The 55 Plus Club will meet on Wednesday Jan. 13 and their program for the month is about recycling. The guest speaker for the program will be Jerome Wyche, Coordinator of Madsion…
Madison Masonic Lodge elects new officers for 2016
On Monday, Jan. 4, members of the Madison Masonic Lodge #11 met for their 171th installation of officers. At the installation, new officers were elected for 2016. The 2016 Madison Masonic Lodge…
Vera Mason Lauria
Vera Mason Lauria, 88, passed peacefully into the arms of her Lord and Savior on Saturday, Jan. 2 at South Georgia Medical Center in Valdosta, Ga. Vera was born on March 2,…
Conservative Corner: The new broom
Nelson A. Pryor, Guest Columnist All America abhorred corruption. But did the Florida Legislators of the 1950’s? The Grand Jury Corruption issues are the traditional bread and butter of investigations for the Grand…
WANTED: Kevin Gardner
Madison County Sheriff Ben Stewart reports that the Sheriff’s Office received a warrant for the arrest of Kevin Cornelius Gardner for Sexual Battery by person in Familial or Custodial Authority and Impregnation…
Chase ends in wreck
On Saturday Dec. 26, 2015 around 3:36 a.m., during his patrol in the Livingston Springs area, Patrolman Smith observed Anthony Keith, 28, of Tallahassee, at a stop sign. According to a report…
House fire in Lee; owner in need
A house fire in Lee took place on Tuesday, Jan. 5, and the damage has caused the homeowner financial loss. Around 12 p.m., the Lee Volunteer Fire Department was called to the…
Two vehicles crash
On Duval St. between Busy Bee and CVS Pharmacy on Wednesday, Dec. 30, 2015 around 10:53 a.m., two vehicles collided in a wreck that would send one driver to Madison County Memorial…
Florida reports backlog of over 13,000 untested rape kits
According to a report released by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) on Monday, Jan. 4, the state of Florida has a backlog of over 13,435 rape kits that have not…
State Legislature in session early
The state legislature will begin its 2016 regular session in January this year— not March, in an effort to eliminate costly special sessions that have plagued the House and Senate in the…
Two arrested on multiple charges
Madison County Sheriff Ben Stewart reports that on Monday, Jan. 4, at approximately 2:38 p.m., Deputy Goldman, with the Madison County Sheriff’s Office Interstate Criminal Enforcement Unit conducted a traffic stop on…
Court selects Senate district map
“We are ending a year and an era,” Pamela S. Goodman, president of the League of Women Voters of Florida (LWV), declared on Wednesday, Dec. 30, immediately following a Leon County judge’s…
Car vs Pedestrian
According to a Florida Highway Patrol report, charges against a pedestrian have been issued after Sheldrick Miller, 22, of Greenville, was walking east on SW Obadiah St., and moved to the south…
Plans to make old Greenville library into rec center underway
At the Greenville town council meeting on Sep. 14, Town Manager Tim Day came to the council to announce his plans to turn the old library on Church Street into a community…
Winter may yet turn cold, wet and ugly
Notwithstanding the warmer-than-normal December temperatures of late, weather forecasters are predicting a wetter and chillier than usual winter for the Southeast in the remaining months. Thank or blame the unusual pattern — depending…
Madison family spans five generations
In 1943, a union of marriage between Loreatha Owens and E.B. Brooks would mark the beginning of a legacy that would extend to five generations of their children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren….
First Responder Appreciation Week
Governor Rick Scott just signed an official proclamation. It can’t fix education, lower taxes, or regulate the economy: but it can show a segment of the population that Florida cares. The proclamation…
Prayer Rally to be held
In conjunction with the Decision America Tour, Evangelist Franklin Graham began a nationwide prayer-oriented tour this new year in order to encourage Christians all over the United States to pray for their…
Murray Comer, faithful member of Grace Presbyterian for over 50 years
Murray Comer has been a member of Grace Presbyterian Church for over 50 years. Originally from Berrien County, Ga., Comer and his wife, Jane, moved to Madison in 1962. Comer was a…
MCHS graduate to study in Czech Republic
Aisha Thompkins, daughter of Angie and Willie Thompkins and the paternal granddaughter of Easter Lee Frazier, has been presented with a unique opportunity to go study abroad in the Czech Republic starting Feb….