Rick Patrick Greene Publishing, Inc. With the beginning of the school year, football season is again upon us. The Dave Galbraith Football League will be entering its 26th season this year, and…
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More than 3,600 previously unprocessed sexual assault kits tested
Story Submitted Recently, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) published the latest Sexual Assault Kit Progress Report, and Attorney General Pam Bondi highlighted the report’s latest figures. According to the progress…
Attorney General Bondi leads nationwide effort to amend sex trafficking law
Story Submitted Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi and the District of Columbia Attorney General are leading a bi-partisan coalition of 50 attorneys general urging Congress to affirm that all law enforcement agencies…
Four arrested after bank robbery
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Madison County Sheriff’s Office has reported that four individuals have been arrested in connection with the Friday, Aug. 25 robbery of the Wells Fargo Bank, located…
Wells Fargo Bank Robbed
Today at approximately 2:15 p.m., a robbery occurred at Wells Fargo Bank. Law enforcement officers were dispatched to the bank and upon arrival were given a description of a gold car that…
WRECK: Semi overturns, Energy drinks everywhere
Emerald G. Parsons: Greene Publishing, Inc. A semi-truck overturned leaving energy drinks scattered all along the side of Interstate 10. According to the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) report, Monday evening, Aug. 21,…
Town of Greenville: Council extends employee insurance coverage
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. In a special session meeting on Thursday, Aug. 17, the Greenville Town Council discussed their options regarding either extending existing insurance coverage for the town’s employees versus…
Local: Can EMS find you when you need help?
1. Sign mounted between 4 and 7 feet above grade. 2. Numerals visible to vehicles coming from either direction. 3. No more than 5 feet from edge of roadway. 4. Reflective sign…
Crime: Have you witnessed a church burglary?
Story Submitted Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that the Sheriff’s Office is actively investigating several church burglaries. At this time, the affected churches have been isolated to…
State: Jobless rate remained unchanged
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate remained 4.1 percent in July, unchanged from the previous month and 0.2-percentage point lower than the national rate of 4.3 percent. The…
July rainfall below average
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) received below average rainfall during July, according to the agency’s latest hydrologic conditions report. Overall, the district’s rainfall averaged 6.13…
Local: Confederate monument guarded
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Acting on a tip passed along from Domestic Security Intelligence Analysts, the Madison Police Department (MPD) stood watch all day and night Friday, Aug. 18, guarding Four…
natural phenomenoN: All eyes on the sky
Lynette Norris: Greene Publishing, Inc. A solar eclipse happens somewhere in the world every 18 months. That’s how long it takes for everything, from the moon’s position relative to the sun and…
SPORTS: Former Cowboy to play football in France
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Madison, Fl. is certainly a long way from St. Ouen l’Aumône in France. But that is where former Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboy Brandon Crawford will…
Weather: Forecasters update hurricane season
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. Weather forecasters are revising their earlier predictions about the 2017 hurricane season in accordance with new information. Due to changing conditions in the tropical Atlantic Ocean and…
WRECK: One injured Logging semi hits Public Works truck
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. A collision involving a log truck and a Madison County Public Works truck blocked a section of W Base St. (US 90) on Monday, Aug. 14, from…
Greenville Town Meeting: An inability to function
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Aug. 14, the Town of Greenville held its regularly scheduled monthly town meeting. Little was accomplished in what ended with a yelling match between council…
National: Don’t eclipse your vision
Chris Jones Greene Publishing, Inc. People across the country are preparing for the upcoming solar eclipse on Monday, Aug. 21. Beginning shortly after 1 p.m. on that day, the moon will begin…
County Commission Meeting: County receives check from SRWMD
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. During the meeting of the Madison County Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday, Aug. 9 the Commissioners accepted a check in the amount of $19,917.45 from the…
Drive sober or get pulled over
Story Submitted The Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) is partnering with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the Florida Law Enforcement Liaison Program and the Florida Dept. of Transportation during the…