Get ready for a morning of music and unity on Sunday, Feb. 7! The Plath Family Band from Cairo, Ga. will be performing at Mt. Olive Baptist Church. Service will begin at…
Harlem Globetrotters Celebrate 90 Years at the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center
Celebrating 90 years of providing smiles, sportsmanship and service to millions of people worldwide, the world famous Harlem Globetrotters will bring their unrivaled family show to the Donald L. Tucker Civic Center,…
George Frank Rykard, Jr.
George Frank Rykard, Jr., age 84, died Sunday, Jan. 31 at his home. Funeral services were held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 2 at Beggs Funeral Home, Madison Chapel with burial at…
Amber Alert: missing children found
Madison County Sheriff Ben Stewart reports that on Thursday, Jan. 28, the Madison County Sheriff’s Office Communications Center received an “Amber Alert” at 1:30 p.m. regarding two children being unlawfully taken and…
Search leads to multiple arrests
The Madison County Sheriff’s Office Drug Task Force has been conducting a covert investigation involving the possession and sale of marijuana and synthetic marijuana, also known as “spice.” Madison County Sheriff Ben…
Florida Legislature tracker
SB 306, which authorizes municipalities to ban or regulate the use of disposable bags, passed in the Environmental Preservation and Conservation committee on Jan. 20. The vote was 8-1 in favor of…
Why isn’t Prayer Never Fails in theaters?
For all citizens concerned about not being able to find the Madison-filmed movie, Prayer Never Fails in theaters in Valdosta or Tallahassee can rest easy knowing that, no, they did not miss…
Say goodbye to the F.L.O.W Mobile
The days of the Florida Licensing on Wheels (F.L.O.W) Mobile visiting the City of Madison are gone. After the F.L.O.W Mobile’s last visit on Jan. 4, the vehicle will no longer be…
Florida joblessness rate is 5 percent in December
Florida’s unemployment rate was 5.0 percent in December, down 0.1 percentage point from November’s revised rate of 5.1 percent (reported as 5.0 percent originally). This is according to the latest unemployment figures…
Grassroots event highlights contributions of family farms
Florida Farm Bureau members from across the state will meet with legislators during Florida Farm Bureau’s annual Legislative Days in Tallahassee, Feb. 2-3. The state’s largest general agricultural organization will host a…
Ray Charles childhood home
Ray Charles, considered one of the greatest soul artists of all time, got his start in the Town of Greenville. Born September 23, 1930 in Albany, Ga., Charles moved to Greenville with…
Open auditions for the Madison RATT pact
The Madison RATT pact will hold auditions Sunday, Jan. 31 for their upcoming spring performance. Anyone over the age of 18 who would like to try their hand at acting or any…
Meet Madison’s latest DAR member
Mrs. Nancy Moral, of Lee, has just been accepted as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR). The DAR is a volunteer Service Organization that was founded in 1890….
NFCC Community Theater presents Disney’s Beauty and the Beast
North Florida Community College is pleased to present its Community Theatre production of Disney’s “Beauty and the Beast Jr.” on Saturday, Jan. 30 at Van H. Priest Auditorium. Two show times are…
H4: Why 4-H livestock projects build life skills
Guest Columnist: Becky Bennett 4-H is a non-formal, practical educational program for youth. It is the premiere youth development program of UF/IFAS Extension Services, which is a part of the national land…
Julia Elvira Brown
Julia Elvira Brown, 92, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Good Samaritan Center, Dowling Park. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30 at Beggs Funeral Home Madison Chapel…
Louise Pickles Strickland
Louise Pickles Strickland, 81, died Tuesday, Jan. 26, at Madison County Memorial Hospital. Funeral Services will be held at 3 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 29 at Hanson Methodist Church with burial at…
Louella W. Lamb
Louella W. Lamb, 97, passed away on Jan. 25 at her home in Madison while surrounded by her family. Louella was born May 9, 1918 in Joplin, MO. to O. F. Walker…
In Loving Memory, James Glosson Sheffield, Jr. “Jimmy” March 20, 1953 – January 19, 2016
Jimmy Sheffield, 62, passed away peacefully on Jan. 19 in Tallahassee, Fl. following an illness. He was son to James Glosson, Sr. and Brunelle Sheffield and was born in Madison where he…
Wreck results in three injured
Three were transported to Madison County Memorial Hospital with minor injuries after a drizzly morning wreck at 9:45 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 21. Donald Voss, 78, of Lee, was traveling in the…