During the regular meeting of the Madison City Commission on Tuesday, July 11, City Manager Tim Bennett recommended the City Commission set a tentative millage rate of seven mils. One mil is…
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Local: Madison County jobless rate unchanged
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate dropped to 4.3 percent in May, down 0.2 percentage point from April’s rate of 4.5 percent and the same as the national…
Florida Dept. of Agriculture and Consumer Services recovers more than $250,000
Story Submitted The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services recovered more than $250,000 for Florida consumers during the month of June. Last year, the department recovered nearly $3 million for Florida…
SPORTS: Madison 8U All-Stars are State Runner-up
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. No one told the group of Madison County youngsters they were the underdogs. If someone did, they chose not to believe it. They just went into the…
Local: County’s fire assessment to rise
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Board of Madison County Commissioners met with members of the local volunteer fire departments and concerned citizens on Wednesday, July 5, for the purpose of discussing…
Education: Assessment tests show improvement in Madison
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Florida Department of Education (FDOE) recently released the results of the 2017 assessment tests for English language arts, math and science by county and grades groupings,…
National: App helps parents protect kids
Chris Jones: Green Publishing, Inc. A new phone application, called Family Time, can help parents monitor the texts and phone calls of their children’s phones, and much more. The app helps parents…
Local: Hickory Grove Rd. speeding raises concerns
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. During the regular meeting of the Board of Madison County Commissioners on Wednesday, July 5, concerns were raised about increased traffic and speeding on Hickory Grove Rd….
Madison County High School: Furor drives away principal
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Citing personal family reasons, the new principal at Madison County High School (MCHS), Kip McLeod, has vacated the position. McLeod’s recommendation for the job has caused a…
Local: Cousins prepare for International Finals
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Two Madison County cousins, Jarrett Briggs and Cody Davis, are making plans to head to Shawnee, Ok. for the International Finals Youth Rodeo (IFYR). The IFYR is…
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Chris Jones: Green Publishing, Inc. The popular social media application Snapchat has a new feature that is raising concerns with parents. The feature, called Snap Maps, allows users to pinpoint another user’s…
LOCAL: Fuel tank explodes at Madison Metals
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. At 11:45 a.m. on Tuesday, June 27, Madison Fire Rescue responded to a call for a burning trailer at Madison Metals on SW State Road 14. According…
CRIME: Drug Bust at Madison Metals
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. According to Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) spokesperson Major David Harper, the MCSO Drug Task Force (DTF) made a significant arrest of an upper level crystal methamphetamine…
Pursuit: High-Speed chase crosses state line
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. According to Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) spokesperson Major David Harper, on Wednesday, June 28, at approximately 4 p.m., the Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office (LCSO) contacted the…
STATE: Governor vetoes Bright Futures bill
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Wednesday, June 14, Governor Rick Scott vetoed a higher education bill that would have fully funded Florida’s Bright Futures scholarships, covering 100 percent of tuition to…
Madison man arrested for attempted murder
Chris Jones, Greene Publishing, Inc. According to Madison Police Department (MPD) Chief Reggie Alexander, at 3:06 p.m. on Thursday, June 29, the MPD responded to a report of an in-progress stabbing at…
School District: District maintains “C”
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. According to the just-released school grades report from the Florida Department of Education, for the 2017 school year, the grades for the Madison County District show some…
School District: Could MCCS be the next charter school?
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. With the Governor’s signature now firmly placed on House Bill (HB) 7069, the sweeping 270-plus-page education bill passed by the Florida Legislature in a special session, the…
Crime: Correctional officer arrested
Jamie Wachter: The Suwannee Democrat A Suwannee Correctional Institution officer was arrested Friday, June 23, on charges of introducing contraband into a correctional facility, organized scheme to defraud and official misconduct after…
U.S. Representative Al Lawson to speak at Banquet
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. The planning committee for the Greenville Training School Mass Reunion has been busy arranging activities for the weekend of July 7 – 9. The weekend will begin…