North Florida Community College networked with area high school guidance counselors and school district representatives during the Guidance/Dual Enrollment Summit held at NFCC on Friday, Oct. 16. The meeting allowed participants to…
Treasures of Madison County to hold 20th annual meeting
Treasures of Madison County will be having their 20th annual meeting on Sunday, Nov. 8 in the Madison First United Methodist Church fellowship hall at 2:30 p.m. Florida State Archive Historian Joshua…
Madison resident recalls WWII soldier’s story
It seems that Madison’s historical significance is always growing, as it is a town pulled together by threads of a rich history that shines through even the simplest of places or people….
Keith Kirkland loves impacting students’ lives
Keith Kirkland has been the School Resource Officer for Madison County Central School since July. Originally born in Tallahassee, Kirkland graduated from Rickards High in 1991, where he went on to serve…
Flash Back Friday
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Jail Report: Oct. 29 – Nov. 3
Information in the Jail Report is provided to Greene Publishing, Inc., by the Madison County Sheriff’s Office. All people are considered innocent until proven guilty. Questions about people identified in the report…
Community fire/life safety
Madison Fire Rescue and all the fire services in Madison County are committed to helping City and County residents of Madison with preventing accidental fires and also with educating them about the…
November is National Caregivers Month
November is a month full of family celebrations and I will be highlighting them in my weekly column. This week we are looking at National Caregivers Month. Today in the U.S. over…
Madison Fire Rescue responds to 57 calls in September
The Madison Fire Rescue assists residents in both the city and county for all their fire needs but they also assist with vehicle wrecks, medical assistance and transportation. In September, Madison Fire…
MPD receives 2,342 calls in September
The Madison Police Department responded to 2,342 calls in September. This is 457 more calls received than in August. Since October 2014, the department has received 22,892 calls for service. There were…
New microchipped credit cards still vulnerable to hackers
Many U.S. Banks are replacing traditional credit and debit cards with new payment cards that contain a microchip known as an EMV chip that offers enhanced security for credit or debit card…
Military photos wanted
Greene Publishing, Inc. is planning to do a photographic display in the paper of Nov. 11, Veterans Day, to honor those in the military. If you have a photo of yourself or…
Florida Senate removes Confederate flag from Seal
The Florida Senate voted unanimously to remove the Confederate battle flag from the Senate’s official seal on Monday, Oct. 19. The Florida State flag will replace the Confederate battle flag. The Florida…
Portion of NW Crane Avenue will be closed Nov. 12
The City of Madison reports that work crews will shut down a portion of Northwest Crane Avenue leading to the Madison County Memorial Hospital on Thursday, Nov. 12 to install sewer infrastructure….
Bass sworn in as new Lee council member
The Lee Town Council held their regular meeting on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 7 p.m. at Kinsey Hall. The first item for discussion was appointing a new council member after Councilwoman Donna…
Keeping tabs on congressional lawmakers
The issue that Congress addressed in recent weeks was Sanctuary Cities, Cybersecurity, Budget Agreement and Debt Limit, Debt Prevention, Scholarship Program, National Strategic and Critical Minerals Production and Health Care. Following are…
Contractor arrested for fraud
Attorney General Pam Bondi’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit and the Madison County Sheriff’s Office arrested a general contractor for defrauding the Medicaid program out of more than $100,000 on Tuesday, Nov. 3….
One dead, two injured
One person was killed and two others were injured after a wreck involving a Mercury Marquis and a Ford Ranger on Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 10:50 a.m., on U.S. Hwy 90, near…
Florida’s jobless rate drops to 5.2 percent
Florida’s unemployment rate was 5.2 percent in September, a 0.2-percentage point drop from the revised August rate of 5.4 percent (reported as 5.3 percent last month). This according to the latest jobless…
Obituary: Maggie Dean Siplin Demps
Maggie Dean Siplin Demps passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2015. Maggie was born in Madison, Fl. to the late Reverend Capers Siplin and Irene Lane Siplin. She graduated from Madison County…