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…
Is obesity killing you?
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. With more than 34 percent of adults and 17 percent of children and adolescents, ages two to 19, considered obese in the United States, the disease not…
Hospital health strong
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Despite challenges facing many rural hospitals, Madison County Memorial Hospital (MCMH)’s financial health is strong. MCMH has released their monthly financial report for the time period that…
They’re ba-a-a-a-ack: IRS scammers still out there
Lynette Norris: Greene Publishing, Inc. It’s more like they never really went away. Tax season may be over for now, but the phony phone callers pretending to be IRS agents are still…
State of Florida: Employees expecting raise
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Wednesday, June 14, Governor Rick Scott signed a bill into law which will give state workers their first state-wide raise in over a decade. All employees…
Bad Boys: Crime Drops in Madison County
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. The 2016 Annual Uniform Crime Report, which contains index crimes “known to, and reported by, law enforcement agencies for 2016,” was recently released by the Florida Department…
County Commission: Land use change denied
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. During the regular meeting of the Madison County Board of County Commissioners, on Wednesday, June 14, the Commissioners had a public hearing on a Small Scale Land…
Education: Gov. Scott signs controversial bill
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. In a move that surprised very few at the end of the day, Gov. Rick Scott has signed into law House Bill (HB) 7069. This bill caused…
School District: Financial health improving
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. It was news that fell on welcome ears at the regular meeting of the Madison County District School Board on Tuesday, June 6, when interim Financial Officer…
Three resignations, vacated seat
The Greenville Town Hall was filled to capacity during its regularly scheduled meeting on Monday, June 12. Due to Mayor Calvin Malone’s absences being the subject of one of the meeting’s agenda…