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Ellen Kreth, the national-award-winning publisher of the Madison County Record in Huntsville, published a story the other day detailing how expensive it can be for taxpayers when a school district loses a Freedom of Information Act suit.

Ellen Kreth, the national- award-winning publisher of the Madison County Record in Huntsville, published a story the other day detailing how expensive it can be for taxpayers when a school district loses a Freedom of Information Act suit.

That student-on-student sexual abuse scandal continued to play out the other day when Circuit Judge Doug Martin ruled the Huntsville School District Board violated the state's Freedom of Information Act on multiple occasions, which could wind up costing taxpayers there some hefty court fees.

Ellen Kreth is the publisher and owner. Shannon Hahn is the business manager. But both are also reporters, storytellers and, foremost, community members, duty-bound to tell their neighbors even the hardest news.

The Madison County Record has won a prestigious award from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

The Madison County Record has won a prestigious award from the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University.

After a year of uproar over the alleged sexual abuse of some Huntsville junior high basketball players by fellow students, it turns out none of the adult mandated reporters will be charged for failing to immediately contact the state's Child Abuse Hotline.

Imagine you're publishing a weekly newspaper in your Arkansas hometown of 3,000.

Politicians, lawyers, city officials, journalists, a judge and concerned citizens from across the state convened in Harrison's Durand Center the other day to discuss aspects of our state's Freedom of Information Act.

The passage of years has steadily drained my tiny brain of a respectable memory. Even at that, I doubt I'd forget to honor a court order directing me to achieve a task by a certain date.