Madison Blotter

The Madison County Sheriff's Office reported the following incidents:

Want To Sleep Better, Find A Good Mate

In unsurprising news, women in bad relationships have a poorer quality of sleep. Of course, maybe all these women date men who snore. A study conducted by Wendy M. Troxel, PhD from the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Pittsburgh, and colleagues, showed quality of sleep for women is associated with the stability of their romantic relationships. Women currently experiencing insecurity ...

Column - Written in a suddenly barkless house

MY daughter asked me to write today about Barney. And, of course, I must.…

Dog alerts sleeping owner to fire at Tempe home

TEMPE, Ariz. -- A Tempe man is alive, thanks to his dog. Flames broke out at a house near Price and Guadalupe roads while the homeowner was sound asleep early Tuesday morning. His dog woke him up to a back wall full of flames. Two-year-old Daisy jumped up on Aaron Guthrie's bed to at about 1 a.m. when she sensed the fire danger. Guthrie scrambled to get Daisy, another dog and six puppies out ...

Smitten by puppy love

How empty did the couch in my study seem yesterday when I slipped in at dawn, with no waking Barney to open one eye.