The Main Street Playhouse and Event Center was a full house on Wednesday, Dec. 16 as citizens, business owners, commissioners and other city government officials gathered for a special kick-off meeting from…
Rainy-day wreck causes damage
A single-car wreck that occurred in Greenville, Tuesday, Dec. 22, was ended with a transport to Madison County Memorial Hospital with minor injuries for a young driver. Around 2:44 p.m., according to…
MCI welcomes Robert Smith
Robert Smith is the new warden at the Madison County Correctional Institution. Originally, Smith is from Jasper, Fl. He graduated from Hamilton County in 1986 and came to Madison to attend college…
NFCC accepting applicants for Correctional and Law Enforcement Officer programs
The Public Safety Academy at North Florida Community College is now accepting students for its Correctional Officer Basic Recruit and Law Enforcement Officer programs. NFCC’s Law Enforcement Recruit Academy offers courses that…
Teacher Spotlight: Cammie Frakes at Lee Elementary
What grade do you teach? 3rd grade What is your teaching history/education? “This is my first year. I graduated FSU in May and I got a degree in Elementary Education.” What inspired…
Gas prices sink to national low since 2009
There’s good news for drivers all over the nation. According to AAA, average gas prices dropped below $2 a gallon on Dec. 21 for the first time since March 25, 2009. As…
Taquoia Hamilton wins fundraiser prize
The Madison County Central School students held a school-wide PTO fundraiser; the students earned funds by selling choice items. The participants stood to win a giant stuffed cow and Taquoia Hamilton won…
“No Child” gets left behind
Congress must feel as though they have slain a dragon in early December when Democrats and Republicans finally agreed on something: No Child Left Behind needed to go. Shortly thereafter, on Dec….
History of Four Freedoms Monument
On January 6, 1941, nearly a year before the attack of Pearl Harbor and the United States entered the second World War, Franklin Delano Roosevelt stood before Congress and addressed its members…
Floridians to receive SunTrust settlement
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced that more than 4,000 Florida borrowers are receiving checks from SunTrust Mortgage as part of a multistate settlement. Florida’s share of the settlement payments is second in…
Continuation of Chronology of Hutto Pond
Swift Creek culture (A.D. 200-400) established many villages in the interior forest and river valleys of the eastern Panhandle and Big Bend as well as along the coast. Their ceramics were characterized…
Billy Ezell honored for years of service
The Madison/Taylor Farm Service Agency met on Thursday, Dec. 10 and presented Billy Ezell a certificate of appreciation for his years of service on the county committee. Pictured, from left to right,…
Chris Doolin guest speaker at the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council Meeting
Bradford County Commissioner Daniel Riddick, Chair of the North Central Florida Regional Planning Council welcomed Chris Doolin, the legislative affairs consultant to the Florida Small County Coalition and the Small School District…
James ‘Red’ Van Cason
James ‘Red’ Van Cason, 93, passed away on Dec. 22 at the Margaret Z. Dozier Hospice House in Tallahassee. James was born August 24, 1922 in Madison to James Van Cason, Sr….
The Art of listening
The holidays are full of family time. The kids are excited by all of the hustle and bustle and the excitement of a long break from school. In all of the excitement,…
Mars Candy recalls Dove Chocolates
Those tempting purple bags, decorated with snowflake designs, looked like just the thing to give to the chocolate lover on your Christmas list – an assortment of bite-sized Dove, Twix, Snickers and…
One killed; one injured
A tragic car accident on Saturday, Dec. 19 left a Monticello local deceased, and another with serious injuries. According to the Florida Highway Patrol, around 6:30 p.m., Daniel “Austin” Allen, 19, of…
Plane crash in Greenville; two dead
Around 8 p.m on Thursday night, Dec. 17, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) alerted the Madison County Sheriff’s Department that a small plane headed to the Tallahassee International Airport from Ocala was…
911 call leads to arrest
Madison County Sheriff Ben Stewart reports that on Tuesday, Dec. 15, a 911 call was received at the Communications Center in the Madison County Sheriff’s Office concerning a suspicious motorist traveling down…
Norris Cafe to provide hot meals for those in need
Christmas is a time for family, festivities and feasts, and although most of us will experience that this year, there are many of those who are less fortunate and can’t always enjoy…