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Laissez les bons temps rouler: Cajun French for “Let the good times roll,” was definitely the atmosphere this past Saturday, Feb. 21, for the City of Greenville and Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce’s first ever Camellia Gras. The Mardi gras themed celebration began that morning with a lively festival market place and was later followed…

BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard     On Tuesday, Feb. 17, a high speed chase involving law enforcement from three counties ended in downtown Greenville with the arrest of Destin Labruce Casey, age 33 of Range. After investigating a shooting, where one man was shot multiple times early that morning in Monroeville around 1:45…

The City of Greenville and the Greenville Area Chamber of Commerce (GACOC) are excited about Camellia Gras, their very own Mardi Gras–style celebration happening this Saturday, Feb. 21, from 11 a.m. 4 p.m. There is an action packed weekend lined up with amazing vendors, tons of fun for the kids, great food, and a parade…

The Sasanqua Garden Club welcomed certified wildlife biologist Frank Boyd to their February meeting on the 11th. A 1976 Auburn University graduate, Boyd has more than 45 years of experience beginning with the United States Forest Service in the southeastern bush country of Alaska and spreading across our country and down to the Caribbean Islands.…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   Meet Greenville native, Chief Warrant Officer 5 Jason E. Godwin. Godwin Inter-Service transferred from the U.S. Army Reserves to active duty with the U.S. Air Force as the first actively serving CW5 in USAF history. He is an Advisor to the Commandant at Warrant Officer Training School…

BY JUSTIN MILLER   AUBURN UNIVERSITY, Ala. — Have an amazing jam or cheese straw recipe and want to share it with the world? The Alabama Cottage Food Law certification may be for you. This law allows residents to sell certain nonhazardous food items directly from their homes after passing an approved food safety course…

The Greenville Camellia Society (GCS) will be holding a Kids Camellia Show at the Beeland Park Community Center on Saturday, Feb. 21. GCS Treasurer Mary Bates developed the idea for a Kids Show and said, “We are thrilled that a number of kids attend our camellia show each year so we created a show just…

BY RAY VAN COR The Greenville Standard   Butler County Schools Superintendent Joseph Eiland said Monday, Jan. 26, “If all the stars align and we hold to our current course our district will be a “B” school district for the first time in its history, a grand accomplishment considering where the schools have been in…