Area News

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Butler County Sheriff Danny Bond has issued a warning to the citizens of Butler County advising of a phone scam currently occurring in the county. According to Bond, calls have been received by residents of the county that represent themselves as the Butler County Sheriff’s Office. In one…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   Butler County School Superintendent   John Stryker when speaking at the Advalorem Tax forum stated, “Either way the vote goes, we have a plan.” In a short interview last week with the Stryker who had been dealing with other legal issues facing the school system that day, was…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard   Voters who turned out for the ad valorem tax special election on Tuesday, Jan. 29 overwhelmingly voted down the tax proposal by a margin of 3-1. Of the 14,099 registered voters in Butler County, 4,516 went to the polls and cast a significant no against a raise in…

Making Alabama, A Bicentennial Traveling Exhibit landed at the Greenville-Butler County Public Library (GBCPL) on Feb. 1 to praised reviews. The exhibit is sponsored by the Alabama Humanities Foundation (AHF) and there are three exhibits currently traveling Alabama. All 67 counties are to be visited. The exhibit is part of the Alabama 200 Bicentennial celebration.…

BY MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   The Greenville Community Theatre (GCT) is getting ready for its upcoming Valentine’s Day dinner theater show “Love Is in the Air.” According to GCT President Johnna Pitts, rehearsals have been underway for a few weeks, and they are going great. “We held auditions during the first week…

  The Butler County Commission (BCC) recently presented the Butler County Association of Volunteer Fire Departments (BCAVFD) with a check for $63,400. The check was presented at the BCAVFD monthly meeting on Tuesday Jan. 22. Present among commissioners were Chairman Darrell Sanders, Jessie McWilliams and Allin Whittle. They expressed their gratitude for the service that…

By MOLLIE S. WATERS The Greenville Standard   Greenville’s American Legion Post 24 and the Butler County Historical and Genealogical Society held a joint meeting on Sunday at 2 p.m. at the American Legion building at the fairgrounds. The guest speaker for the program was Walter Parmer, who is a member of the local American…

Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC) in Greenville will have Dr. Derryn Motens as a presenter discussing a biography of Martin Luther King, Jr. on Tuesday, Feb. 5 at 11 a.m. at the Wendell Mitchell Conference center on the Greenville campus. Published to critical acclaim in 1959 and long out of print, Crusader Without Violence:…