Gary B. King: Guest Columnist I read through my Bible about every eleven months. On February 25, 2016, I started my fifty-first reading of the Scriptures and finished this past January 26,…
National Security: Black History
Joe Boyles: Guest Columnist February is Black History Month, a designation made by President Ford in the bicentennial year of 1976. Some might argue that we shouldn’t single out a race for…
Roberta M. Miller
Roberta M. Miller, 76, passed away on Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2017 in Gainesville, Fl. Roberta was born September 8, 1940 in Piqua, Ohio to Robert Morris and Alma Hann Morris. Mrs. Miller…
Shirley Devane Hartley
Shirley Devane Hartley passed away on Friday, Feb. 10 in Tallahassee, Fl., at the age of 69, after suffering from an extended illness. She resided at the Heritage Health Center in Tallahassee…
Russian String Orchestra dazzles crowd
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. North Florida Community College (NFCC) played host to an extremely talented orchestra from Russia as part of its annual Artist Series. NFCC started the Artist Series in…
MCAA 8th Graders visit Gettysburg and D.C.
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. The Madison Creative Arts Academy 8th graders recently spent four days in Gettysburg, Pa. and Washington D.C. Language Arts and Science teacher Leigh Ann Browning, who organized…
Computer program keeps parents informed
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. Madison County Schools have adopted a program from Focus School Software which will allow teachers, administrators, parents and students to access a portal that displays key responsibilities,…
Get Your Dukes On flag football tournament coming
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Saturday and Sunday, Feb. 25 and 26, Boyz to Kings will sponsor their fifth annual “Get Your Dukes On” flag football tournament. The seven team, double-elimination…
Area teen swims toward success
Chris Jones: Greene Publishing, Inc. Madison County residents Bryan and Mikey Wilson are very proud grandparents. Their grandson, Charlie Gallagher, will graduate from Lawton Chiles High School in Tallahassee this year. Gallagher…
Pastor Spotlight: Chris Peterson
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. Chris Peterson is the pastor at Renewed Life Outreach Center in Greenville. He has been a pastor for over four years. Pastor Peterson and his wife Jerri…
A prayer for days that seem to never end
Sheryl H. Boldt: Guest Columnist If we don’t watch out, we can develop the habit of living in anger or disappointment, finding the negative in almost everything and everyone. Unfortunately, the longer…
Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church to host Family Seminar
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. In honor of Valentine’s Day and Black History month, Shiloh Missionary Baptist Church will be hosting a family seminar entitled, “Refreshing the Family: An African American Perspective”…
Greenville youth host “Dinner and a Movie” night
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Feb. 17, at 6 p.m., the youth at Greenville United Methodist Church will host “Dinner and a Movie” night. Dinner will be served in the…
UPDATE: Greenville Drive-By Shootings Injures Five
Story Submitted Major David Harper of the Madison County Sheriff’s Office reports that on Sunday, February 12, around 8:00 p.m. deputies were dispatched to SW Church Avenue, in Greenville, in reference to…
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…
State’s jobless rate remains unchanged
Lazaro Aleman: Greene Publishing, Inc. Florida’s seasonally adjusted unemployment rate was 4.9 percent in December, unchanged from November, and 0.2 percentage point higher than the U.S. unemployment rate of 4.7 percent. In…
Cowboys sign scholarship letters
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Wednesday, Feb. 1, the first official NCAA National Signing Day, six Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboys signed National Letters of Intent. Diante Hartsfield, Josh Bradley,…
City of Madison meeting… surveys, budget, sewage and buzzards discussed
Nancy Taylor: Greene Publishing, Inc. Tuesday evening, Feb. 7, the Madison City Commission held a special meeting for the purpose of planning and goal setting for both short-term and long-term projects. City…
Legislative delegation meets with locals
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Feb. 6, State Senator Bill Montford from Senate District 3, and State Representative Halsey Beshears from House District 7, traveled to Madison to meet with…
Conservative Corner: BRAVO! Judge Gorsuch
Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee to succeed Justice Antonin Scalia, is a native Coloradan and avid outdoorsman. He clerked for a federal appellate judge and…