Photos Submitted The Madison High School band performs in the 1979 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Madison High School band marches through the streets of New York City during the 1979 Macy’s…
Boys and Girls Club blows away breast cancer
Photo Submitted The Greenville Boys and Girls Club of Tabula Rasa sponsored a pink-out at Greenville Elementary School in order to raise cancer awareness. Pictured in the front row, from left to…
GES announces school-wide Tropicana Speech winners
Photo Submitted Fourth grade Tropicana Speech winners, from left to right, are: Hafitha Ayyad, third place; Hisham Ayyad, second place; and Zakaria Scott, first place. Photo Submitted Fifth grade Tropicana Speech winners,…
NFCC wins top honors in Association of Florida College’s Communication and Marketing Awards competition
Photo Submitted North Florida Community College received many awards at the AFC 67th annual meeting and conference in Orlando on Thursday, Nov. 3. Pictured displaying their awards, from left to right, are:…
Cowboys ride past Ft. White, on to Pahokee
Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc. It has been said that adversity builds character. Another and probably more accurate quote is that adversity actually reveals character. The Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboys…
Farm-City Week Celebrated
Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Emerald G. Parsons, November 15, 2016 Farm-City Week is celebrated by Farm Bureau each year. The staff, board members and volunteers are always on hand to make…
Holiday office hours
The Greene Publishing, Inc. office will be closed this coming Thursday and Friday, Nov. 24 and 25, in observance of the Thanksgiving Day holiday. The newspaper office will resume normal operating hours…
Tropicana Speech Contest: Countywide winners chosen
Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Cheltsie Holbrook, November 16, 2016 Fourteen students from Madison County District Schools participated in the Tropicana Speech Contest that took place on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at the…
Joe C. Peavy
Joe C. Peavy, age 84, former Sheriff of Madison County, Fl. died on Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016 at his home in Madison, Fl. Funeral services were held on Tuesday, Nov. 22 at…
Joe Peavy, a life lived in service
Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc. Longtime Madison County Sheriff, Joe Peavy passed away on Saturday, Nov. 19. He was 84 years old. Peavy was born on Nov. 8, 1932 in Concord, Fl…
Trailer Fire Update
Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Cheltsie Holbrook, November 21, 2016 Kelly Greene, Greene Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Nov. 21, at approximately 11:58 a.m., Madison Fire and Rescue (MFR) was alerted to attend…
Barnes, Quintero, and Odom named County Tropicana Speech Contest Winners
Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Cheltsie Holbrook, November 16, 2016 Three students from Madison County walked away with first place plaques after competing in the countywide Tropicana Public Speaking Contest that took…
Light Up Madison is Dec. 3
Kelly Greene, Greene Publishing, Inc. On Saturday, Dec. 3, the Kiwanis Club of Madison will be presenting Light Up Madison, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. This event has been known to…
Town of Lee to sponsor Christmas light contest
Kelly Greene, Greene Publishing, Inc. The Town of Lee will be sponsoring a Christmas light contest, on Friday, Dec.16 for their utility customers. They have impartial, outside judges that will begin their…
Burn alert
Story Submitted by The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services “North Florida is currently experiencing a drought. There’s also not much rain expected in the near future. Cold snaps can only…
J.C. Fead named Greenville Citizen of the Year
Rick Patrick, Greene Publishing, Inc. J.C. Fead, a supervisor with the Greenville Public Works Department was named the Citizen of the Year at the meeting of the Greenville Town Council during their…
Fire leaves trailer in total loss
Cheltsie Holbrook, Greene Publishing, Inc. This afternoon, Monday, Nov. 21 around 12 noon, a trailer located in Davis Trailer Park, on Highway 145, went up in flames. The trailer was unoccupied and…
Hamilton County chase ends in Madison
Greene Publishing, Inc. Photo By Cheltsie Holbrook, November 15, 2016 A chase, which started in Hamilton County, ended in Madison County after Gregory Graham ran into MCSO deputy Sgt. Livingston’s patrol vehicle….
Once in a Supermoon
Photo Courtesy Of Ted Ensminger Emerald G. Parsons, Greene Publishing, Inc. A supermoon, which occurs when a full moon is at its closest point to Earth along its orbit, graced our skies…
Duke Energy warns customers of scammers
Lazaro Aleman, Greene Publishing, Inc. Duke Energy is warning its customers to be on the lookout for a long-running utility scam targeting small businesses, bars and restaurants, scores of individuals, and even…