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President Joe Biden embraces Gladys Sicknick, the mother of late Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, on Jan. 6, 2023, as she accepts a Presidential Citizens Medal on behalf of her late son during a ceremony to mark the second anniversary of the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. Biden awarded Presidential Citizens Medals to police officers who defended the Capitol and state officials who resisted pressure to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Biden honors more than a dozen Americans for upholding democracy on Jan. 6

BY: - January 6, 2023

WASHINGTON — On the second anniversary of the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, President Joe Biden on Friday awarded citizen medals to 14 Americans who protected democracy and law enforcement officers who defended the Capitol. “Two years ago on Jan. 6 our democracy was attacked,” Biden said at the White House. “Our democracy held because […]

Madison County Record receives award for “courage, integrity and tenacity” for Huntsville coverage

BY: - August 24, 2022

An Arkansas weekly newspaper, its publisher and staff are winners of the 2022 Tom and Pat Gish Award for courage, integrity and tenacity in rural journalism from the Institute for Rural Journalism and Community Issues at the University of Kentucky. The Madison County Record, publisher Ellen Kreth, general manager Shannon Hahn and Celia Kreth, the […]