Area News
Hurricane Michael relief efforts in Greenville
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Hurricane Michael relief efforts continue to be literally poured from Butler County to the affected areas hit by the catastrophic hurricane. The Butler County Sheriff’s Office collected a trailer load of water and supplies to deliver to the Bay County Sheriff’s Office in Panama City, Fla. for those…
Read MorePioneers of the Alabama Territory, Part 3
By Mary Alice Beatty Carmichael The third earliest Mt Moriah pioneer of record, James Steen, was born in Delaware about 1768 and about 1792 married…
Read MorePioneers of the Alabama Territory, Part 2
By Mary Alice Beatty Carmichael By…
Read MoreMiss Relay Halloween to be spooktacular
Special to The Standard Helping Hearts Relay for Life team is hosting the very first Miss Relay Halloween Pageant on Oct. 27 at the historic Ritz Theater…
Read MoreCommission calls for tax vote
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard The Butler County Commission approved a special election vote for Jan. 29, 2109 at their recent Oct. 9 meeting. If passed, it would increase Butler County property owner’s ad valorem taxes by six mills. Butler County School Superintendent, Dr. John Strycker, proposed the increase to the board of education…
Read MorePioneers of the Alabama Territory, Part 1
BY MARY ALICE BEATTY CARMICHAEL This coming year Alabama will celebrate her bicentennial and the small, “Church that would not die”, Mt. Moriah Fellowship Baptist Church that sits “dab-smack” on the Wilcox and Butler County line, will be celebrating the 190th anniversary of its founding in 1828. Annually for approximately the last 30 years, the…
Read MoreGarlock announces write-in campaign
Special to The Standard Wayne Garlock is currently serving his fourth term as Coroner of Butler County and is seeking his fifth. While he ran and lost the democratic primary in June of this year, he has had a tremendous amount of support and encouragement to run as a write in. Garlock said, “I checked…
Read MoreCemetery tour draws large crowd
Special to The Standard The Greenville Historic Cemetery Walking Tours started on Saturday night with the first tour at Magnolia Cemetery. The tour drew a crowd of over…
Read MorePray it forward
BY DANAN WHIDDON The Greenville Standard A friend recently told me that one way she combats the negativity she sees daily on social media sites like Facebook is to say a little prayer for everyone she sees posting on her feed. Everyone gets a little prayer no matter what they post – whether they…
Read MoreAll Butler County School System Schools Closed Wednesday, Oct 10.
All Butler County Schools will be closed on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 due to the possibility of severe weather impacting the area. At 4:30 p.m. the severe weather advisory for Butler County was upgraded from a tropical storm watch to a tropical storm warning. The regular school schedule will resume on Thursday, October 12th unless…
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