fundraiser hosted by the Madison Ark animal shelter on Thursday, April 23rd.

A city man who was armed with a box cutter when he robbed a woman of a purse in 2007 was sentenced Friday to 12 years in prison, suspended after he serves three years.

A funeral service was held on Thursday, February 26, 2009 for three children killed in a Madison, AR house fire.

Toniette Mills is filled with grief as she says goodbye to her three children. Ten-year-old Kierra and four-year-old Michael shared a casket while 13-year-old Kayla rests in another one.

Three children are dead after their home caught fire in Madison just west of Forrest City.

A house fire that claimed the lives of three children early Friday in Madison is still under investigation, according to St.

Toinette Mills awoke in the night to her 12-yearold daughter's panicked voice. "Mama!" Kayla Williams cried.

St. Francis County authorities say three children are dead after an Saturday morning fire at a house in the east Arkansas community of Madison.

Three children were killed during a house fire in Madison, AR on Friday, February 20, 2009.

Three children were killed in a house fire in the St. Francis County town of Madison early Friday morning.

Three children are dead after an early morning house fire in Madison, Arkansas. Madison is near Forrest City in St.

WREG-TV in Memphis, Tenn., quoted Madison, Ark., Police Chief Jonathan Parks saying, "We lost three kids today from this community." Parks said the loss will be difficult for the small town of about 1,000 ...