Opinion


LETTER TO THE EDITOR: Madison’s voter disengagement: a symptom of a rotten system, a warning and a call to action
Madison County Record, Opinion, The Madison Recor
Letter to the editor
by By HANU KARLAPALEM 
September 3, 2025
The turnout in Madison’s recent municipal elections was shockingly low. Out of more than 46,000 registered voters, only 17% cast a ballot. The winner ...
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Tuberville: Make daylight saving time permanent
Madison, Madison County Record, News
by Staff Reports 
March 7, 2025
WASHINGTON –  As Americans prepare to “spring forward” this weekend,   U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) spoke on the floor about the many benefits...
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Three red marbles
Columnists, Madison, Madison County Record
THE STORYTELLER
by Bruce Walker 
March 4, 2025
Buery Lowery was a deacon in our church when I was growing up. He ran the corner grocery store in our community, and was legendary among us children b...
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My experience in the Madison Civic Awareness Academy and why it was just what I needed
Madison, Madison County Record, News
by ERIN COGGINS news@themadisonrecord.com 
February 11, 2025
MADISON - Having lived in Madison for 25 years, I have voted in municipal elections, utilized the services of the city’s public works, attended a game...
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My resolutions for you
Columnists, Faith, Lifestyles
by DAWN REED 
December 31, 2024
January 1st is one of my favorite days of the year. Like a kid on Christmas Eve, I am giddy with expectation: a new year, a clean slate. New adventure...
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Storyteller: Uncle Charnel and Aunt Versa
Columnists, Lifestyles, Madison
THE STORYTELLER
November 28, 2024
My family is populated with moonshiners, preachers, politicians, businessmen, and salesmen. All sides have a lot in common; they are each...possessed ...
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The Storyteller: Ullie’s General Store
Columnists, Lifestyles, Living
THE STORYTELLER
November 12, 2024
Ullie’s General store was on Walker’s Bend, near the banks of the Coosa River in St. Clair County, AL., USA, North America, Planet Earth, in the Sun’s...
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Honoring those who make freedom possible
Madison, Madison County Record, Main
by John Few 
November 11, 2024
On Veterans Day in 1961— exactly one month before the beginning of the Vietnam War — President John F. Kennedy spoke at Arlington Cemetery to honor th...
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Grandma’s Rolling Store
Columnists, Madison, Madison County Record
THE STORYTELLER
Ever hear your grandparents talk about the rolling store?
November 8, 2024
In the middle of the Great Depression of the 1930’s Grandma and Grandpa realized they were losing the farm if they did not do something; With 13 hungr...
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