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Garlock announces write-in campaign

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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…

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Cemetery tour draws large crowd

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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…

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Pray it forward

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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…

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All Butler County School System Schools Closed Wednesday, Oct 10.

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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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Fort Dale Chapter, DAR promotes Constitution Week

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Special to The Standard   There are two documents of paramount importance to American history: the Declaration of Independence, which forged our national identity, and the United States Constitution, which set forth the framework for the federal government that is still in use today. While Independence Day is a beloved national holiday, fewer people know…

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Fitzgerald event slated

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                                                                                                                                                       Dr. Alaina Doten, who has been working as a historian and curator for several months at The Fitzgerald Museum in Montgomery, will be giving a special presentation at the Monroe County Museum in Monroeville on Thursday at 6 p.m. The presentation is titled “Zelda in Alabama.” Zelda Sayre Fitzgerald, a Montgomery native, was the…

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