From the monthly archives: June 2011
BIRMINGHAM, AL – People in the 43 Alabama counties designated for individual assistance after the recent storms and tornadoes have 21 more days to apply for assistance from the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the U.S. Small Business Administration. The new deadline to apply for help is Monday, July 18. Alabama Governor Robert Bentley asked [...]
At the regular meeting of the Greene County Board of Education, Superintendent Isaac Atkins announced that the board was successful in its bid to purchase property on the site of the old Stockyard on Hwy. 11 between Eutaw and Boligee. They are acquiring the 43 acre site to construct a new high school. The board [...]
A court hearing pertaining to the illegal raids at Greenetrack is scheduled for 10 a.m. on July 6 at the Greene County Courthouse. It will be followed by a community town hall meeting held by the National Action Network in regards to the disenfranchisement of Greene County voters by the state of Alabama. A representative [...]
By John Zippert, Co-Publisher In the midst of Tuesday’s regular meeting of the Eutaw City Council, Mayor Raymond Steele announced that he had selected Derrick Coleman to be the new Chief of Police. Coleman replaces former chief Tommy Summerville who died in December 2010. Assistant Chief Luther Davis has been serving as acting [...]
When Greenetrack first opened as a dog track, provisions were made to hold two special days each year, with part of the handle from live dog racing and later from simulcasting going to non-profit organizations in Greene County. These two days are called Charity Days at Greenetrack and the second one in 2011 will be [...]
BIRMINGHAM, AL – Less than a week remains for Alabama disaster survivors to register for federal disaster assistance. Survivors must register with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and return their U.S. Small Business Administration loan applications by Monday, June 27, to be considered for FEMA and SBA disaster assistance. The Alabama Emergency Management [...]
Greene County voters deliver petition with 3,000 signatures to Congresswoman Sewell requesting the Justice Department intervention in Greenetrack closure Approximately 3,000 residents of Greene and surrounding counties signed a petition to Congresswoman Terri Sewell requesting a U. S. Department of Justice investigation of voting rights violations in conjunction with the State of Alabama’s [...]
Lawyers for the Black farmers class action lawsuit have begun the public notice campaign for the Pigford II lawsuit by sending out a postcard. This postcard notice is being sent to “all individuals with identifiable addresses on file with the Facilitator in the original Pigford litigation”. The postcard seeks to inform farmers and their [...]
The two hour meeting of the Eutaw City Council on Tuesday, June 14, 2011, focused primarily on the process for purchasing new police cars; the mandated closing of city water Well #2; and various bills presented to the council for payment, including cost of holding arrested persons in confinement. Items added under Old Business [...]
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Greene County leaders ask for Sen. Scott Beason’s resignation after racist comment
Spiver Gordon, President of the local SCLC Chapter and other Greene County community leaders including Hattie Edwards, Mayor Pro-tem of Eutaw, Lorenzo French, Scott Muhammad and John Zippert held a press conference Friday at the Courthouse to call for the resignation of Senator Scott Beason after he made racist remarks about the Black [...]