The Madison Enterprise-Recorder will publish its traditional Candidates’ Forum section on Friday, July 29. In this special section, candidates will have the opportunity to answer a number of questions concerning their qualifications,…
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Rainfall low in district
Rainfall across the Suwannee River Water Management District (SRWMD) was below average in May, with Madison and Jefferson counties receiving about a third of their normal precipitation during the month. The latest…
Tri-County Electric recognized by school board
During the Madison County School Board meeting on Tuesday, July 5, Tri-County Electric was presented with the 2016 Business and Educators Award in recognition for their contributions to the Madison County School…
Life-saving app featured on smart phones
The iPhone has a lot of pre-downloaded apps that many of us find useless. However, there is one app already downloaded on the iPhone that is one of the lesser known but…
Barn fire
Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Brooke Kinsley, June 27, 2016 On Monday, June 27, Madison Fire Rescue responded to a call in the southwestern section of the county regarding a barn fire…
Fireworks over Lake Francis
On Monday, July 4, the nation celebrated the United States’ independence. In Madison County everyone celebrated too around Lake Francis and at the Haffye Hayes Park in Greenville. Pictured are the bright…
Senior Citizens Center van crashes into light pole
The Madison County Senior Citizens Center offers transportation services to seniors within the county who are unable to drive themselves to and from the center. However, on Friday, June 24, at 2:05…
City discusses employees, City Hall repairs and park budgets
On Tuesday, June 14, the Madison City Commission met at 5:30 p.m. to discuss business matters regarding the City of Madison. The first item on the agenda was presented by City Manager…
SCAM ALERT: Scammers strike again posing as the IRS
On Thursday, June 30, a local man called the Madison County Carrier stating that he received a call from a man who claimed to be with the IRS. During the phone call,…
4th of July fireworks planned
Madison Come on out to the biggest Independence Day celebration inside the City of Madison on Monday, July 4. The Madison Lions Club has arranged an assortment of vendors, fireworks, live music,…
Wreck leads to three-hour search
Troy Mendheim, Jr., 29, and December Webb, 26, both of Lee, were traveling south on NE Clover Ave. on Tuesday, June 28 when, for reasons unknown, the 2007 Nissan Sentra that Mendheim…
Sabal Trail Pipeline could affect Madison County
The fight to keep fracking from Madison County has barely collected dust, and now a new threat to Madison County’s environment has occurred. During the Wednesday, June 22 meeting of the board…
Babe Ruth All-Star 8U boys travel to West Palm Beach
The Babe Ruth All-Stars 8U boys baseball team left from Winn-Dixie this morning at 9 a.m. to head to West Palm Beach to participate in the 2016 Florida Babe Ruth Baseball Championship. They…
Tactical training finds a place in Madison County
In the Friday, May 13 edition of the Madison Enterprise-Recorder, an account ran that gave the results of a recent Board of County Commissioners meeting where the tactical training facility of a…
Two MCHS graduates sign to play college baseball
This year, the Madison County High School (MCHS) baseball team will be losing several star senior athletes. However, many of these outstanding players are now being given the opportunity to continue their…
Rollover on CR 255
Paul Wayne Adkins, 59, of Bradenton, Fl., was traveling in the southbound lane of CR 255 on Monday, June 20 around 11:01 p.m., when the 1999 Ford Explorer that Adkins was driving…
MCHS the target of yet another scam
Madison County High School has been the prime target of several scams this summer, including a t-shirt scam run by a company called “Spirit Shop,” where local businesses were contacted and asked…
Bassett goes uncharged; granted pretrial intervention
On Monday, May 16, Madison County’s former property appraiser Debra Pickles Bassett was arrested after investigators realized that Bassett was arranging to have packages of controlled substances delivered to her home through…
Madison resident Hope Smith went to Softball World Series
On Wednesday, June 8, the Auburn Tigers and the Oklahoma Sooners competed in the 2016 Softball World Series. Losing by only one run (2-1), the Tigers met the close of an extremely…
2015 crime in Madison County
On Friday, June 3, Governor Rick Scott announced that Florida was at a 45-year crime low and his claims were backed by Attorney General Pam Bondi and Florida Department of Law Enforcement…
