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Big retirements announced by Greenville
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD Greenville Police Chief Lonzo Ingram, Greenville Fire Department Chief Chad Phillips and City Clerk-Treasurer Sue Arnold are retiring from service to the City of Greenville. Ingram is retiring after 31 years of service to the City of Greenville. He has dedicated 45 years to law enforcement with previous service…
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PRESS RELEASE Friday, November 4, 2016 From: Mayor Dexter McLendon RE: Staff Retirements Mayor Dexter McLendon has announced that three key members of his City of Greenville staff will retire at the end of the year. Police Chief Lonzo Ingram, Fire Chief Chad Phillips and City Clerk-Treasurer Sue Arnold have announced their intentions to…
Read MoreGreenville SRT competes
NICOLE NORRIS | THE GREENVILLE STANDARD The Greenville Police Department Special Response team recently competed in the State Swat Competition. SRT competed in four events; Sniper challenge, log carry team challenge, sniper initiated team challenge and the iron man event. The log carry team challenge involved four team members in full gear carrying an 8-ft…
Read MoreSuper Foods earns gold
NICOLE NORRIS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD John M. Wilson, president, chief operating officer and co-owner of three grocery stores in small south Alabama towns, earned the Gold Alabama Retailer of the Year Award in the Annual Sales More Than $20 Million category. Wilson and his 45-year-old family business also were recognized in 2002 as a Gold Retailer…
Read MoreDO YOU VOTE?
BRUCE BRANUM | THE GREENVILLE STANDARD From the early beginnings of America, an idealistic governmental system of democracy “by the people, for the people” has been sought. One of the most basic rights as a citizen “of age” in the United States of America is in the say so in what type of governmental systems…
Read MoreFundraiser held for Rock Killough
MOLLIE S. WATERS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD A benefit fundraiser was held Saturday night at the Greenville-Butler County Library Pavilion to help Rock Killough, a singer and songwriter with deep connections to Butler County. Killough said he knew from a young age he wanted to become a musician, but it was not something his family supported,…
Read MoreWhittle, Blankenship face off
TORI J. NORRIS | THE GREENVILLE STANDARD While everyone is out to the polls next Tuesday, the residents of District 4 will have the opportunity to place a vote for their selection in the County Commissioner race. District 4 is the only district with opposition during this election. Current commissioner Alan Whittle is seeking…
Read MoreWyatt’s ride
Submitted Wyatt Watkins (son of Brittany and Jay Watkins) was diagnosed with Chronic Intestinal Pseudo Obstruction in Oct. 2014. CIPO is a very rare and disabling GI disease. Less than 100 kids are diagnosed a year and there is very little treatment and help for it. CIPO affects Wyatt’s entire colon and has begun to…
Read MoreVoter awareness urged by commission
bc-resolutions-in-support-of-amendments-14-and-3-4-nov-2016SUBMITTED Dear Publisher and Butler County citizens I have attached two Resolutions that the Butler County Commissioners passed on Monday, Oct. 10. We are asking that you let the public know about important Amendments that are coming up in the November election that will need their support. There are several local Butler County bills…
Read MorePTSD: A mother’s story
MOLLIE S. WATERS/THE GREENVILLE STANDARD CO WRITTEN BY: BRENDA MOODY It is every parent’s greatest fear: to lose a son or daughter. For Brenda Moody, it is a reality she is still coming to terms with just a few short months after her son, Jimmy, took his own life. A veteran of Operation…
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