Story submitted Agents with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE), along with the Madison Police Department (MPD), the FBI and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) announced charges against Jason Lenard…
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Robbery suspects caught
Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO) reports that on Wednesday, April 4, Investigator Doug Haskell arrested Jacob Daniel O’Neal, 18, of Greenville; and Jonathan Oliver Jaramillo, 15, of…
St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church welcomes new pastor
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church (SJMBC) welcomed Bryant Thigpen as their new pastor on Sunday, March 11. Thigpen has spoken at SJMBC several times since May of…
Early voting starts Saturday
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. An election is about to take place in Madison County for a total of six seats on the Madison City Commission and Greenville Town Council. With the…
Miss Madison County Pageant set for Feb. 3
Cheltsie Holbrook: Greene Publishing, Inc. Applications for the annual Miss Madison County Pageant are now available and plans for the 2018 pageant are underway. The Miss Madison County Pageants will be held…
Saving the Florida Scrub Jay
Story Submitted The Florida scrub-jay is in peril. Less than 10 percent remain as development pushes them out of the only place they can survive: dense scrub oak and saw palmettos packed…
Raymon Williams
On Monday evening, June 12, at 6:30 p.m. at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital, the Lord Almighty summoned Raymon Williams home. Raymon Williams was born Feb. 25, 1959 in Greenville, Fl. to the late…
From the sunny side… wardrobe malfunctions
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. I have probably said it before and will likely say it again, I truly do love the staff with whom I work every day. Even when things…
Town of Lee discusses marijuana and sewage spills
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. The City of Lee held its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 7, at 7 p.m. The only new item on the agenda for the evening’s meeting was…
History of The Hickory Grove Turpentine Camp
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Eloise Glass Stewart was born at the Hickory Grove Turpentine Camp; and for well over 100 years, the Hickory Grove community has been her home. Mrs. Stewart’s…
C-SPAN to cover North Florida local on States’ Sovereignty
Story Submitted North Florida resident KrisAnne Hall will appear on C-SPAN on Thursday, Feb. 9. Hall won the Congressman James Blair Award for Defending the Constitution, which was presented to her by…
Free Income Tax Returns at the Madison Extension Office
Diann Douglas For the fifth year, Madison County Extension office will be hosting an IRS Voluntary Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site. Over forty years ago, VITA began; training volunteers to process…
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 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…
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…
Local woman arrested for DUI
Story Submitted Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Tuesday, Jan. 24 at 11:42 a.m., Corporal Jeff Rosenberg was traveling south on County Road 255 behind a…
Farm Bureau grant funds local school project
Story Submitted A grant from the Florida Farm Bureau will support a special learning experience for a group of students at Madison County Excel School. The grant has been awarded for the…
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…
Chris Jones joins staff
Chris Jones has joined the staff of Greene Publishing, Inc. as a reporter. Chris graduated from Bradwell Institute High School in Hinesville, Ga. and from Valdosta State University, where he received a…