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A 34-year-old Madison man was arrested following a drug investigation last week.

Rev. Dr. Larry Sonner waited about a week to turn himself in. The Methodist minister had married a lesbian couple the weekend before, in October 2014, going against the Protestant church’s doctrine. Other ministers had done so in the past, but they kept the unions quiet and the ceremonies secret. Larry saw a problem with their silence. If Methodists wanted to call themselves “inclusive,” he asked, how could they deny LGBTQ people the right to marry in their faith? On one hand, disobeying church rules could lead to grave consequences. He could lose health benefits. He could lose his st...

John Matthew “Matt” Williams, our beloved Matt, was born in Pinehurst on July 15, 1984, and passed away Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. Matt will be greatly missed by his parents, Jeff and Christy Dotson; sister, Marissa Milewski and her husband, Ryan Milewski; brother, Mitchell Dotson; and grandparents, Schappi and Emily Marsh, and Robert Dotson and Barbara Marsh Pond. He was predeceased by John Mare Williams; and grandmothers, Phyllis Williams and Dollie Dotson. Matt was a jack of all trades, with a brilliant mind. He worked many years in the construction industry. He amazed his family and...