Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. If you were driving on Interstate 10 on Tuesday, Jan. 31 around 10 p.m., you may have thought you were on the set of a Hollywood movie,…
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Jimmy Fulford honored 25 years after death
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. This past Wednesday afternoon, about a dozen people — friends, relatives and members of the Florida Highway Patrol (FHP) — gathered at the I-10 site where FHP…
NFCC student going to NASA
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. One of North Florida Community College’s (NFCC) students has been accepted into NASA’s Community College Aerospace Scholar program. The application process for the program is competitive. Nationwide…
County Commissioners discuss Withlacoochee
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. At the regular scheduled meeting of the Madison County Board of County Commissioners on Wednesday, Jan. 25, the commissioners heard from Jennifer Johnson, Health Officer from the…
Search leads to narcotics, arrest
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. Madison County Sheriff’s Office Major David Harper reports that on Tuesday, Jan. 31, Pedro Tomas Lopez of Lake Worth, Fl. was arrested for possession of narcotics with…
Sheriff’s Office warns of phone scams
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reported that on Monday, Jan. 30, a concerned citizen reported an attempted phone scam. The scammer called from…
Three arrested for credit card fraud
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. Madison County Sheriff’s Office Major David Harper reports that on Wednesday, Jan. 25 at 8 p.m., the Interstate Criminal Enforcement (I.C.E.) Team arrested three individuals for credit…
Repeat offender arrested for meth
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Officer reports that on Friday, Jan. 27, at approximately 12:53 a.m., Jessica Rae Mauldin was arrested for possession of…
Security cameras lead to burglary arrest
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Saturday, Jan. 28, at approximately 10:45 a.m., Madison County Deputy Ben Pike responded to a…
State delegation coming to Madison
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Florida State Senator Bill Montford and State Representative Halsey Beshears will be in Madison on Monday, Feb. 6, at 6:30 p.m. for their Annual Legislative Delegation Meeting….
State Representatives visit M.C.I.
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Thursday, Jan. 26, members of the Florida House of Representatives Justice Appropriations Sub-committee met with representatives from the Madison Correctional Institution (M.C.I.) This meeting was arranged…
Withlacoochee river and Suwannee river meets water quality standards
Health Advisory Has Been Lifted After Recent Samples Contacts: DOH-Hamilton: Mark Lander: Mark.Lander@flhealth.gov 386-792-1414 DOH-Madison: Kimberly Allbritton: Kimberly.Allbritton@flhealth.gov 850-973-5000…
HEALTH OFFICIALS CONFIRM WASTEWATER CONTAMINATION IN THE WITHLACOOCHEE AND SUWANNEE RIVERS
January 26, 2017 Health advisory issued for Hamilton, Madison and Suwannee Counties Contact: DOH-Hamilton Mark Lander Mark.Lander@flhealth.gov 386-792-1414 ext. 232 DOH-Madison: Kim Allbritton Kimberly.allbritton@flhealth.gov 850-973-5000 DOH-Suwannee:…
Postmaster warns of shipping scams
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. According to Alison Crutchfield, Postmaster at the U.S. Post Office in Lee, Fl., selling items online and subsequently shipping them to other countries is a scam that…
Greenville holds ground breaking for treatment facility
Carol Mitchell: Greene Publishing, Inc. Excitement was in the air and on the faces of the Town of Greenville’s mayor, town council and community leaders who came to the water and sewage…
Local man is fighting cancer
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. In June of 2016, Gene Mickel, a native of Madison, was diagnosed with stage three multiple myeloma. Earlier this month he was given the prognosis that there…
County spelling bee next week
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. The annual spelling bee for Madison County students is coming Wednesday, Feb. 1, at 9 a.m. Students in the fourth through eighth grades will be competing in…
The Florida Department of Health issues health advisory
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Madison County office of the Florida Department of Health has issued a health advisory for residents near and visitors to the Withlacoochee River. The City of Valdosta,…
Deadly weekend storms hit region
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Over the weekend of Jan. 21, the North Florida and South Georgia region was racked with severe thunderstorms, several of which spawned deadly tornadoes. The worst of…
Opioid addictions growing problem in Florida
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. In 2010, about 90 percent of the top opioid-prescribing doctors were located in Florida; and in 2015, opioid drug overdose accounted for over 33,000 deaths – four…