Treed and caught
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Sunday, March 21, proved to be a unique day in the annals of manhunts for the Butler County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO). A car chase involving an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency State Trooper led to a manhunt, complete with tracking dogs, a shifty felon, and an eventual treeing with…
Read MoreChickens everywhere
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard On Wednesday morning, March 17, a Koch Foods 18-wheeler transporting over 3,000 chickens for processing overturned on McKenzie Grade Road. The truck was headed north on McKenzie Grade Road when the right front tire left the pavement as it exited the last curve before Halso Mill Road. The…
Read MoreLewis indicted on new sex charge
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Former Butler County juvenile probation officer Terry Van Lewis, 65, of Montgomery, was charged with an additional sex crime on Monday, March 9, by a Butler County grand jury. Lewis was originally indicted by a Butler County grand jury in 2019 for a charge of first-degree rape and…
Read MoreSkillsUSA fishing tourney is April 8
Lurleen B. Wallace Community College invites the public to participate in the 2021 SkillsUSA fishing tournament, to be held April 8, from 7:30 a.m.-2 p.m. at the MacArthur Campus pond in Opp. The annual fishing tournament is the major fundraiser for LBWCC’s SkillsUSA program. Proceeds from the tournament support LBWCC students in local, state and…
Read MoreCamellia Long Beards 2021
Butler County’s Camellia Long Beards, a chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation, held their annual banquet Friday night, March 19. It was held at the Butler County Fair Gounds and there was speculation that the annual event wouldn’t be held this year due to COVID-19. The event was a huge success with over 200…
Read MoreSports action
Greenville High School Tiger baseball pitcher, Christian Hill, is pictured below right, delivers a strike to an Andalusia Bulldog batter on Thursday, March 18. The Tigers lost their game with the Bulldogs 3-1. The Tigers are 12-8 on the season. Pictured above left is McKenzie School Tiger baseball pitcher Eli Blackburn hurling a pitch for…
Read MorePATRICK LAMONT HAYS, SR.
Patrick Lamont “Monty” Hays, Sr., age 76, of Fort Deposit, folded his earthly tent and moved into his glorious mansion not built by human hands, on March 18, 2021. He is in the presence of the Lord and no longer has any yesterday’s but only today and forever. Celebration of life services were held at…
Read MoreAUSTIN BLAKE GROOMS
Grooms, Austin Blake – Funeral services were held Tuesday, March 15, 2021 from Clara G. Hudson Memorial Chapel at 12 noon. Minister Sherry Miniard, officiated. Burial followed in the Mt. Zion Cemetery, Greenville, AL; Hudson Funeral Service directing. Austin Blake Grooms was born on Nov. 15, 2000 in Scottsboro, Ala., to Paul Dawson and Tonya…
Read MoreMARY ALICE NESBIT MCGEE
Mary Alice Nesbit McGee, of Greenville, Alabama, gained her heavenly rewards in the early hours of Valentine’s Day with her loving husband, Steve, bedside holding her hand. Alice was born May 17, 1940 in Lee County, Georgia to George Albert Nesbit Jr. and Gussie Idelle Sullivan Nesbit, who preceded her in death. She adored her…
Read MoreFRANCE BASWELL GRIFFIN
Frances Baswell Griffin, 87, ascended to her heavenly home on March 18, 2021. She was a dedicated servant of the Lord blessed with the ability to see the best in all God’s children. Born in Birmingham, Alabama, to James and Amy Baswell in 1933, Frances graduated from Greenville High School at age 16 and…
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