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By Gerald Hodges   The 40th Annual Salute to a Legend will be held Friday and Saturday, May 31 and June 1 at the Hank Williams Music Park in Georgiana, AL. Williams lived several years as a boy in a house that is now the Hank Williams Museum. Adjoining the house and museum is a…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   The 22nd Annual Greenville Police Department Law Enforcement Memorial Service was held last Wednesday at Lurleen B. Wallace Community College’s Mitchell Conference Center. The service was standing room only with more than a hundred in attendance. It is held to honor those who have served both past…

BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Timothy Obryant Smith, 32, has been arrested and charged with Robbery 1st after committing an armed robbery in the vicinity of the 900 block of Fort Dale Road in Greenville. According to Greenville Police Chief Justin Lovvorn, officers responded to a report of an armed robbery and spoke with…

BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   Few Alabama politicians have been as controversial as former Governor George C. Wallace. Wallace was born in 1919 in Clio, Alabama, to a farming family. According to an online Encyclopedia Britannica article, Wallace worked hard as a young man to achieve his goals. “Wallace worked his way…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Based on reviews posted by new and used car shoppers and those who took their vehicles to dealerships for service in 2018, two businesses owned by Greenville native Allen Turner in Pensacola, Fla., have earned top spots on a list of the highest-ranked car dealers in the country.…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   The JROTC program in Butler County continues to see improvement under the leadership of Col. Alan Hester. The number of cadets entering the program has been growing and Hester believes the JROTC program has shown improvement in motivation and work ethic. He stated that JROTC had done more…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   The Butler County Farmer’s Market recently met to decide the opening date of the market and it will be on Saturday, May 25. They are excited about this year as the weather has been cooperative to their farms and gardens. Among produce expected this year for sale at…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   The Alabama Junior High State Rodeo Finals were held April 19 – 22 in Rainsville. Ethan Maraman is the fourteen year old son of Melvin Maraman and grandson of Albert and Lucille Maraman of Georgiana. Ethan won his second straight Chute Dogging (Jr. Steer Wrestling) State Junior…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Tiffany Giddens and Ja’Bez Sims were announced the winners of the 22nd Butler County Achiever award on Thursday, May 2. Thirty-one of Butler County’s top student-athletes vied for the honor of being named the recipient at the Achiever Banquet. The Achiever Award is a program jointly sponsored by…