Story Submitted At its June meeting, North Florida Community College (NFCC) and the NFCC District Board of Trustees honored Bruce A. Leinback of Jefferson County for 20 years of dedicated service to…
Hometown Health awards MCMH with 2017 RISAH Accreditation
Story Submitted HomeTown Health, LLC awarded the 2017 RISAH Accreditation to Madison County Memorial Hospital at the 5th Annual Florida Conference in Orlando, Fl. on Friday, June 23. The goal of the…
Health screenings coming to Madison
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Heart and Vascular Institute of North Florida will be sponsoring health screenings on Thursday, July 27, at Yogi Bear’s Jellystone Park, located at 1051 SW Old…
YOUNG REAPER MISSIONARY BAPTIST PLANS CELEBRATION IN HONOR OF PASTOR
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. In honor of Rev. Earnest Rains’ fourth anniversary as pastor of Young Reaper Missionary Baptist Church, the congregation has planned a weekend of special church services. The…
Various Musical Artists
Story Submitted Jellystone Park Jam, one of North Florida’s largest multi-day gospel music events, is just two months away and 28 of Christian music’s finest bands are scheduled to appear throughout the…
Bowhunting course coming to north Florida
Chris Jones: Green Publishing, Inc. Florida bowhunters will have an opportunity to attend a National Bowhunter Education Foundation certified bowhunter education course in Alachua County. The course will take place Saturday, Aug….
Nominations for the George Townsend Good Neighbor Award being accepted
Emerald G. Parsons: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Madison County Farm Bureau is once again accepting nominations for the George Townsend Good Neighbor Award. This award was named after Mr. George Townsend, who…
Greenville Town Council: Quarrel, Division, Retraction, Reversals
Chris Jones: Green Publishing, Inc. Things have gone from bad to worse for the Greenville Town Council. Months of internal squabbling, contradiction, and discontent have obstructed the local government body from doing…
City Commission Meeting: Tentative millage rate to remain the same
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…
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…
Passing Parade: Al Lawson: Who are we?
Nelson A. Pryor, Guest Columnist Are you terrified at the moral apathy, the death of the heart, which is happening in our country? Could you be upset at people who refuse to…
Come join the fun… Business After Hours at the Madison County Memorial Hospital
Emerald G. Parsons: Greene Publishing, Inc. Mark your calendars for the upcoming Tuesday, July 18 Business After Hours. This month’s event will be hosted by the Madison County Memorial Hospital, located at…
Local students attend Electric Cooperative Youth Tour
Story Submitted Every June for over 50 years, high school students from across the United States gather in Washington D.C. for a week long, once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to participate in the Electric Cooperative…
Former slave: Florida’s oldest woman lived in Madison County in 1970
Jacob Bembry: Greene Publishing, Inc. Many people live for a long time, but in 1970, a woman returned to Madison from Orlando and she had claim to the title of Florida’s oldest…
Oscar Alphonso Brennan, Sr.
Oscar Alphonso Brennan, Sr., age 74, of Greenville (and formerly of Miami), passed away in Tallahassee on Tuesday, July 11. He was a retired Assistant Chief of the Metro-Dade Fire Department and…
Harlan G. Lambert
Harlan G. Lambert, age 81, of Jennings, Fl., passed away at 10:22 p.m. on Saturday, July 8, after a brief stay at the Haven Hospice Center in Lake City, Fl. He was…
Get a JUMPSTART on Fall Term 2017 at NFCC: Free sessions designed to help students succeed in college courses
Story Submitted North Florida Community College (NFCC) is providing an opportunity for students enrolling in NFCC classes this Fall to get a jumpstart on the essential skills necessary to succeed in their…
Cain and Royals surging ahead of All-Star break
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. Fortunes have turned in a significant way for Lorenzo Cain and the Kansas City Royals during the month of June and into July just ahead of the…
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…