The Madison County Board of Elections and Registration has moved its monthly board meeting from Dec. 1 to Dec. 3 at 5:30 p.m.
Former Madison County Commission Chairman Bill Madden was known for getting roads paved locally. Now he has a road named after him. Hwy. 72 from Hwy. 98 in Comer to the Elbert County line is now the “Bill Madden Parkway.”
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The Madison County Industrial Development and Building Authority will meet at 5:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 24.
The State of Georgia’s net tax collections in October totaled nearly $2.02 billion, for an increase of $35.2 million, or 1.8 percent, compared to last year when net tax collections totaled $1.…
A memory card for a ballot scanner at the Pittman precinct in Madison County didn’t successfully upload on election night, leaving 231 votes from that precinct off the county’s election-night totals.
Danielsville’s council solidified its Christmas tree lighting plans at their regular business meeting Monday night. The festivities will take place Saturday, Dec. 12, 3 to 6 p.m. in Madison Co…
Harold Pritchett, 77, of the Red Hill Community, passed away F…
COMMERCE - Timothy Mark Hooper, 50, Commerce, died Monday, Nov…
Senior Staff Sergeant Dewey Leon Allen Sr., 77, passed away on…
HULL - Susan Parson Blalock, 51, Hull, passed away Sunday, Nov…
NICHOLSON - Gerald Franklin Bettis, 64, Nicholson, passed away…
Geraldine "Jerrie" Copeland (Meemaw) was called home on Friday…
Three Madison County softball standouts were honored before a big crowd at a Monday night signing ceremony at the Comer Travel Museum.
The Madison County Recreation Department is moving forward with plans for the 27th annual Reindeer Run at Arnold Park in Comer Dec. 5.
Madison County’s Macy Mullis and Ella Chancey shared the spotlight in the high school gym Nov. 11, smiling and signing the papers that will chart their next step in life.
The year of 2020 has not been easy on many fronts. But Madison County got a welcome stroll on Easy Street Friday, coasting to a 38-6 win at home over East Hall, while dominating both sides of …
The field was crowded, and the girls’ cross country team wasn’t sure what place they finished shortly after racing on the 5K course in Carrollton last week.
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- Comer Lions Club to hold food giveaway Nov. 27
- Lord & Stephens Funeral Home named Chamber ‘Business of the Month’
- Elections board to meet Dec. 3
- Local baker in semifinals for ‘Greatest Baker Contest’
- MITCHAM: Election results must be rooted in facts and evidence
- Man charged after striking wife with baseball bat
- LETTER: Trump may be out, but Trumpism is alive and well
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- Man charged after striking wife with baseball bat
- Local baker in semifinals for ‘Greatest Baker Contest’
- Highway named for former BOC chairman
- LETTER: Trump may be out, but Trumpism is alive and well
- Commerce woman arrested after spraying parents with bleach
- Annual toy ride held in memory of Elrod
- LETTER: Buffington is wrong about Trump
- 231 uncounted Madison Co. ballots discovered in audit
- Softball players sign scholarships at Comer Travel Museum
- MITCHAM: Election results must be rooted in facts and evidence
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A Danielsville man was arrested last week after he allegedly hit his wife with a baseball bat in front of his young sons during a domestic dispute at their home on Stoyle Hattaway Road.
A Commerce woman was arrested last week after she reportedly sprayed her parents with bleach during an argument.
Madison County High School was placed on a “soft lockdown” after a person reported a possible road rage incident on Madison Street near Hwy. 98, but the incident was determined not to be an ac…
A local man was arrested in Madison County last week and charged with five counts of computer or electronic pornography and child exploitation.
An Athens man was arrested on sexual battery charges last week following an incident on Madison Boulevard in Colbert.
This is a time of high emotion for many of us, but I don’t want to just think emotionally. And I wish we could talk politics without emotions ruling everything.
Dear Editor: In response to the editorials written in last week's paper about the presidential election, while Trump may be out of the White House, "Trumpism" is alive and well.
Dear Editor: In response to Mike Buffington’s rant in the Nov. 12 Madison County Journal, what hate coming out of your pen. I really think you should make an appointment with a medical therapist.
Dear Editor: Thank you to Margie Richards for your Nov. 12 column, “Moving on after a divisive, hurtful election.” As she so clearly stated, "If our democracy is to survive, we have to respect…
In a year that has seemed so out of the ordinary, the coming holidays have many longing for old traditions. During Thanksgiving, we think about all of the things that we are thankful for and a…
The Madison County Rotary Club ramp crew constructed its 798th handicap ramp Nov. 17, an eight-foot handicap ramp on Ed Coile Road in Hull for Debbie Seay, who has advanced bone cancer. The ramp will allow Seay to receive required radiation treatment. Seay worked at Precision Manufacturing I…
The Madison County Rotary Club ramp crew built its 797th ramp for Dawn Hyche on Spratlin Mill Road in Hull Tuesday, Nov. 17. Hyche suffers from Guillain-Barre Syndrome, a rare disorder in whic…
The Comer Lions Club will provide free food on Friday, Nov. 27, from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Madison County Fairgrounds as long as supplies last.
The Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors and staff recently named the Danielsville location of Lord & Stephens Funeral Home as its “Business of the Month.”
Madison County’s Lucretia Cooper, who goes by “Lu,” says that when she is “baking for people and building relationships through food, there's no greater joy."
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The Madison County School System has selected its newest class of REACH scholars from the current eighth grade class and the Madison County High School class of 2025: Joshua Black, Shante Norman, Marina Rodriguez and Jack Say. REACH Georgia is a needs-based mentoring and scholarship program …
The Early Learning Center recently held a reception to honor its “Teacher of the Year,” Tanya Bancroft (L), and “Support Person of the Year,” Lorraine Barnett (R).
Athens Christian School recently celebrated its 44th Homecoming on a cool, October evening. Four seniors and one representative from each underclass were recognized on the football field. The …
•Freedom Church of God and Food Bank of Northeast Georgia will provide a free food box to those in need (recipient must be present) on Dec. 15, 4 to 5:30 p.m. at the church, located at 3428 Neese Commerce Road. Volunteers are needed and should arrive at 1:30 p.m. Boxes are distributed on a f…
•The Danielsville Gospel Barn, 444 Rogers Mill Road, will have its annual Christmas benefit for the needy Saturday, Nov. 21. Those scheduled to perform include: The Mitchells (1 p.m.), The Gos…
•The Danielsville Gospel Barn, 444 Rogers Mill Road, will have a singing Saturday, Nov. 7, at 7 p.m. featuring New Vision, of Danielsville, and Walt Searcy, of Winder.
•Gordon's Chapel United Methodist Church, Hull, will hold its monthly food giveaway and clothes closet on the following Fridays in 2020, from 9 to 10 a.m. The dates are Nov. 20 and Dec. 18. “T…
•Friendship Baptist Church, located between Danielsville and Ila on Friendship Church Road (just off Hwy. 98) will have Trunk or Treat Wednesday, Oct. 28, 6:45 until 8 p.m. “Come and bring you…
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