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Employers to see unemployment insurance tax cut
MONTGOMERY –Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced that most Alabama employers will see a 54% tax cut in their 2023 unemployment insurance taxes and the state has dropped into the lowest tax rate schedule. “Following the economic uncertainty and the record-breaking amount of unemployment compensation benefits paid out during the pandemic, it is…
Read MoreWomack appointed President of Southern Company
ATLANTA, Jan. 5, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — The Board of Directors of Southern Company today announced that, effective March 31, Chris Womack has been appointed president of Southern Company and elected as a member of the Board of Directors of Southern Company. Womack also has been appointed CEO of Southern Company effective immediately following the conclusion…
Read MoreLife’s fringe benefits A special quilt
My great grandmother, Eunice Mae Ledbetter, was a very talented with all types of needlework. She could knit sweaters and purses, crochet beautiful doilies, sew almost anything, and piece and quilt beautiful quilts. She grew up in a time when young brides were expected to do this and sewing was a necessity in order to…
Read MoreSt. Clair County fire remains priority
MONTGOMERY – The Alabama Department of Environmental Management reiterated that putting out a smoldering underground fire at the privately operated Environmental Landfill Inc. in St. Clair County near Moody remains the overriding priority for state and local agencies responding to the fire. “Smoke from the fire is a great concern, and the only way to…
Read MoreJan. 7 is Camellia Day
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Starting in December, many varieties of Camellia japonica bushes have been flowering in Greenville, the Camellia City. A long history, with efforts by Butler County residents, surrounds how Greenville came to be known as The Camellia City, how the Camellia japonica Linnaeus came to be the State Flower…
Read MoreTrammel new CEO of RMCCA
Patrick Trammell has been named chief executive officer of Regional Medical Center of Central Alabama, a member of the UAB Health System. Trammell has his Master of Business Administration and Master of Science in Health Administration from the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Trammell began his healthcare career in 2002 and has served hospitals in…
Read MoreFrozen pipes flood schools
Overnight on December 25, 2022, the sprinkler system pipes burst in the Greenville High School gymnasium. As a result, the entire gymnasium floor system, locker rooms, coaches’ offices, concession room and gym foyer were flooded. Crews from Servpro have been activated to mitigate further damages and the Butler County maintenance staff are working around the…
Read MoreMan arrested for robbery after car chase
BY BRUCE BRANUM The Greenville Standard Quinterrius Conterrell Powell, age 23 from the Greenville area, has been arrested on multiple counts after leading law enforcement on a car chase, resulting from a robbery of local business establishment. On Wednesday afternoon around 4 p.m., Dec. 21, Powell robbed Momma D’s (formerly Neen’s) on Pineapple Highway…
Read MoreA tugboat Christmas poem
Written by Clint Cartwright A Greenville Resident and Master Pilot on the M/V.R.D. Quebodeaux It’s the day before Christmas and all through the boat, the whole crew is grouchy like some old goats, we’re all really homesick with 3 weeks to go, scooting up river but times dragging slow! Orders have changed at least…
Read MoreIt’s the most wonderful time of the year
By Carter E. Anthony Christmas, the time of the year when we celebrate our Savior’s birth, marking the most wonderful time of the year and of the world, but also celebrating the lights, the tinsel and the gifts marking the Gift of our Savior. It’s also a time when many of us look back…
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