John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Friday, Jan. 12, beginning at 10 a.m., winners from the spelling bee school-level competition will take the stage at the Madison County Extension Office for the…
National Security: Kunsan
In the early spring of 1972, I had finished flight training and was posted to a remote fighter base in South Korea, Kunsan Air Base. Departing Tampa on Mar. 10, I traveled…
Billy Daniel Hart
Billy Daniel Hart, 75, passed away Tuesday, Jan. 2, at Madison County Memorial Hospital. Born on Sept. 19, 1942, Billy was a lifelong resident and a sixth generation native of Madison County. …
Donald C. Winterton
Don Winterton passed away on Thursday, Jan. 4. A native of New Jersey, Don played basketball for the University of Tampa (UT) where his 1967-1968 team was inducted into the UT Athletic…
Ophelia Ruth Dorsey
Ruth Dorsey, 92, went to be with the Lord on Friday, Dec. 29. She was born on Mar. 6, 1925 in Wood County, Oh., to the late Rev. Jay E. and Anna…
coming to Beulah Baptist Church
Mickey Starling: Greene Publishing, Inc. Beulah Baptist Church will be hosting the Walkers, a gospel group from Perry, on Saturday, Jan. 27. The concert and subsequent ministry will begin at 6 p.m….
Cowboys squash Scorpions
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. It was an exciting evening of basketball action in the Madison County High School (MCHS) gym on Tuesday, Jan. 2. That’s when the MCHS junior varsity and…
Martin arrested: First Lee, now Cherry Lake
Story Submitted Michael Scott Martin, who was recently arrested for a burglary in Lee and was released on bond, was arrested after another burglary on Thursday, Jan. 4, in Cherry Lake. Major…
Winter Wonderland comes to Florida and Georgia
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. In the early morning hours of Wednesday, Jan. 3, residents of Madison woke up to wet, cold and literally freezing conditions outside their homes. Icicles hanging from…
Possible sinkhole on CR 146
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. During the meeting of the Board of Madison County Commissioners on Wednesday, Dec. 27, the commissioners heard a presentation from Road Department Coordinator Lonnie Thigpen about undermining…
Move over Florida, it’s the law
Story Submitted January is Move Over month, and the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (DHSMV) urges all motorists to move over for emergency and service vehicles stopped along the…
Passing Parade: The free press and its cost
Nelson A. Pryor: Guest Columnist Nothing is free! Just ask John Peter Zanger, a Colonial newspaper man, who had to go to court against the charge of telling a lie. An article…
Associate Director says goodbye
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. Dr. Julie Schindler, has been the Associate Director at Big Bend Hospice of Madison for 22 years, but now it’s time to take a step back. The…
Cowboys repeat as tournament champs
Rick Patrick: Greene Publishing, Inc. For the second year in a row, the Madison County High School (MCHS) Cowboys brought home the hardware as tournament champs in the Baker County Florida First…
ATV accident injures one
John Willoughby: Greene Publishing, Inc. On Monday, Dec. 25, Madison Police Department (MPD) and Madison County EMS were dispatched to Hilltop Apartments, in Madison, in reference to an ATV accident. According to…
National Security: Christmas Truce
The strangest, most wonderful thing happened a century ago on a European battlefield – the shooting stopped and the troops from opposing sides emerged from their fortifications and joined together to celebrate…
John Q. Shaw
John Q. Shaw, 79, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 28, surrounded by his family. Shaw was born in Madison, to the late Walter and Annie Pinson Shaw. John served in the United…