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Majors Laundry is Business of Month
SUBMITTED Majors Laundry and Cleaners is the oldest surviving dry cleaning and laundry business in Greenville. In 1947, John B. Majors purchased the dry cleaning business of Royal Ray that was located on Commerce Street in uptown Greenville. Majors also purchased Ray’s laundry business which was located on Oglesby Street in an old theatre building.…
Read MorePioneer Electric Youth Tour applications being accepted
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD If you know a high school junior looking to make new friends and travel, tell them about the Pioneer Electric CO-OP Montgomery and Washington Youth Tours. According to the Pioneer Electric website, the once in a lifetime experience will provide opportunities for students to learn about the history of Alabama and…
Read MoreBryan announces retirement
MOLLIE S. WATERS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Butler County School System (BCSS) Superintendent Amy Bryan has announced her plans to retire on June 30. Upon her retirement, Bryan will have spent her entire career in education with the BCSS in various roles. “Though I will retire with 30 years of service credit, I will have completed 29…
Read MoreWallace spends semester in Scotland
MOLLIE S. WATERS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Logan Wallace, a Luverne resident and a 2015 graduate of Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (LBWCC), has always set his sights high. Upon completing his studies at LBWCC, Wallace transferred to the University of Alabama to pursue a bachelor’s degree in history and economics. While on campus one day, Wallace…
Read MoreBentley interviews for Sessions’ position
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Governor Robert Bentley has the hard job of filling the empty seat left by U.S. Senator Jeff Sessions. So far Bentley has interviewed 20 people. Sessions has been selected by President-elect Donald Trump to become the nation’s next attorney general. His confirmation hearing will begin next month. A Bentley spokeswoman said…
Read MoreOdom chosen for Cancer Freeze
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Exodus 14:14 “the Lord will fight for you; you need only be still,” are words that Heather Odom rely on daily. Heather is a wife to husband Dusty of 7 years, super hero mom to sons Kayden 6, Karson 3 and Kayson 1. Her life was normal; Heather got up every…
Read MoreInmate Escapes
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Cedrick Poole, 35, an inmate of the Butler County Correctional Facility escaped Tuesday, Dec. 27 and was then caught on Friday at approximately 12:50 p.m. at a residence on Kolb City Road. Butler County Sheriff Kenny Hardin reported that Poole had achieved “trustee” status and had been allowed by a guard…
Read MoreCommission holds first evening meeting
BRUCE BRANUM/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD The Butler County Commissioners recently held their first evening meeting after the election of Nov. 8. For many years the commission met on the Thursday before the regular meeting at a workshop to discuss items which would be attended to at their formal business meeting. With the new term, the commissioners…
Read MoreFinally coming HOME
MOLLIE S. WATERS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Listening to Jean Bodiford and her three daughters, Linda Jernigan, Betty Pickens and Sally Piggott talk about their family is to learn how deep some families’ roots run in the military. The ladies have had many generations of their family, and extended family as well serve in the various engagements…
Read MoreATV crash claims teen
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Fourteen-year-old Christopher Lee was killed last Sunday. Lee was thrown from the ATV he was operating. After being thrown, Lee was struck by the ATV causing serious injury and resulting in his death. Chief Deputy David Anderson said, “Two other children were passengers in the ATV and were also injured.” Anderson…
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