Youth members of Harambe, Delta Academy Project and 2010 Delta Debutantes explained the symbols and principles of the Kwanzaa celebration The annual Greene County Community Kwanzaa celebration drew over 100 participants from various parts of the county. The Kwanzaa program is designed to strength the community and families through re-dedication to the seven Principles of [...]
Pictured L-R Commission Chair William “Nick” Underwood, Sheriff Jonathan Benison, and Commissioners Tennyson Smith, Elzora Fluker and Allen Turner, Jr. Surrounded by members of the Greene County Commission, Sheriff Jonathan Benison announced that he had officially taken the oath of office as Sheriff of Greene County on December 22, 2010. This followed the surprising resignation of [...]
The Eutaw City Council began its meeting on Tuesday, December 28 with only one item of business on its agenda. – an application from Wayne Spencer for an off premises beer and wine license for S & S Grocery. However, the first motion from the council was to amend this agenda to include further discussion [...]
Greene County Deputy Jeremy Rancher is shown here with 65 bundles of marijuana he confiscated following a traffic stop near Knoxville. Greene County Deputy Jeremy Rancher was on routine patrol on I-59/20 near Knoxville on Monday (12/20/10) when he noticed a jeep whose driver aroused his suspicion. He stopped the vehicle and quickly found three [...]
School Board Chair Leo Branch presents board member Lester Brown with a plaque indicating that Brown had completed the Alabama Association of School Boards Academy’s requirements. At the regular meeting of the Greene County Board of Education, CFO Ms. Evelyn James told board members that the system now had a cash and cash equivalency of [...]
Board members signing documents are seated L-R Danny Cooper, Allen Turner, Sr., and Darrow Jones. Standing L-R are Elzora Fluker, Tennyson Smith, Luther Winn, Ralph Banks, John Zippert and James Morrow. At its regular meeting on Wednesday, December 15, 2010 the Greene County Industrial Development Board (GCIDB) adopted a resolution to change its structure and [...]
At the regular meeting of the Eutaw City Council on Tuesday, December 14, the council once again tried to convince Mayor Raymond Steele to seek another city attorney. Shelia Smith made the motion that the city advertise the post of city attorney. Steele refused to accept the motion, saying it was out of order. He [...]
href=”http://greenecountydemocrat.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/bbcf-with-cruise.jpg”>L-R are Mark Crews, Felecia Jones, George McMillan and Dess Feick<a On Wednesday, December 8, 2010, Alabama Power Company made a $100,000 donation to the Black Belt Community Foundation (BBCF). The presentation was made by Mark Crews, Vice President for the Alabama Power Western Division in Tuscaloosa and Dess Feick with the Alabama Power Birmingham [...]
<a Eutaw Police Chief Tommy Summerville href=”http://greenecountydemocrat.files.wordpress.com/2010/12/parade-for-tommy.jpg”>Eutaw Police Officers march through downtown Eutaw as an honor guard for the hearse bearing the body of Eutaw Police Chief Tommy Summerville to St. Stephens Episcopal Church where funeral services were held. Eutaw Police Chief Tommy Summerville, 56, died at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham on Thursday, December [...]
Pictured L-R back row Deputy Melvin Smith and Deputy Curtis Rice; front row Deputy Jeremy Rancher, Mrs. Dorothy Thomas and Chief Deputy Jimmy Benison A photograph of the late Ison Thomas, Greene County Sheriff, was unveiled at a ceremony Sunday at the William M. Branch County Courthouse. The photo will be hung in the [...]
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