Madison County News

Madison County schools received a good report card for last year. The school system exceeded the state average in 2011-12 in the new College and Career Ready Performance Index , the state's new method of measuring school performance that has replaced the "pass/fail" of the Adequate Yearly Progress system.

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Madison County leaders will soon determine how a projected $12.4 million will be spent if voters renew a one-cent sales tax in November.

A Hull man was recently sentenced in Madison County Superior Court to 15 years in prison for child molestation.

When people with bloodshot eyes meet in one place to screen films, it is the custom to call this gathering a film festival.

Richard Palmer Huff, 96, entered into eternal rest on Friday, May 10, 2013. He was born in Danielsville on November 6, 1916, the son of Susan Burroughs Huff and Joseph Young Huff.

Madison County is now the home base for the Northern Judicial Circuit's new district attorney.

An Athens woman was charged with shoplifting and obstruction after she fled on foot from the Glenn Carrie Road Dollar General Store recently.

Jacob Potter Wagner will spend 30 years in prison and serve 20 years on probation.

An interactive course on maximizing retail business will be held at the Madison-Morgan County Chamber of Commerce, 115 E. Jefferson St., Madison, on May 28, June 4, 11, 18 and 25.

FORGERY: On April 30, Cpl. Josh Smith met with an employee of Engineering & Cycle Co.

A 26-year-old Watkinsville woman was taken into custody Wednesday after police say they found her inside of a Cedar Drive duplex when they arrived to conduct a burglary investigation.

According to statistics released recently by the Georgia Department of Labor, Madison County had the lowest unemployment rate of any county in Georgia during March, the latest month for which figures are available.

Schools in Jackson, Madison and Oconee counties posted the top scores among area school systems in the state of Georgia's new report card for public schools, while Clarke and Oglethorpe counties scored lowest.

A Colbert man was arrested Sunday soon after he allegedly robbed a man who had just withdrawn cash from an ATM in northwest Athens, Athens-Clarke police said.

A 72-year-old Hull woman convicted of trying to hire a hit man to murder her husband six years ago was arrested Thursday night for violating probation for the third time since her release from prison last May.

The Madison County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6:30 p.m., Monday, May 6. Agenda items include: a Business involving guests, groups or multiple visitors: Conolus Scott - request from the Democratic Party Committee.

HARASSMENT: On April 22, Deputy Andrew Wilkes met with an Isabelles Way resident who said his girlfriend's father had threatened to whip his rear end and he wanted a report filed documenting the threat.

Madison County commissioners got down to the nuts and bolts of the one-cent sales tax referendum April 22 - what organizations will get funding and how much will they get.

Madison County commissioners named Kelsey F. Tyner as new senior center director April 22, replacing Joe Dudley, who recently announced his retirement.