Emergency need for all blood types
Blood donor turnout continues to decline during the summer months impacting the local blood supply as national blood shortages remain. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers urges the community to donate now. Summer is always a slow time for blood donations, but LifeSouth reports this year is especially difficult as the need for blood to help patients…
Read MoreWreck leads to arrest
From ALEA CRENSHAW COUNTY – The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation’s (SBI) Tactical Team arrested Richard Wayne Goodwin, 37, of Highland Home on two counts of Felony Leaving the Scene of an Accident and two counts of Assault in the First Degree. Goodwin was booked into the Crenshaw County Jail…
Read MoreCrash on I65 claims one
From ALEA A single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 6:25 a.m. Saturday, July 17, involving a 2009 GMC Sierra has claimed the life of a Maryland man. The crash occurred when the Sierra, driven by Irvin Gustavo Aguierre Riviera, 21, of Katy, Texas, left the roadway, traveled into the median, and overturned. The passenger, Jose…
Read MoreGET OUT THERE Five covered bridges
BY KATHY PICKENS The Greenville Standard Our family was looking for something new, but reasonably close, to do over the Independence holiday. We decided to wind our way to north Alabama and see what we could see. Five covered bridges, two rocky hikes to waterfalls, and one major Alabama city later, we know a…
Read MoreKiwanis Coaches Corner is Aug. 3
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard The Fort Dale Academy, Georgiana, Greenville High and McKenzie football programs will gather under one roof Tuesday, Aug. 3 for the Greenville Kiwanis Club’s annual Coaches. The event will be held at Beeland Park and begins at 11:30 .a.m. The Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce (GACOC) is once…
Read MoreThis day in sports history
BY COLIN “BIG C” MACGUIRE The Greenville Standard The University of Alabama football team entered the 1974 season ranked No. 3. Alabama won the 1973 UPI National Championship. This was the last year UPI voted for the national championship at the end of the regular season. The 1973 offense was the best in the…
Read MoreFDA and FCA team up for 7-on-7
BY KATHY PICKENS The Greenville Standard Fort Dale Academy Football and Central Alabama Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA) teamed up to host a 7-on-7, July 16. Teams from Chambers, Edgewood, Fort Dale, Jackson, Success Unlimited, and Valiant Cross academies competed in the event which featured pool play followed by a double elimination tournament. During…
Read MoreBelles get ready for World Series
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard After dominating the Alabama Dixie Belles State Softball Tournament by handily winning four straight games without a loss and outscoring their opponents 47-5, the Greenville Belles have been busy practicing for the Dixie World Series Softball Tournament and also fund raising for their trip. Coach Rebecca Butts said…
Read MoreJOE EARL BRADFORD
Oct. 6 1939 – July 16, 2021 Mr. Joe Earl Bradford, 81, a resident of Greenville, died at Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama on Friday, July 16, 2021. The funeral service was held Monday, July 19, at 2 p.m. from the chapel of Dunklin Funeral Home with Brother Mike Moses and Brother Andy McKeown…
Read MoreTHOMAS RAYMOND FOY
July 13, 1960 – July 12, 2021 Thomas Raymond, age 60 of Pine Apple, passed away on July 12, 2021 at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. Graveside services were held for Thomas on Friday, July 16, at 11 a.m. at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery with Reverend Don Ball and Brother Bo Brogden officiating and Dunklin Funeral…
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