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Madison County moved closer Nov. 5 to the establishment of a county election board. The commissioners agreed to hold public hearings in late November and early December to get input on their plans to establish a three-person board to oversee county elections. That responsibility now falls on the county probate judge, who is an elected official. ... [Full Story »] 

A Comer man was sentenced recently in Madison County Superior Court to eight years in prison for possessing child pornography of a local minor. Phillip Warren Dorminy, 51, 737 Paoli Road, Carlton, was sentenced to eight years confinement, 12 years probation and fined $1,350 for sexual exploitation of children. He was also sentenced to five ... [Full Story »] 

Colbert can expect a grocery store in late 2013. Dill’s Food City has purchased property at the intersection of Hwy. 72 and Foote McClellan Road with plans to construct an approximate 30,000-square-foot store with a full deli. “It’s great to see business coming in to the county,” said county industrial development authority executive ... [Full Story »] 

Lucy Moon Pulliam, who turned 100 Oct. 27, received a proclamation in her honor and a standing ovation at the Madison County commissioners’ meeting Oct. 29. Pulliam is the daughter of the late John William Moon and Bessie Scarboro Moon. She is one of eight children, two others of whom are living and in their 90s, with four of her deceased ... [Full Story »] 

Madison County commissioners reached no conclusions Oct. 29 on what road improvements they’ll address in 2013. But they agreed to take all the money made available by the state government through the Local Maintenance and Improvement Grant (LMIG) Program. Madison County will receive $543,713 in LMIG funds for 2013. But this requires a 30 ... [Full Story »] 

Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority Executive Director Marvin White issued the following report to county commissioners Oct. 29: “We opened the bids on Oct. 1 for the Hwy. 29 project and had two bidders: Mid-South Builders Inc., Lawrenceville, $1,718,130 and Griffin Brothers, Maysville, $1,478,013 — 50,640 feet of ... [Full Story »]