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Amnesty Court date announced for Georgiana
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Georgiana Municipal Court will hold its Amnesty Court on June 13 from 2 – 6 p.m. People with a variety of outstanding cases in Georgiana Municipal Court will be able to partake in the Amnesty court. Those persons who have outstanding cases for various traffic tickets and probation…
Read MoreFlushing out cancer
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Relay for Life participants have been busy planning this year’s event, which will be held at the Butler County Fairgrounds on Saturday, May 4, from 2-10 p.m. Your support and attendance will be greatly appreciated. Come out and walk or just mingle with cancer survivors and those who…
Read MoreKritter Kids Kountry Korner Zoo to open June 2
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Ron and Angie Vanherwyn have a vision. They are starting a zoo just a few miles outside of McKenzie at 2637 Booker Road. Ron said he retired from the military in 2005 as a disable vet and someone handed him two disabled raccoons. He went further to get…
Read MoreKarate scholarship offered to Copeland
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Kiersten Cheyenne Copeland, niece of Shawn and Angie Boutwell of Evergreen has accepted a full Scholarship to Bryan College. Bryan College is a four year fully accredited Christian college with its own Martial Arts Academy located in Dayton, Tenn. The scholarship was awarded, not only, for Copeland’s martial…
Read MoreBUSY EASTER WEEKEND FOR FIRST RESPONDERDS
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard From the onset of storms sweeping through Butler County late last Thursday evening to a fire and wrecks through Sunday morning, emergency personnel and law enforcement agencies were kept extremely busy leading up to and through Easter weekend. Two lines of storms, which came through the county, caused…
Read MoreBranum honored by Mayor’s Office
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Richard Branum was honored at the Greenville City Council meeting on Monday, April 22 with a Proclamation from the Mayor’s Office for his 35 years of service to the citizens of Greenville and Butler County. Branum recently stepped down as Chairman of the Planning Commission after serving 30…
Read MoreDid he kill her, too? An Alabama-related mystery, Part 4
BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard In 1960, Larry Lord Motherwell was sentenced to prison for killing Pearl Putney. During the investigation of Putney’s disappearance, the police tracked Motherwell’s moves, and they discovered he had duped many women and had pulled off lies and cons across the country. They also made a gruesome…
Read More2 lives claimed in wrecks April 7
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Two lives were lost in separate vehicle accidents in Butler County on Sunday, April 7. Greenville Police Chief Justin Lovvorn stated on Tuesday, April 9 that his department was investigating a fatal vehicle accident which occurred on Interstate 65 near the 128 exit in Greenville on April 7…
Read More2 caught, theft ring exposed
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard A pair of locals are now in the Butler County Correctional Facility (BCCF) after having been arrested for burglary and theft in a string of crimes across at least three counties. Chad Oliver Goodwin, age 36 and from the Pigeon Creek community, was arrested on Monday, April 8…
Read MoreAn Alabama-related mystery, Part 3 DID HE KILL HER, TOO?:
BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard After Larry Lord Motherwell’s first wife divorced him for abandoning her and their, now, three children in 1948, he moved to Washington, D.C., which is where he met his second wife, Sarah McClurkin from Wilcox County, Alabama. According to the book “Chronicle of a Crime: The Larry…
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