The Madison Lions Club’s annual Fourth of July God and County Celebration was held Saturday, July 4. There was a Freedom 5K and Fun Run, entertainment and fireworks. The event started on…
Scammers pose as Sheriff’s deputy
The Leon County Sheriff’s Office, Lowndes County Sheriff’s Office and the Wakulla County Sheriff’s Office are warning their residents of a phone scam involving callers posing as a Sheriff’s deputy. The caller…
Lee Town Council: Traffic signals and annexation
The Lee Town Council met for their monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 7 at 7 p.m., at Kinsey Hall. The agenda only had two items for discussion: a resolution from the Department…
Florida saves funds with inmate work squads
The Florida Department of Corrections recently released the exceptional cost-avoidance provided by inmate community work squads. As of May 31, 2015, the Department’s community work squads recorded nearly 1.3 million hours of…
Madison All-Star teams win district
Madison County’s All Star teams are made up of the very best players of the recreation park ball teams. On June 14, All Star teams for 7-8 year olds (8U), 9-10 year…
E.M.S. receives 625 calls in May and June
Calls to the Madison County E.M.S. picked up a little in May and slowed down in June. There were a total of 330 calls in May and 295 in June. Madison County…
H4: Head, Heart, Hands, & Health – THINK FOOD SAFETY FOR SUMMER
Warmer weather brings on an increase of food borne illness during the summer months – better known to the general population as “food poisoning.” Many bacteria in foods and the environment can…
Bluegrass at the Barn
You are cordially invited to the McHargue Farm on Saturday night, July 25th at 6 p.m., to enjoy wonderful Bluegrass and Southern Gospel music presented by Revival Railroad. This acoustic musical group…
Bishop receives baseball scholarship
Aucilla Christian Academy is pleased to announce that Austin Bishop, a 2015 graduate, has received a baseball scholarship to Truett-McConnell, a private Christian college located in North Georgia. “They intend on me…
Fourth of July God and Country Celebration
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Jail Report: July 1 – July 7
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…
Madison County at school
For the better part of the 20th Century, from the 1900’s to the 1960’s, there were school houses all over Madison County. Before there was sufficient transportation and the modernized public school…
One killed; one arrested
On Sunday, July 5 at 11:50 p.m., officers from the Madison Police Department were dispatched to Hilltop Apartments Complex located at 251 SW Safari Drive in front of apartment 306 in reference…
Driver injured after car strikes tree
A 16-year-old was seriously injured after failing to negotiate a turn and hitting a tree on Saturday, July 4 at 12:20 a.m., on Cactus Avenue in Madison. According to the Florida Highway…
Fatality in single vehicle wreck
There was one fatality in a single vehicle wreck on Friday, July 3 at 7:08 p.m. on Interstate 10, one mile west of State Road 14. According to the Florida Highway Patrol…
New law allows access to more vaccines
A new law was passed Wednesday, July1 enabling Floridians to have access to more vaccines at local pharmacies. House Bill 279 provides eligibility to interns, Floridians and anyone else impacted under the…
Christian Concepts: Franklin’s appeal
July the Fourth 1776 is considered the birthday of our nation. It was on July the Fourth that our founding fathers signed the Declaration of Independence breaking our ties with Great Britain…
Wells Fargo scam alert
A concerned citizen contacted the Madison County Carrier to inform the public that they had received a fake text message from Wells Fargo claiming that the account will be suspended due to…
Madison, Jefferson to get $42+ million in state funding
A county-by-county allocations report released last week by the Florida House of Representatives Appropriations Committee sheds a little more light on the funding that counties across the state can expect to receive…
Florida’s jobless rate goes up in May
In contrast to the national jobless rate, Florida’s unemployment rate rose 0.1-percentage point in May, up to 5.7 percent from the previous month’s 5.6 percent. This according to the latest figures released…