From the monthly archives: April 2011
In the late night hours of April 26 and early morning of April 27, strong tornadic winds and heavy rain pelted West Alabama, downing trees, limbs and power lines. Many people were without elecricity for several hours at a stretch. The picture to the right was taken early Wednesday morning on Mesopotamia Street in Eutaw, [...]
Standing L-R are Coskata officials Jeff Burgard, Loula Merkel and Russ Read and Phillis Belcher, Executive Director of the Greene County Industrial Authority. Seated are members of the GCIDA Board. Special to the Democrat:John Zippert, Co-Publisher Three corporate officials with Coskata Inc., an Illinois based company, were in Greene County last week to discuss their [...]
Above are board members and members who attended the 35th Annual Meeting of the Federation of Greene County Employee’s (FOGCE) Federal Credit Union at Greenetrack last week. The FOGCE completed its fiscal year on December 31, 2010 with $1,265, 179 in assets with 564 active members, The credit union made over 40 loans with a [...]
Tornadoes hit the homes of Mrs. Mary Anthony and her son and destroyed Morning Star Baptist Church, Forkland, leaving only a pile of rubble. In addition, other homes and trailers in the Forkland and Tishabee communities were destroyed. Tornadoes roared through Greene County last Friday, touching down in both the northern and southern areas and [...]
Paramount students and teachers participating in the robotics contest were front row – Briana Gordon; 2nd row Chiara Washington, Sabrina French, Jeremy Mobley, Michael Winn, Leotis Nickson, Amber French, N’Khala Richardson, Paramount Principal Dr. Harriet Lewis, Verna Nickson, Dorothy Hughes and student guardian Geraldine Sands; 3rd row – Adreonna Summerville and teachers James Kennedy and [...]
The Greene County Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. will present its 26th Debutante Ball on Saturday, April 16, 2011 at 8:00 p.m. at the Eutaw Activity Center in Eutaw, AL. This year’s theme is “A Night of Elegance.” Fourteen lovely young ladies will be making their debut. The 2011 Debutantes are Jasmine [...]
. Pictured L-R are Nanci Grace, head girls’ basketball coach at Itawamba; Sharee Williams, Coach William Morgan, head girls’ basketball coach at GCHS and Rhinnie Scott, instructional leader at GCHS On Friday, April 8, Greene County High School basketball star Sharee Williams signed a scholarship with Itawamba Community College in Fulton, Mississippi. She will join [...]
ANSC officers pictured L-R are Sharon Calhoun, Recording Secretary; Alphonzo Morton, III, 1st Vice President; Dr. Roberta Watts, President and Matilda Hamilton, Recording Secretary. Not shown are Rosa Jernigan, 2nd Vice President and John Zippert, Treasurer. Alabama New South Coalition elected its state officers at the Spring Membership Convention held recently in Montgomery, AL. Dr. [...]
Early in the Monday night County Commission meeting, 911 Director Iris Sermon advised the commission that the county was under a tornado watch and no one should leave the courthouse. During the storm period, several trees in various parts of the county, such as this tree on Mesopotamia Street as well as a tree in [...]
Christopher Underwood is shown here with his sister Tiffany Underwood. The siblings are both students at the University of Alabama Tiffany Nicole Underwood entered the University of Alabama as freshman in the fall of 2010. She completed her first semester at UA in December 2010 with an overall GPA of 4.0 and is now classified [...]
Weather for Eutaw, Ala. Saturday Sunday Monday 
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